Shuttered Buy Buy Baby Stores In MI Could Reopen

MICHIGAN — Several Buy Buy Baby and Harmon retail stores in the Northeast that were shuttered in the Bed Bath & Beyond bankruptcy will reopen as early as this fall, according to news reports, but it’s unclear if any Michigan Buy Buy Baby stores will be among them.

Baby goods retailer Dream on Me, which bought Buy Buy Baby’s intellectual property in June, plans to reopen 11 stores in the Northeast, Avish Dahiya, the company’s chief marketing officer, told CNBC. More could follow as Dream on Me works to restore the Bed, Bath & Beyond brand, she said.

Michigan Buy Buy Baby stores that closed or were scheduled to close in the bankruptcy were:

• Canton, located at 42595 Ford Rd
• Kentwood, located at 4100 28th St SE
• Southfield, located at 28512 Telegraph Rd (Closed)
• Utica, located at 13361 Hall Rd

Dahiya, who leads the Buy Buy Baby transition team, told CBNC that 100 to 120 stores could be open within one to three years.

“We definitely see merit in expanding to that number across the U.S.,” Dahiya said in the company’s first interview since its acquisition. “Similar to what we have done in the Northeast, it will be more cluster-based versus one-off.”