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Williams-Sonoma Inc. (WSM)At 4:00PM ET: 20.01  Up 0.77 (4.00%)  
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Williams-Sonoma Inc.
3250 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States - Map
Phone: 415-421-7900
Fax: 415-616-8359
Web Site: http://www.williams-sonomainc.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 400 MidCap
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Services
Industry:Home Furnishing Stores
Full Time Employees:6,300

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. operates as a specialty retailer of home products. It offers culinary and serving equipment, including cookware, cookbooks, cutlery, informal dinnerware, glassware, table linens, and specialty foods and cooking ingredients; and bridal and gift items under the Williams-Sonoma brand. The company also provides home furnishing products comprising furniture, textiles, decorative accessories, and lighting and tabletop items under the West Elm brand; bed and bath products under the Pottery Barn brand; and children’s furnishings and accessories under the Pottery Barn Kids brand name. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. also sells its home products through its seven direct-mail catalogs, which comprise Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Bed and Bath, PBteen, West Elm, and Williams-Sonoma Home; and six e-commerce Web sites, including williams-sonoma.com, potterybarn.com, potterybarnkids.com, pbteen.com, westelm.com, and wshome.com. As of February 1, 2009, the company operated 627 retail stores, including 264 Williams-Sonoma, 204 Pottery Barn, 95 Pottery Barn Kids, 36 West Elm, 10 Williams-Sonoma Home, and 18 outlet stores in 44 states of the United States, Washington, D.C., Canada, and Puerto Rico. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Williams-Sonoma Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 6-Nov-09 is better than 71.2% of S&P 400 companies and 81.3% of Retailing companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. W. Howard Lester , 73
    Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer and Member of Incentive Award Committee
    $ 975.00K $ 2.56M
    Ms. Laura J. Alber , 40
    Pres
    $ 800.00K $ 0
    Ms. Sharon L. Mccollam , 46
    Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Exec. VP
    $ 725.00K $ 0
    Mr. Pat Connolly , 62
    Chief Marketing Officer, Exec. VP, Director and Member of Incentive Award Committee
    $ 570.00K $ 2.12M
    Mr. Charles E. Williams , 93
    Founder Emeritus
    N/A N/A
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-09 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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