BBA Bombay CO

FORT WORTH, Texas, May 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Bombay Company, Inc. (NYSE:BBA) announced today that it will change the frequency with which it publicly reports same store sales and total revenue to a quarterly rather than a monthly basis, so that its next sales release will be for the quarter ended July 29, 2006. The Company believes that shareholders will be better served by the revised release schedule as it will reduce the potential for volatility caused by monthly reporting of sales data. Monthly comparisons are often affected by calendar shifts, changes in promotional methods or cadence, and other events, so that meaningful comparisons of the Company's performance in the current period with its performance in a prior period cannot be made. The change to a quarterly reporting frequency will spread these variations over an entire quarter, making period-to-period comparisons more valid, and will align Bombay's reporting with the majority of publicly-traded specialty home furnishings hardlines retailers. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20051026/BOMBAYLOGO ) The Bombay Company, Inc. designs, sources and markets a unique line of home accessories, wall decor and furniture through 481 retail outlets, specialty catalogs and the Internet in the U.S. and internationally. Any statements in this press release that may be considered forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Those risks are described in the Company's public announcements, reports to stockholders and SEC filings, including but not limited to Reports on Forms 10-K, 8-K and 10-Q, copies of which are available from the SEC or may be obtained upon request from the Company. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise the forward-looking statements contained therein to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20051026/BOMBAYLOGODATASOURCE: The Bombay Company, Inc. CONTACT: Elaine D. Crowley, Sr. Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, of The Bombay Company, Inc., +1-817-347-8200 Web site: http://www.bombaycompany.com/

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