INDEX: Williams Sonoma Retail Fixtures

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Williams Sonoma Retail Fixtures

Williams Sonoma Retail Fixtures

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Williams-Sonoma, Inc., is an American publicly traded consumer retail company that sells kitchenwares and home furnishings.^[6] It is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.^[7] It is one of the largest e-commerce retailers in the U.S.,^[6] and one of the biggest multi-channel specialty retailers in the world.^[8]

Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma Inc. operates more than 600 retail stores internationally under a portfolio of brands including Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, PBteen, Williams-Sonoma, Williams-Sonoma Home, West Elm, Mark and Graham, and Rejuvenation.^[9] Williams-Sonoma Inc. also operates through eight corresponding websites and gift registries.^[10]

In October 2001, the company opened its first international stores in Toronto, Canada.^[40] In 2008, the company opened Pottery Barn and West Elm stores at Plaza Las Americas in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, a district of the capital San Juan.^[41]

In 2010, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. partnered with M.H. Alshaya Co. to launch Pottery Barn and Pottery Barn Kids franchise operations in the Middle East.^[9] The first Williams-Sonoma brand store outside of North America opened in Kuwait in 2012, along with West Elm at The Avenues Mall, the largest shopping center in Kuwait. The company also opened four stores (Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, and West Elm) in Australia as the first retail locations outside of North America owned and operated by Williams-Sonoma, Inc.^[9]

The company opened its first store in the United Kingdom in 2014 with the launch of its West Elm location in London.^[42] Williams-Sonoma signed a franchise agreement in 2014 to begin opening stores and operating its e-commerce sites for six of its brands in Mexico.^[43] In the same year, the company also opened Pottery Barn and Pottery Barn Kids stores with a franchise partner in the Philippines.^[44] (SOURCE: Wikipedia)

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