| Business Summary | | Williams-Sonoma,
Inc.
and
its
subsidiaries
are
specialty
retailers
of
products
for
the
home.
The
retail
segment
sells
its
products
through
its
four
retail
concepts,
Williams-Sonoma,
Pottery
Barn,
Pottery
Barn
Kids
and
Hold
Everything.
The
direct-to-customer
segment
sells
similar
products
through
its
six
direct-mail
catalogs,
Williams-Sonoma,
Pottery
Barn,
Pottery
Barn
Kids,
Pottery
Barn
Bed
+
Bath,
Hold
Everything
and
Chambers,
and
three
e-commerce
Websites.
The
principal
concepts
in
both
retail
and
direct-to-customer
are
Williams-Sonoma
and
Pottery
Barn,
which
sell
cookware
essentials
and
contemporary
tableware
and
home
furnishings,
respectively. | More
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Business Description |
| Financial Summary | | WSM
is
a
national
specialty
retailer
of
fine
quality
cooking
and
serving
equipment,
home
furnishings
and
other
home
and
garden
accessories,
marketed
through
370
retail
stores
and
five
mail
order
catalogs.
For
the
26
weeks
ended
7/29/01,
net
sales
rose
16%
to
$846.6
million.
Net
income
fell
81%
to
$1.8
million.
Revenues
reflect
four
new
stores
opened
and
higher
catalog
and
internet
sales.
Earnings
were
offset
by
increased
shipping
and
occupancy
costs. | More
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Developments |
| | | | FY1999 Pay | |
| W. Howard Lester, 65 Chairman | $756K | Dale Hilpert CEO | -- | Charles Williams, 85 Vice
Chairman | -- | Jim Boike COO | -- | Patrick Connolly, 54 Exec.
VP, CMO, Assistant Sec., Director | 462K | Dollar amounts are as of 30-Jan-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.. |
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