5 Best Retail Stocks To Watch For 2015

5 Best Retail Stocks To Watch For 2015: Restoration Hardware Holdings Inc (RH)

Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc. (Restoration Hardware Holdings), incorporated on August 18, 2011, is a holding company. The Company is merchants of home furnishings. Restoration Hardware Holdings offers merchandise assortments across a number of categories, including furniture, lighting, textiles, bath ware, decor, outdoor, garden, and baby and child products. The Company's business is integrated across its multiple channels of distribution, consists of its stores, catalogs and Websites. As of July 28, 2012, the Company's operated a total of 73 retail stores, consisted of 71 Galleries and two full line Design Galleries, and 10 outlet stores throughout the United States and Canada. RH is a brand in the home furnishings. During the fiscal year ended January 28, 2012 (fiscal 2011), the Company opened five stores and closed 22 stores. In fiscal 2011, the Company distributed approximately 26.1 million catalogs, and its Websites logged over 14.3 million visits.

Restoration Hardware Holdings operates a Website for its Baby & Child brand at www.rhbabyandchild.com. The Company opened its two full line Design Galleries in Los Angeles in, June 2011 and Houston in November 2011. In May 2011, the Company launched catalog applications for Apple's iPad and iPhone that enable customers to view and purchase its product assortment. Restoration Hardware Holdings operates three store types: the Company's full line Design Gallery format, approximately between 22,000 and 28,000 gross square feet; its Gallery format of approximately 7,000-15,000 gross square feet, and its Baby & Child Gallery format of approximately 2,000-3,000 gross square feet.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  Shares of Restoration Hardware (RH) have slipped today following its earnings release, which saw the retailer beat e! arnings forecasts but miss on revenue.

  Brandon Schulman for The Wall St

  Jefferies’ John Marrin doesn’t understand the fuss:

  The later distribution of the Spring catalog had a larger-than-anticipated detriment to sales around the July 4th promotional event, but a very strong gross-margin performance more than made up the difference as EPS came in well ahead. Guidance for the back half looks very good, particularly for 3Q as management cited a business acceleration late in 2Q and into Aug/Sept. The shares were down in the after hours but we believe they will bounce back
  tomorrow.

  As of yet, they haven’t. Shares of Restoration Hardware have dropped 3.6% to $79.15 at 12:46 p.m.

• [By Brian Nichols]

  Restoration Hardware (NYSE: RH  ) reported earnings recently and its revenue growth showed a significant deceleration in comparison to what investors have come to expect. Nonetheless, for investors with a long-term outlook, Restoration Hardware has a plan in place to keep growth robust, thus allowing for long-term stock gains.

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