5 stocks that are on the rise despite year’s bumpy rides
Burritos, mascara and streaming.
Those are among the sectors where investors have reaped sizable gains with certain stocks not only so far this year but for the last 12 months, while the stock market overall has labored to bounce back to its record highs set last year.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 is up 9.2 percent so far this year after tumbling 6.2 percent last year, its biggest annual drop since 2008. The benchmark index is still down 6.6 percent from its record high set last Sept. 20.
Here’s a look at five stocks that have beat the market in the last year despite having their own bumps along the way:
edge and wisdom and how to learn to do businesses,” Alexander said of his mother and father.
The company is also working to develop more of its sister brand stores that got their start aside Rose and Remington, including Birch and Burlap and Curve and Cloth, said the company’s spokeswoman Ashley Dennis. They also own Greene Country Market and Sammie and Link on Main Street in Lebanon.
Curve and Cloth is the same romantic, boho-chic style as Rose and Remington, but carries sizes XL through 3XL and Birch and Burlap carries the same luxury, affordable concept to home furnishing and decor with pictures, frames, pottery, kitchen supplies and bath products.
There are currently three Birch and Burlap stores and one Curve and Cloth. Only the Rose and Remington lease is finalized at the Fairfield Commons Mall, but Alexander said the family is in talks to add all three side-by-side at the Beavercreek shopping center.
The Rose and Remington store will add about 10 employees in Beavercreek and could bring 25 jobs if all three stores come to fruition.
The three stores could combine to take up more than 10,000 square feet with the average Rose and Remington or Curve and Cloth store running about 3,000 square feet and Birch and Burlap occupying an average 4,500 to 5,000 square feet.
The family’s retail business started in Lebanon nearly a decade ago with Green Country Market, a modern general store and gift shop with a country focus.
Success in the expansion has come from hard work, sweat and tears, along with giving store managers flexibility to make each store its own, Alexander said. From there, they launched all the other branded stores that now adorn downtown Lebanon.
“I think it all comes back to our customer base and taking care of our customers... we’re a faith-based company so we just try to really lead by example,” Alexander said.
As consumer shopping habits change, few retailers are expanding. But Dennis said the company is confident because of its quality customer service and revolving merchandise that create a fresh experience every time a customer visits.
“Our brands pair with women... at all stages of their life, and a common thread is that they enjoy luxury fashion at an affordable price,” she said.
In addition to the Lebanon stores, there are Birch and Burlap stores at Fields Ertel in Cincinnati and Liberty Center. Rose and Remington stores are open on Miamisburg-Centerville Road in Miami Twp., Liberty Center, Fields, Florence, Colerain and Cincinnati stores at the Kenwood Towne Centre, Hyde Park and Beechmont.