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Restoration Hardware is an American home-furnishings company headquartered in Corte Madera, California. The company sells its merchandise offering through its retail stores, catalog and online. As of November 1, 2014, the Company operated a total of 59 galleries, 6 full line design galleries and 3 Baby & Child galleries. The company also has 18 outlet stores in the United States and Canada.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=RestorationHardware.com )〕 ==History== Stephen Gordon founded the company in 1980. The company had 47 stores when it went public in 1998; when it underwent a rapid expansion that doubled the number of stores in three years, the company began losing money and was forced to restructure and close some locations, including the original store located in the heart of Old Town Eureka. Restoration Hardware first went public in 1998 before becoming private again. Gary Friedman joined the company in 2001 as Chief Executive Officer when Restoration Hardware was on the verge of bankruptcy. In 2005, Gordon left the company in order to partner with Robert Redford on the development of Sundance Apparel. In 2007, Sears Holdings Corporation announced the purchase of a 13.7% share of Restoration Hardware, prompting speculation that Sears Holdings might attempt a full takeover. After the bursting of the United States housing bubble, the company was slated to close two stores in 2008, and open one in Canada. In June 2008, the company completed the transaction without Sears Holding, but instead with Catterton Partners. As of June 18, 2008, the company was no longer publicly traded. That year the company also launched its Baby & Child line.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Restoration Hardware Q& A: In Recession, Chain Takes Aim at the High-End Market )〕 In 2012, Restoration Hardware underwent an initial public offering trading at $24 a share at its opening. Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc.'s common stock now trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RH. Upon this move the company renamed itself RH, removing the rest of the company name's letters from its official nomenclature. About 65% of the company's products come from overseas, particularly from contract manufacturers in southern China. The company is also the largest importer of Belgian linen and Italian bedding in the United States. RH created a Small Spaces line in 2012, composed of furnishings scaled down for smaller living spaces. The 2014 Small Spaces source book depicts 18 different smaller-scale homes in the United States and Europe.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Restoration Hardware Would Like To Help You Decorate That Tiny Tribcea Loft You’ve Been Shoehorning Yourself Into )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Restoration Hardware Designs for Small Spaces )〕 In 2013, RH also released the Objects of Curiosity source book, showing character pieces, artifacts and unique décor. The Tableware line was released in 2013.〔 In 2012 the company also encountered some accusations of copying the designs of other companies, specifically those used for the US military. On March 7, 2013, Restoration Hardware opened a gallery in Boston's Back Bay in an 1864 Romanesque Revival brick and brownstone structure, the former Boston Society of Natural History.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RH Boston Video )〕 In May 2013 the company announced a multichannel RH Contemporary Art platform Art when it acquired the first edition of Rain Room by Random International with exclusive showing rights in North America. RH loaned Rain Room to the Museum of Modern Art in New York for the U.S. premier or EXPO 1: New York from mid-May through July 2013. In 2014, RH opened a 70,000 square foot store which Atlanta Magazine called RH’s “next-generation full-line design gallery”, which includes amenities like a 50-foot infinite pool.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The RH Factor )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Restoration Hardware」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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