Bed Bath & Beyond has pulled the plug on the Brentwood office that had served as Kirkland’s corporate headquarters, wiping out 88 jobs in what the company is calling a permanent shutdown. The move erases a local executive hub tied to the retailer’s multi-brand strategy and shifts remaining corporate roles to other locations.
According to a layoff filing reviewed by the Nashville Business Journal, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. classified the Brentwood office closure as permanent and reported that 88 positions would be eliminated. The filing lists The Brand House Collective Inc., the company long known as Kirkland’s, as the affected employer and confirms the office will be shuttered.
Deal closed in April, then corporate reshuffle
Bed Bath & Beyond completed its acquisition of The Brand House Collective in April, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. That merger folded the rebranded Kirkland’s operations into Bed Bath & Beyond and set off a series of operational changes and real estate decisions. The federal filing details how the transaction was structured and formally integrated.
Brentwood was the conversion test market
The Brand House Collective had been at the center of Bed Bath & Beyond’s effort to bring back physical stores under smaller-format Bed Bath & Beyond Home banners, with the Brentwood area tapped as an early experiment. Industry coverage of the rebrand and conversion push shows the companies planned multiple store conversions across the country and relied on the Nashville-area footprint as a pilot market. Retail Dive tracked those plans and the broader shift to The Brand House Collective name.
Worker impact and WARN rules
The same layoff filing cited by the Business Journal lists 88 affected positions and again labels the Brentwood closure as permanent. Under Tennessee and federal WARN rules, employers typically must provide 60 days' notice for plant closings or mass layoffs that meet statutory thresholds, and Tennessee’s Department of Labor notes that a WARN notice is required when 50 or more jobs are lost at a single site. Guidance from the Tennessee Department of Labor outlines the notice requirements and potential penalties if companies fail to comply.
What’s next for the local footprint
Company documents and trade reporting indicate the broader game plan is to slim down real estate holdings and speed up conversions of Kirkland’s Home stores into Bed Bath & Beyond Home and related banners, a strategy that can naturally reduce the need for local back-office support. The first Bed Bath & Beyond Home conversion in the Brentwood area opened last August as part of the test run, and industry coverage has followed both the format rollout and the acquisition’s close. Home Textiles Today and other outlets have chronicled the conversion program and the tie-up that officially wrapped in April.
