{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"161089","rtpr_id":"nBw40Swmya-20261005","ticker":"NXH","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["NXH"],"title":"Neighborhood Intelligence Strengthens Financial and Operating Leadership as Company Advances Integration","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-10-05T21:00:00.260Z","article_body":"Neighborhood Intelligence Strengthens Financial and Operating Leadership as\nCompany Advances Integration\n\nPaul Kosturos appointed Interim CFO, complementing recent additions of Chief\nAccounting Officer and Deputy CFO Jill Windrum and Retail CFO Emma Haugh\n\nCompany advances expense reduction, technology consolidation, supply chain\nimprovements and organizational simplification\n\nNeighborhood Intelligence, Inc. (the “Company”) today announced that Paul\nKosturos, a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”), has\nbeen appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer as the Company continues to\nstrengthen its financial leadership and accelerate the integration and\nright-sizing of its businesses.\n\nBrian LaRose will depart the Company as Chief Financial Officer. LaRose served\nas CFO of The Container Store through the completion of its transaction with\nNeighborhood Intelligence and continued to support the combined organization\nduring the initial integration of the businesses. The Company thanks Brian for\nhis leadership and contributions during an important period for both\norganizations.\n\nKosturos joins a recently strengthened finance organization that includes Jill\nWindrum, Chief Accounting Officer and Deputy Chief Financial Officer, and Emma\nHaugh, Retail CFO. The Company has also expanded its strategic relationship\nwith A&M to provide specialized expertise across finance and accounting,\ntechnology consolidation and organizational structure.\n\n“Our focus is to simplify the business, flatten the organization and remove\nunnecessary costs while continuing to grow revenue and expand margin,” said\nMarcus Lemonis, Chief Executive Officer of Neighborhood Intelligence. “We\nhave made meaningful progress, and we are assembling the right team and\nexpertise to continue that work.”\n\nIntegration and Operating Progress\n\nYear to date, the combined companies have removed more than $50 million of\nSG&A as each business has taken steps to improve its individual cost\nstructure. As the businesses come together, the Company has identified at\nleast an additional $30 million of savings opportunities through contract\nconsolidation and renegotiation, technology consolidation, organizational\nsimplification and the elimination of unnecessary duplication.\n\nFollowing A&M’s comprehensive supply chain assessment, the Company has\nreconfigured its supply chain team and strategy to accelerate improvements in\ninventory flow, distribution, fulfillment and efficiency. Since the July 11\nclosing of The Container Store transaction, the Company has also been\nrebalancing and rebuilding inventory to support its sales objectives and has\nbegun exiting several dozen locations, with those closures expected to be\ncompleted by year-end.\n\n“We have spent the quarter taking deliberate actions to position the\nbusiness for profitable growth,” said Amy Sullivan, President of\nNeighborhood Intelligence. “We are improving inventory, supply chain and\nproductivity while removing unnecessary expense and complexity. The assessment\nwork is largely behind us; our focus now is execution.”\n\nStrengthening Financial Leadership\n\nKosturos brings more than 30 years of finance and accounting experience,\nincluding public-company leadership, financial integration, organizational\nredesign and working-capital management.\n\nWindrum, CPA, brings almost 25 years of finance and accounting experience\nspanning public-company reporting, financial controls, FP&A, M&A and\noperational finance. During more than a decade at Maxar Technologies, she held\nmultiple CFO roles, including Interim CFO during Maxar’s acquisition by\nAdvent International.\n\nHaugh brings extensive operational finance experience from PepsiCo, including\nsupply chain and capital planning, P&L transformation, retail sales\nfinance, warehouse economics, cost management and productivity.\n\nTogether, Kosturos, Windrum and Haugh bring complementary expertise across\nenterprise finance and integration, public-company accounting and controls,\nand retail operational finance as the Company continues to simplify its\norganization, improve productivity and strengthen financial discipline.\n\nEnhancing Investor Communications\n\nNeighborhood Intelligence has also retained ICR to lead its investor relations\nefforts and support the Company’s engagement with shareholders and the\nbroader investment community as it increases financial and operational\ntransparency.\n\nAbout Neighborhood Intelligence\n\nNeighborhood Intelligence (Nasdaq: NXH), previously Bed Bath & Beyond,\nInc., is a data and technology company organized around three interconnected\npillars: Omni-Channel Retail, Home Services and Home Ownership.\n\nIts portfolio includes Bed Bath & Beyond, Overstock, buybuy BABY,\nKirkland’s, The Container Store, Elfa and Closet Works, along with its\nexpanding Home Services and Home Ownership businesses.\n\nNeighborhood Intelligence connects products, services, financing, expertise\nand data to make homeownership simpler and more affordable.\n\nAbout Alvarez & Marsal\n\nFounded in 1983, Alvarez & Marsal is a leading global professional\nservices firm renowned for its leadership, action, and results. A&M\nprovides advisory, business performance improvement, and turnaround management\nservices, delivering practical solutions to address clients' unique\nchallenges. With a worldwide network of experienced operators, world-class\nconsultants, former regulators, and industry authorities, A&M helps\ncorporates, boards, private equity firms, law firms, and government agencies\ndrive transformation, mitigate risk, and unlock value at every stage of\ngrowth.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261005420624/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261005420624/en/)\n\nir@beyond.com \n(mailto:ir@beyond.com) \npr@beyond.com (mailto:pr@beyond.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBw40Swmya-20261005","title":"Neighborhood Intelligence Strengthens Financial and Operating Leadership as Company Advances Integration","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"NXH","created":"2026-10-05T21:00:00.260Z","tickers":["NXH"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"Neighborhood Intelligence Strengthens Financial and Operating Leadership as\nCompany Advances Integration\n\nPaul Kosturos appointed Interim CFO, complementing recent additions of Chief\nAccounting Officer and Deputy CFO Jill Windrum and Retail CFO Emma Haugh\n\nCompany advances expense reduction, technology consolidation, supply chain\nimprovements and organizational simplification\n\nNeighborhood Intelligence, Inc. (the “Company”) today announced that Paul\nKosturos, a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”), has\nbeen appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer as the Company continues to\nstrengthen its financial leadership and accelerate the integration and\nright-sizing of its businesses.\n\nBrian LaRose will depart the Company as Chief Financial Officer. LaRose served\nas CFO of The Container Store through the completion of its transaction with\nNeighborhood Intelligence and continued to support the combined organization\nduring the initial integration of the businesses. The Company thanks Brian for\nhis leadership and contributions during an important period for both\norganizations.\n\nKosturos joins a recently strengthened finance organization that includes Jill\nWindrum, Chief Accounting Officer and Deputy Chief Financial Officer, and Emma\nHaugh, Retail CFO. The Company has also expanded its strategic relationship\nwith A&M to provide specialized expertise across finance and accounting,\ntechnology consolidation and organizational structure.\n\n“Our focus is to simplify the business, flatten the organization and remove\nunnecessary costs while continuing to grow revenue and expand margin,” said\nMarcus Lemonis, Chief Executive Officer of Neighborhood Intelligence. “We\nhave made meaningful progress, and we are assembling the right team and\nexpertise to continue that work.”\n\nIntegration and Operating Progress\n\nYear to date, the combined companies have removed more than $50 million of\nSG&A as each business has taken steps to improve its individual cost\nstructure. As the businesses come together, the Company has identified at\nleast an additional $30 million of savings opportunities through contract\nconsolidation and renegotiation, technology consolidation, organizational\nsimplification and the elimination of unnecessary duplication.\n\nFollowing A&M’s comprehensive supply chain assessment, the Company has\nreconfigured its supply chain team and strategy to accelerate improvements in\ninventory flow, distribution, fulfillment and efficiency. Since the July 11\nclosing of The Container Store transaction, the Company has also been\nrebalancing and rebuilding inventory to support its sales objectives and has\nbegun exiting several dozen locations, with those closures expected to be\ncompleted by year-end.\n\n“We have spent the quarter taking deliberate actions to position the\nbusiness for profitable growth,” said Amy Sullivan, President of\nNeighborhood Intelligence. “We are improving inventory, supply chain and\nproductivity while removing unnecessary expense and complexity. The assessment\nwork is largely behind us; our focus now is execution.”\n\nStrengthening Financial Leadership\n\nKosturos brings more than 30 years of finance and accounting experience,\nincluding public-company leadership, financial integration, organizational\nredesign and working-capital management.\n\nWindrum, CPA, brings almost 25 years of finance and accounting experience\nspanning public-company reporting, financial controls, FP&A, M&A and\noperational finance. During more than a decade at Maxar Technologies, she held\nmultiple CFO roles, including Interim CFO during Maxar’s acquisition by\nAdvent International.\n\nHaugh brings extensive operational finance experience from PepsiCo, including\nsupply chain and capital planning, P&L transformation, retail sales\nfinance, warehouse economics, cost management and productivity.\n\nTogether, Kosturos, Windrum and Haugh bring complementary expertise across\nenterprise finance and integration, public-company accounting and controls,\nand retail operational finance as the Company continues to simplify its\norganization, improve productivity and strengthen financial discipline.\n\nEnhancing Investor Communications\n\nNeighborhood Intelligence has also retained ICR to lead its investor relations\nefforts and support the Company’s engagement with shareholders and the\nbroader investment community as it increases financial and operational\ntransparency.\n\nAbout Neighborhood Intelligence\n\nNeighborhood Intelligence (Nasdaq: NXH), previously Bed Bath & Beyond,\nInc., is a data and technology company organized around three interconnected\npillars: Omni-Channel Retail, Home Services and Home Ownership.\n\nIts portfolio includes Bed Bath & Beyond, Overstock, buybuy BABY,\nKirkland’s, The Container Store, Elfa and Closet Works, along with its\nexpanding Home Services and Home Ownership businesses.\n\nNeighborhood Intelligence connects products, services, financing, expertise\nand data to make homeownership simpler and more affordable.\n\nAbout Alvarez & Marsal\n\nFounded in 1983, Alvarez & Marsal is a leading global professional\nservices firm renowned for its leadership, action, and results. A&M\nprovides advisory, business performance improvement, and turnaround management\nservices, delivering practical solutions to address clients' unique\nchallenges. With a worldwide network of experienced operators, world-class\nconsultants, former regulators, and industry authorities, A&M helps\ncorporates, boards, private equity firms, law firms, and government agencies\ndrive transformation, mitigate risk, and unlock value at every stage of\ngrowth.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261005420624/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261005420624/en/)\n\nir@beyond.com \n(mailto:ir@beyond.com) \npr@beyond.com (mailto:pr@beyond.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-10-05T21:00:00.308300988Z","server_sent_at_ms":1791234000308},"received_at":"2026-10-05T21:00:00.358Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261005420624/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"149635","press_release_id":"161089","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Broadline Retail","sector":"Consumer Discretionary"},"redFlags":["CFO departure with only an interim (A&M restructuring professional) successor","Expansion of A&M relationship suggests ongoing turnaround/financial-distress posture","Exiting several dozen store locations by year-end"],"eventType":"executive_change","narrative":"Neighborhood Intelligence (NXH) appointed Alvarez & Marsal Managing Director Paul Kosturos as Interim CFO as CFO Brian LaRose departs following completion of The Container Store integration.\n\nThe company has removed more than $50 million of SG&A year to date and identified at least $30 million in additional savings from contract, technology and organizational consolidation, while exiting several dozen store locations by year-end.\n\nThe interim CFO from a turnaround firm signals continued restructuring intensity; the company also retained ICR for investor relations as it pushes for greater financial transparency.","sentiment":"mixed","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":true,"suggestedAngle":"Turnaround deepens: A&M operator takes CFO seat as NXH layers $30M more cost cuts on top of $50M YTD SG&A removal."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"sga_removed_ytd_usd":50000000,"container_store_closing_date":"2025-07-11","additional_savings_identified_usd":30000000}},"quotedText":"Our focus is to simplify the business, flatten the organization and remove unnecessary costs while continuing to grow revenue and expand margin","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Paul Kosturos","role":"Interim CFO (Alvarez & Marsal Managing Director)"},{"name":"Brian LaRose","role":"departing CFO"},{"name":"Jill Windrum","role":"Chief Accounting Officer and Deputy CFO"},{"name":"Emma Haugh","role":"Retail CFO"},{"name":"Marcus Lemonis","role":"CEO"},{"name":"Amy Sullivan","role":"President"}],"products":["Bed Bath & Beyond","Overstock","buybuy BABY","Kirkland's","The Container Store","Elfa","Closet Works"],"companies":[{"name":"Neighborhood Intelligence, Inc.","ticker":"NXH","relationship":"filer"},{"name":"Alvarez & Marsal","relationship":"turnaround advisor"},{"name":"The Container Store","relationship":"acquired subsidiary"},{"name":"Maxar Technologies","relationship":"mentioned (Windrum's prior employer)"},{"name":"Advent International","relationship":"mentioned (Maxar acquirer)"},{"name":"PepsiCo","relationship":"mentioned (Haugh's prior employer)"},{"name":"ICR","relationship":"investor relations firm"}],"dollarAmounts":[{"amount":"$50 million","context":"SG&A removed year to date across combined companies"},{"amount":"$30 million","context":"additional identified savings from consolidation and simplification"}]},"materialImpact":{"score":3,"reasoning":"CFO Brian LaRose departs with an A&M restructuring professional (Paul Kosturos) installed as Interim CFO, signaling heavy turnaround posture. 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