The first dual-branded Container store and Bed Bath & Beyond opened in Dallas.

Bed Bath & Beyond is staging a major comeback under President Amy Sullivan, transforming the hero brand into the centerpiece of a broader home ecosystem that spans retail, organization, design services, remodeling and home improvement.

And the strategy took its latest step forward last month with the opening of a new format Bed Bath & Beyond and Container Store location in Dallas, with a concept that Sullivan believes could redefine how consumers shop for their homes.

"Everything will have the hero brand of Bed Bath & Beyond," Sullivan, a retail veteran recently-appointed President, said speaking from Nashville. "It has a customer database that has a reach far greater than Container Store."

The Dallas location is the first tangible expression of a strategy that combines Bed Bath & Beyond, The Container Store and Kirkland’s into a unified proposition. Rather than operating as separate banners under one corporate umbrella, Sullivan wants customers to experience them as parts of a single, home-focused destination.