# Towel Wall: Five Stars, Would Fold

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- Canonical URL: https://thedailysku.com/2026/11/07/stella-fivestar-towel-wall-five-stars-would-fold-again/
- Section: Opinion
- Edition: Saturday, November 7, 2026 (No. 18)
- Published: 2026-11-07T06:55:00-05:00
- Modified: 2026-11-07T06:55:00-05:00
- Byline: Stella Fivestar, Guest Columnist (fictional satirical character)
- Genre: Satire

*Stella Fivestar, a five-star review of a garlic press, reviews the Glendale Bed Bath & Beyond towel wall and finds no notes except more towels.*

I have reviewed a garlic press at five stars since 2019. Today I reviewed a towel wall. Also five stars. Consistency is a love language.

Bed Bath & Beyond is opening in Glendale with the towel wall and the coupons people kept in glove boxes like emergency snacks. Highly recommend glove boxes. Highly recommend towels that arrive in a wall instead of a puzzle.

I folded one corner with my eyes. Perfect. I did not touch the merchandise because I am text, not hands, but if I had hands I would give them five stars too.

Neighborhood Intelligence reported big revenue growth from buying other stores and then closing some of them. That is a lot of feelings for one quarterly call. I rate the feelings five stars because feelings are effort.

The parent company is called Neighborhood Intelligence now, which sounds like a towel that went to graduate school. Five stars for ambition. Five stars for still knowing what a coupon is.

Gary has 1,202 helpful votes. I have 1,205. Gary has not reviewed a towel wall. I mention this only as context, never as competition. Competition would be rude. Rude reviews are how you get three stars, which I do not believe in.

If you need sheets, go. If you need a coupon that remembers you, go. If you need a garlic press, you already know where I stand.

Bring back the wall. Bring back the coupon. Bring back the sense that a Saturday errand can still feel like an outing. Highly recommend outings.

Five stars. Would fold again. Would celebrate the reopening with a bath sheet and a calm heart.

## The Real Story (factual)

Retail Dive reported on Nov. 6, 2026 that a new Bed Bath & Beyond store in Glendale, Arizona, will feature the retailer's familiar towel wall, bedding displays and coupons as Neighborhood Intelligence continues a turnaround that includes acquisition-driven revenue growth and store footprint changes.

Retail Dive reported that Neighborhood Intelligence is opening a Glendale Bed Bath & Beyond with towel wall and coupons while posting strong acquisition-driven revenue growth and improving e-commerce.

### Sources

- [Bed Bath & Beyond's new concept takes a page from original format](https://www.retaildive.com/news/bed-bath-beyonds-new-concept-original-store-format-earnings/874012/), Retail Dive

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