Initially, RH CEO Gary Friedman was in a sober mood to deliver a sober message in the company’s most recent third-quarter 2022 earnings report. Though its revenues and operating margin exceeded the previous outlook, revenues dropped 14% from last year’s $1,006 million to $869 million and adjusted operating margin declined from 27.7% last to 20.8% this […]
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RSS feed for this sectionParachute Is Picking Up The Pace To Grow As A Lifestyle Brand
Parachute started as a sleepy little bedding brand in 2014. In those early days of e-commerce, it was one of the first to introduce luxury bed linens online, previously a department store staple. Early adopters who took the chance to order online loved Parachute sheets. They rapidly spread the word and Parachute officially became a […]
In The Battle For The Barbecue, Traeger Competes As The ‘Apple’ Brand
Within a week of each other last year, the century-old Weber grill company and the 35-year-old upstart Traeger filed IPOs. Coming out of the block, Traeger shares traded at a premium of $25 to Weber’s $16 per share, and Traeger reached its peak at $29 the day after Weber filed. But by the end of […]
Category-Killer Floor & Decor Sees A Runway To 500 Stores And $17 Billion In Sales
Floor & Decor just reported strong revenue growth for the second quarter ending June 30. Net sales increased 26.7%, reaching $1.1 billion with comparable store sales up 9.2% year-over-year. Explaining that the 2021 comparables faced in the second quarter were the “hardest” for the year, CEO Tom Taylor announced earnings per share of $0.76 were […]
FloorFound Makes the Circular Recommerce Market Accessible to Retail Furniture Brands
Last year Americans bought some $180 billion worth of furniture, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The bulk of that was spent with traditional brick-and-mortar retailers, though online e-commerce is taking a growing share of sales, somewhere around 15%. While retailers hope all those products find a happy home, returns are inevitable, especially […]