
Williams-Sonoma, Inc - San Francisco, CA
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N 37° 48.348 W 122° 25.514
10S E 550596 N 4184424
The Williams-Sonoma headquarters by San Francisco's Fort Mason.
Waymark Code: WM7Y9M
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/22/2009
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"Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM) is a high-end American consumer retail company that sells kitchenwares, furniture and linens, as well as other housewares and home furnishings, along with a variety of specialty foods and gift items. Its international corporate headquarters and primary offices are located in San Francisco, California. The company generates revenue primarily through its retail-store and direct-to-customer channels (mail-order catalog and internet).
The company operates 560 retail stores (2005) in the United States and Canada under a portfolio of brands, including 255 Williams-Sonoma, 180 Pottery Barn and 90 Pottery Barn Kids stores. Other subsidiary brands include Williams-Sonoma Home, West Elm, Pottery Barn Bed & Bath and PBteen. The company reported revenue for fiscal year 2005 of more than (U.S.) $3.539 billion and claimed more than 7,700 full-time employees.
Williams-Sonoma maintains a large centralized distribution center in Olive Branch, Mississippi (suburban Memphis, Tennessee). The 3,200,000 sq ft (297,000 m2). facility serves both its retail stores and direct-to-customer orders.
Williams-Sonoma also operates 2 call centers located in Las Vegas, Nevada and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and closed a 3rd call center in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, on January 14, 2009." (
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