BJ's Wholesale Club

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. has agreed to settle charges over an alleged failure to protect information on thousands of its customers, the Federal Trade Commission said Thursday.

Failed to encrypt consumer information when it was transmitted or stored on computers in BJ’s stores;

Despite possessing information that reasonably supported the conclusion that the portable air conditioners contained a defect that could create a substantial product hazard or created an unreasonable risk of serious injury or death, BJ’s did not immediately report to the Commission.

11. Despite possessing information that reasonably supported the conclusion that the Subject Products contained a defect that could create a substantial product hazard or created an unreasonable risk of serious injury or death, BJ's never reported to the Commission.

Operationally, BJ's will limit the number of members allowed inside clubs at one time, effective Saturday, April 4. The number will vary based on each club's square footage, they said. They are not allowing more than 20 percent of a club's total capacity at any given time, and they are asking for people to shop with one person per household if possible.

8(a)(1) Interrogation (including Polling)

Three Maryland employees of BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. who recently filed a potential collective action alleging age discrimination have voluntarily dismissed their claims, they told a federal court in the state.

BJ’s Wholesale Club at 800-257-2582 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET on Saturdays and 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET on Sundays; email at gazebos@bjs.com; or online at www.bjs.com/help/recall and click on the email icon or www.bjs.com/productsafety for more information. BJ’s Wholesale Club is contacting all known purchasers directly.

CHARLESTON, SC (WCIV) — BJ's Wholesale Club announced on Friday some changes in operations and for their employees, including an $2 an hour pay increase for an extended period of time.

BJ’s Wholesale Club is donating more than $1.2 million to 88 local charities across 17 states and Washington, D.C., with each organization nominated by a BJ’s team member, according to a community announcement.

Criteria 1 of the Corporate Equality Index focuses on workplace non-discrimination policies designed to support a safe and equitable environment for all employees, consistent with applicable law and current U.S. Supreme Court rulings.

In addition to deploying technology to improve its ability to keep tabs on products on store shelves, BJ’s plans to upgrade its locations so they can better serve digital customers, President and CEO Bob Eddy said last week during the retailer’s fourth-quarter earnings call. Eddy noted that while curbside pickup now accounts for half of the company’s online sales, many of its stores were not designed with e-commerce in mind, adding that the company installed facilities to enable pickup at its stores in only a couple of weeks.

BJ’s Wholesale Club plans to deploy autonomous aisle-scanning vehicles from Simbe Robotics to all of the club retailer’s locations, the companies announced in a press release Tuesday.

However, a New York Supreme Court lawsuit filed by Oaktree Capital Management in April alleges BJ’s breached an agreement to sell its claim for about $29 million in tariff refunds to the alternative investments firm. Under the deal, Oaktree would have paid 70 cents on the dollar, or roughly $20 million.

BJ’s Wholesale Club used tariff refunds to help reduce overall retail prices by about half a percentage point, President and CEO Bob Eddy told investors.

Oaktree Capital Management LP sued BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. for allegedly backing out of a deal to sell its rights to around $29 million in tariff refunds for 70 cents on the dollar.

The rebates helped reduce overall retail prices by about half a percentage point.

More than 30,000 hourly team members received awards worth $250 to $2,000 in honor of a key milestone.

That’s because on Tuesday, managers are scheduled to fan out to the Marlborough-based retailer’s nearly 270 clubs and seven warehouses across 22 states to hand out BJ’s gift cards to hourly workers, to thank them for their efforts. The company is setting aside $25 million to pay for this giveaway, to cover the cost of the store credits and taxes on the gifts.

The Fund’s shareholder proposal, submitted under SEC Rule 14a-8, sought “an assessment of risks of deforestation associated with BJ’s private label brands.” After BJ’s moved to unilaterally exclude the proposal from its 2026 proxy materials, the Fund filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on March 2, 2026.

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In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for discrimination in employment on the basis of disability in violation of Executive Law § 296, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Held, J.), dated April 3, 2008, which granted the defendants' motion, in effect, to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) and Executive Law § 297 (9).