Rooms + Spaces
{{Short description|Canadian retail chain}}
Rooms + Spaces is a Canadian retail chain in the home goods market created by businessman Doug Putman. Each stores features a small Toys "R" Us shop.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-09 |title=Welcome to our home - and yours: rooms + spaces announces grand opening celebrations across Canada |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/welcome-home-yours-rooms-spaces-142000785.html |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Yahoo Finance |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102233342/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/welcome-home-yours-rooms-spaces-142000785.html |url-status=live }} It is Canadian focused and brings a Canadian point of view according to Greg Dyer.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-06 |title='Very Canadian' Rooms + Spaces gearing up for grand opening in Cambridge |url=https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/very-canadian-rooms-spaces-gearing-up-for-grand-opening-in-cambridge-7242187 |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=CambridgeToday.ca |language=en}} The chain's stores are in spaces formerly occupied by retail chains Bed Bath & Beyond and Buy Buy Baby. It is a subsidiary of Putman Investments.{{Cite web |last=Toneguzzi |first=Mario |date=2023-08-10 |title=Inside Doug Putman's New Home Furnishings Concept 'rooms + spaces' as Retailer Expands Rapidly in Canada [Interviews/Photos] |url=https://retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2023/08/inside-doug-putmans-new-home-furnishings-concept-rooms-spaces-as-retailer-expands-rapidly-in-canada-interviews-photos/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Retail Insider |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115061227/https://retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2023/08/inside-doug-putmans-new-home-furnishings-concept-rooms-spaces-as-retailer-expands-rapidly-in-canada-interviews-photos/ |url-status=live }}
History
Rooms + Spaces opened in Canada beginning in August 2023 with 24 locations in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador. It took over many of the former locations of Bed Bath & Beyond and its subsidiary Buy Buy Baby after the American retail chain declared bankruptcy and closed down its stores.{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Pete |date=May 3, 2023 |title=New Canadian retail chain set to launch from ashes of former Bed Bath & Beyond locations |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rooms-spaces-bed-bath-beyond-1.6830500 |website=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}} Following the closure of Bed Bath & Beyond operations in Canada, entrepreneur Doug Putman, the owner of Sunrise Records and Toys "R" Us Canada, acquired 21 former Bed Bath & Beyond locations. He planned to revive the chain in Canada under a new chain with the name Rooms + Spaces, under former Bed Bath & Beyond Canada general manager Greg Dyer's leadership.{{cite web |last=Toneguzzi |first=Mario |date=2023-05-03 |title=Doug Putman Acquires Bed Bath & Beyond Leases in Canada to Launch New Home Retail Concept [Interview] |url=https://retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2023/05/doug-putman-acquires-bed-bath-beyond-leases-in-canada-to-launch-new-home-retail-concept-interview/ |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=Retail Insider |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506164539/https://retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2023/05/doug-putman-acquires-bed-bath-beyond-leases-in-canada-to-launch-new-home-retail-concept-interview/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Wallace |first=Melissa |date=2023-06-19 |title=WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? rooms + spaces opening at High Tech Road in Richmond Hill |url=https://www.yorkregion.com/news/what-s-going-on-here-rooms-spaces-opening-at-high-tech-road-in-richmond-hill/article_96fb4450-b732-52f6-87f7-e7325382f71e.html |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=Richmond Hill Liberal |language=en |archive-date=2023-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806233517/https://www.yorkregion.com/news/what-s-going-on-here-rooms-spaces-opening-at-high-tech-road-in-richmond-hill/article_96fb4450-b732-52f6-87f7-e7325382f71e.html |url-status=live }}
In 2024, months after their grand openings, stores began closing down.{{Cite web |author=Tara Deschamps|agency=The Canadian Press |date=2024-06-28 |title=After quietly closing stores, Rooms + Spaces merchandise creeping into Toys "R" Us |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/after-quietly-closing-stores-rooms-spaces-merchandise-creeping-into-toys-r-us/article_e8fb96bf-67d6-5e9b-aed7-396c48097e9b.html |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Toronto Star |language=en |archive-date=2024-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629022123/https://www.thestar.com/business/after-quietly-closing-stores-rooms-spaces-merchandise-creeping-into-toys-r-us/article_e8fb96bf-67d6-5e9b-aed7-396c48097e9b.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Victoria Buzz |date=2024-02-15 |title=Victoria's Rooms + Spaces closes just months after grand opening |url=https://victoriabuzz.com/2024/02/victorias-rooms-spaces-closes-just-months-after-grand-opening/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Victoria Buzz |language=en-US |archive-date=2025-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123025321/https://victoriabuzz.com/2024/02/victorias-rooms-spaces-closes-just-months-after-grand-opening/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2024-02-22 |title=5 months after grand opening, Newmarket area Room + Spaces closes |url=https://www.newmarkettoday.ca/local-news/5-months-after-grand-opening-newmarket-area-room-spaces-closes-8336715 |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=NewmarketToday.ca |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=KelownaNow |title=Rooms+Spaces forced to close at Kelowna's Orchard Plaza |url=https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/money/news/Business/Rooms_Spaces_forced_to_close_at_Kelowna_s_Orchard_Plaza/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=KelownaNow |language=en |archive-date=2024-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206013446/https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/money/news/Business/Rooms_Spaces_forced_to_close_at_Kelowna_s_Orchard_Plaza |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last1=Feb 12 |first1=Nicholas Johansen- |last2=Story: 471844 |first2=2024 / 4:00 am {{!}} |title=Kelowna Rooms + Spaces closes just months after grand opening - Kelowna News |url=https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/471844/Kelowna-Rooms-Spaces-closes-just-months-after-grand-opening |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=www.castanet.net |language=en}}