UNION, NJ, January 19, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBY) today appointed Mara Sirhal as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Harmon Health and Beauty Stores, effective immediately. Ms Sirhal will report to Joe hartsig, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. and President of Harmon Health and Beauty Stores.

Ms. Sirhal will be responsible for unleashing the potential of Harmon Health and Beauty stores, leading all operational aspects of this value-driven business. This includes retail, online and distribution, as well as the development and implementation of an enhanced customer value proposition to drive strong growth of the retail concept. Harmon Health and Beauty Stores has a long history of providing its customers with leading personal care and beauty brands at a deep everyday value. In line with Bed Bath & Beyond’s corporate strategy, the company plans to deliver an ever more inspiring shopping experience, providing customers of its Harmon Health and Beauty stores with greater ease, convenience and value.

Ms. Sirhal has nearly 20 years of retail, merchandising, store operations, beauty and wellness experience at Macy’s Inc, where she was most recently Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer for Retail as a Service and Retail Diversity Strategy. Previously, she held a number of strategic merchandising roles at the retailer, most notably as Vice President and Divisional Commercial Director for Fragrances, Bath and Body Merchandising in the Beauty division. In this role, she was responsible for purchasing, planning, digital management and inventory, and generated significant growth in product sales and market share. Ms. Sirhal received the Macy’s Merchant of the Year award in 2018.

Joe hartsig said, “Harmon Health and Beauty stores operate in exceptionally strong categories, with the potential to grow their market share in the health and wellness arena, notably through omnichannel growth in digital properties and physical. help us accelerate our ambitious plans to grow this business, serve customers through the magical moments of their lives and further unleash the potential of our business. “

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Ms. Sirhal said, “I am delighted to join the company to help accelerate the transformation underway at Harmon Health and Beauty stores. This value driven concept has huge potential to expand into a number of strong and growing categories and I look forward to joining the brand to help deepen its connection with customers with a truly omnipresent shopping experience. always.”

About Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. and its 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. In addition, the Company is a partner in a joint venture that operates retail stores in Mexico under the name of Bed Bath & Beyond.

About Harmon Health and Beauty stores

Harmon Health and Beauty Stores offers an extensive line of beauty, health and wellness products and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.

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