Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is a nationwide specialty retailer of high quality products for the home. These products, representing six distinct merchandising strategies - Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, PBteen, West Elm, and Williams-Sonoma Home - are marketed through 573 stores, seven mail order catalogs and six e-commerce websites.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. was the first American retailer to make professional cooking equipment and gourmet foods widely available to home cooks. Founded in 1956 by Chuck Williams, the company soon expanded from its Sonoma Valley store to include several prestigious locations around California. Success in catalog and new merchandising concepts followed on the same vision -- to offer products and services that enhance the quality of life at home. The Williams-Sonoma, Inc. vision extends to the lives of our associates. We offer a benefits package designed to help them grow, personally and professionally, to stay healthy, to prepare for the unexpected, to care for their families, and to build a secure future. The package includes a generous merchandise discount; paid vacations and holidays; health, life and travel insurance; short- and long-term disability programs; health and dependent care tax-free spending accounts; medical, family and bereavement leave; tuition reimbursement; and a stock incentive plan.