Rhode Island's Bed Bath & Beyond stores to stay open, but here's where they are closing

As retailer Bed, Bath & Beyond closes store in its fight to stave off bankruptcy, Rhode Island's two stories will stay open for now.

On Tuesday, the company announced 149 additional stores it will close this year. That comes about a week after it had announced another 87 stores that will close.

The Bed, Bath & Beyond stores in Warwick and Middletown are not on either list of closings announced so far.

Stores in Massachusetts are on the closure list

But that doesn't mean Rhode Island shoppers are off the hook completely: the store in North Attleboro, in a popular stretch of retail outlets close to the Ocean State's Blackstone Valley, is on the list announced Tuesday. That follows a few months after the store in Seekonk, only a hundred yards from East Providence, held its going-out-of-business sale.

The chain, under a couple of different brands in addition to flagship Bed, Bath & Beyond, had a high of 1,552 stores in 2017, according to CNN. This year, it plans to reduce the number of stores from 760 down to about 360, according to the cable network.

In total, the company is reducing the number of Bed Bath & Beyond stores from 760 to about 360, with the company keeping its most profitable stores open in key markets. At its peak in 2017, the storied brand had 1,552 stores open.

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This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Are Bed Bath & Beyond stores closing in RI and Massachusetts?

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