Pottery Barn parent Williams-Sonoma has yet to break ground on its low-budget concept, Elm Street.
Look at the gleaming copper pots hanging from a ceiling rack (where's my Williams-Sonoma catalog?)!
Fourth-quartile stocks, which expanded revenue an average 167% a year over the decade, included such winners as Williams-Sonoma.
In the U.S., the Magimix by Robot Coupe is available exclusively from Williams-Sonoma.
Williams-Sonoma is just one example of a brand that has successfully applied this classic gamer strategy to mobile advertising.
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"We were chasing juicers for all of 2012, " says Neil Lick, vice president of merchandising at Williams-Sonoma Inc.
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He later went to work for another retailing legend, Howard Lester at Williams-Sonoma.
His own company, Steven Smith Teamaker, sells small-batch teas in restaurants and stores like Williams-Sonoma, Zabar's and even Eddie Bauer.
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"Courtney's concept is part of what is going to make commerce work on the Web, " says Howard Lester, chief executive of Williams-Sonoma.
With a solid start to fiscal 2012 and its growth strategies in place, Williams-Sonoma remains fully poised to deliver strong earnings growth through the rest of the year.
Williams-Sonoma could help gift-givers split the cost of expensive items.
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The mobile gift cards are currently available at the Gap and its spin-off chains Banana Republic and Old Navy, as well as Williams-Sonoma and sister chains Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids and West Elm.
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Williams-Sonoma operates its namesake stores and Pottery Barn.
When a user clicks through a Williams-Sonoma ad to browse, that user is not only prompted to download the app but also to register as a customer so they can pick up shopping where they left off.
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She oversaw additional store openings and the creation of new pieces and product lines in an effort to compete with a growing number of rivals with less- expensive offerings, including West Elm, a unit of Williams-Sonoma, and Chiasso of Chicago.
She oversaw additional store openings and the creation of new pieces and product lines in an effort to compete with a growing number of rivals with less expensive offerings, including West Elm, a unit of Williams-Sonoma, and Chiasso of Chicago, not to mention Chinese-made knockoffs of modernist pieces.
And another tool or piece of equipment which is now available is called BloomReach and brands such as Williams-Sonoma, Orbitz and Neiman Marcus, among others, are using it to their advantage as they too try to win, er, stay ahead of their competition in the race for relevance.
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