** Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc BBBY.O surge 59.6% to
$26.73 premarket - among most actively traded across U.S.
exchanges
** BBBY stock also rose around 70% in extended trading hours
on Tuesday after the company announced partnership with Kroger
Co KR.N urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2RT2CB
** Under partnership, co to directly offer KR customers
extensive selection of home and baby products through
Kroger.com, and a small-scale physical store pilot at select KR
stores beginning in 2022
** About 29% of BBBY free float is in short position, Ortex
data showed
** Shares of retail favorites including AMC AMC.N , Koss
Corp KOSS.O , GameStop Corp GME.N , Naked Brand Group NAKD.O
and U.S.-listed shares of BlackBerry BB.N rise between 5% and
7%
** At current levels, BBBY is set to erase YTD declines of
~6%
(Reporting by Shreyashi Sanyal)
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