Bed Bath & Beyond Picks Overstock as Lead Bidder for Brand

  • Sets bidding floor at $21.5 million for assets including IP
  • Bid doesn’t include Buy Buy Baby brand, court papers show

A person gets a shopping cart at a Bed Bath & Beyond store in Louisville, Kentucky.

Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg
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Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. has picked Overstock.com Inc. as the lead bidder in an upcoming bankruptcy auction for the right to own the big box store’s brand.

Overstock’s $21.5 million cash offer has been selected as the stalking-horse bidder for Bed Bath & Beyond’s intellectual property, according to court papers filed Tuesday, setting the price floor for the bankrupt retailer’s brand.