Friday, September 18, 2009

If you enjoyed the 100+ comments on the sofa post a while ago...

You should read all of THIS. Grab your wine (boozer) and your laptop, and enjoy.

I didn't know all of this about Restoration Hardware. And I love the condo story.

A snippet:

On June 18, 2008 Restoration Hardware was de-listed from the NASDAQ and ceased to be a publicly traded company. They were bought by Catterton Partners, a private equity firm specializing in “middle market consumer companies.” They also own:

Outback Steakhouse
Archway
Breyers
Van’s

among many others.

Their “realized investments” (which I take to mean companies they bought, squeezed every drop of potential profitability from, then sold) include:

Build-A-Bear
PF Chang’s
Odwalla
Case Logic
Frederic Fekkai
Wellness Pet Foods

among others.

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