A recent Wall Street Journal article has pointed out that home goods retailer Beth Bath & Beyond isn’t doing so well. The company’s own fiscal reports support this conclusion, with almost a 50 percent decrease in net earnings per diluted share during Q2 2018 compared to Q2 2017. While it reported net earnings of $94.2 million in the latter year, current earnings are just $48.6 million.
These earnings are fairly dispiriting, especially since net sales for Q2 2018 were flat to the prior year quarter, at $2.9 billion....