The company that I have choosen is Bed Bath & Beyond. Their competitors are Kohl's & Lowe's Home Improvement

For your assigned company (Bed Bath & Beyond), use financial ratio analysis to depict the rise and fall of the firm. Show 5 year's worth of financial ratios using one from each of the five ratio categories. Show your chosen company and the industry averages for the same time period (if you cannot find industry information, use the average of their two closet competitors)

Background - how the company started, what industry, favorable economic trends, etc. Background needs to be at least 3-4 paragraphs

Success phase - use select financial ratios to show firm in its successful phase

Trouble trigger - what were the signs of trouble for the firm?

Cover-up - what did the company do with its financials to hide their underlying major financial struggles?

End result - how did the firm's actions affect the employees, shareholders and owners?

Lessons Learned - what lesson(s) do you take from the saga of the rise and fall of these firms?