Yahoo Finance Williams-Sonoma's (WSM) West Elm Partners With Misha & Puff
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.’s WSM portfolio brand West Elm has collaborated with Misha & Puff, an artisanal fashion brand. The collection (12 pieces) of exclusively assorted textiles, accessories, and furniture, showcasing vintage essence and heirloom quality designs, are for West Elm Kids collections. West Elm Kids currently features about 2000 products serving babies, kids and teens.
Focus on the West Elm Business
Williams-Sonoma has a portfolio of eight brands – Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teen, West Elm, Williams Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation, and Mark and Graham.
In West Elm, comparable brand revenue growth was 4.2% in the third quarter of 2022, compared with 22.5% growth registered in the comparable year-ago period. This resulted in 26.7% comparable brand revenue growth on a two-year basis and 48.4% on a three-year basis. Growth was driven by improved in-stock positions.
Net revenues of West Elm during the fiscal third quarter increased to $599.8 million from $579.7 million a year ago. At the end of third-quarter 2022, there were 122 retail stores of West Elm compared to 121 in the year-ago period.
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As of third-quarter 2022, West Elm was the second largest brand portfolio of WSM based on the basis of net sales. WSM shares have declined 25.4% over the past year against the industry’s 34.3% indicated growth. The long-term earnings growth rate of WSM is currently pegged at 10%.
Zacks Rank & Key Picks
Williams-Sonoma currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
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