consumer retail founded brooklyn new york in 2002 key people chuck williams founder dale w. hilpert founder laura alber ceo products kitchenwares housewares office furniture home furnishings linens upholstery parent williams sonoma website www.westelm.com west elm stylized as west elm is a retail store that features contemporary furniture designs and other housewares . it is a wholly owned subsidiary of williams sonoma inc. 1 there are currently stores in the united states canada mexico australia england and the middle east . customers are able to shop in store online or through a catalog by calling a toll free number . the larger products such as sofas and beds are only displayed in stores for customers to see and feel in person likening west elm to a pure catalog online retail company . history edit after the success of williams sonoma s pottery barn kids west elm was founded in 2002 . the catalog was released in 2003 followed by the first store in the dumbo district of brooklyn new york later that year . the first west elm stores outside the united states were opened in toronto and montreal . references edit williams sonoma inc. west elm external links edit west elm official site v t e williams sonoma chuck williams founder laura j. alber ceo hold everything pottery barn pottery barn kids pbteen rejuvenation west elm williams sonoma this united states retail business article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title west elm & oldid 737259452 categories retail companies of the united stateswilliams sonomaunited states retail company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 september 2016 at 17 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view