Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. and its subsidiaries operate a chain of retail stores in the United States and Canada. It sells a range of domestic merchandise, such as bed linens and related items, bath items, and kitchen textiles; and home furnishings, including kitchen and tabletop items, fine tabletop, basic housewares, and general home furnishings. The company also offers food, giftware, health, and beauty care items, as well as infant and toddler merchandise, including furniture, car seats, strollers, feeding, bedding, bath, health and safety essentials, toys, learning and development products, clothing, and a selection of seasonal and holiday products. It operates stores under the Bed Bath & Beyond (BBB), Christmas Tree Shops (CTS), Harmon, and buybuy BABY trade names. As of March 3, 2007, the company operated 815 BBB stores, 34 CTS stores, 39 Harmon stores, and 8 buybuy BABY stores. The company was founded in 1971 and is based in Union, New Jersey.