UNION, N.J., July 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Bed Bath &
Beyond Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBY) today announced more progress in its
transformation to being a digital-first, omni-always retailer.
Starting tomorrow, Bed Bath & Beyond® and
buybuy BABY® customers can pick up Buy Online
Pickup Curbside purchases at any store before the store has even
opened for the day. Ideal for orders placed the previous evening
and pickup during the morning commute to work, customers choosing
this digital service can choose to pick up their orders curbside as
early as 8am -- which is one hour
ahead of typical store opening hours. All other Buy Online Pickup
In Store and all other Curbside orders will also be ready in one
hour from the time the order was placed, faster than the previous
two hour "ready for pickup" window.
Additionally, the Company today announced that it has nearly
doubled the number of zip codes eligible for Same Day Delivery,
thanks to a new strategic U.S. partnership with crowdsourced
delivery platform, Roadie. Roadie boasts more than 200,000 verified
drivers nationwide and will bring the total zip codes eligible for
Same Day Delivery from Bed Bath & Beyond and buybuy BABY to
nearly 16,000.
"We are excited to further reinvent digital services like Same
Day Delivery and Buy Online Pickup Curbside or In-Store to get
orders in the hands of our customers even sooner," said
Rafeh Masood, EVP and Chief Digital
Officer of Bed Bath & Beyond. "The country is getting 'back to
normal' and we want to give consumers expanded flexibility on how
to get online orders, within hours. Whether that means placing a
last-minute Same Day Delivery order to better entertain this summer
or picking up an online order on the way to work, we are finding
new innovative ways to meet the evolving needs of today's digital
customers."
"There's not always time to get to the store when you need to,
and Roadie makes it easy for Bed Bath & Beyond to bring the
store to you," said Marc Gorlin,
Roadie's Founder and CEO. "Through Roadie's partnership with Bed
Bath & Beyond and buybuy BABY, you can get the things you need
right away, in more places than ever, whether you need new pajamas
for your toddler or you've got your eye on an air fryer for dinner
tonight."
The addition of Roadie as a Same Day Delivery partner
strengthens this digital service available to customers located
near virtually all Bed Bath & Beyond and buybuy BABY store
locations. Customers receive updates on their order status via
text, providing them with real-time visibility to when their order
will arrive at their doors. Additional Same Day Delivery providers
include previously announced partners DoorDash and Shipt.
Today's news continues Bed Bath & Beyond's progress on its
omni-always, digital-first strategy. As reported in its recent Q1
2021 results, digital sales in the quarter were 38% of net sales.
There were more than 500,000 downloads of the Bed Bath & Beyond
mobile app in the quarter, bringing the total amount of app
downloads across all banners to more than more than three million
over the past year. Approximately 31% of digital sales in the
quarter were fulfilled by stores through initiatives such as Same
Day Delivery, Buy Online Pickup In-Store or Curbside, or orders
shipped from stores to customers. More than 50% of all Bed Bath
& Beyond customers shop both in-store and digitally,
illustrating the power of the Company's omni-always approach.
About Bed Bath & Beyond
Bed Bath & Beyond
Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") is an omnichannel retailer
that makes it easy for our customers to feel at home. The Company
sells a wide assortment of merchandise in the Home, Baby, Beauty
and Wellness markets. Additionally, the Company is a partner in a
joint venture which operates retail stores in Mexico under the name Bed Bath &
Beyond.
Bed Bath & Beyond operates websites at bedbathandbeyond.com,
bedbathandbeyond.ca, buybuybaby.com, buybuybaby.ca, facevalues.com
and decorist.com.
About Roadie
Roadie is the nation's first "on the way"
crowdsourced delivery platform. Founded in 2014, Roadie works with
consumers, small businesses and big global brands across virtually
every industry to provide a faster, cheaper, more scalable solution
for scheduled, same-day and urgent delivery. With more than 200,000
drivers nationwide, Roadie's platform covers more than 20,000 zip
codes – the largest local same-day delivery footprint in the
nation.
Roadie is backed by Warren
Stephens of Stephens Inc.; The Home Depot; UPS Ventures;
Eric Schmidt's TomorrowVentures;
David Bonderman, founder of TPG
Capital; Guggenheim Partners' Executive Chairman Alan Schwartz; Square Co-Founder Jim McKelvey; among others. For more
information, visit www.roadie.com.
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