| Abstract: | Datamonitor's Williams-Sonoma, Inc. - SWOT Analysis company profile is the essential source for top-level company data and information. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. - SWOT Analysis examines the company's key business structure and operations, history and products, and provides summary analysis of its key revenue lines and strategy.
Williams-Sonoma is a US based specialty retailer of home furnishing products. The company markets its merchandise through three channels including retail stores, catalogs and online web portal. The company primarily operates in the US. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California and employed 8,300 people as of January 2008. The company recorded revenues of $3,944.9 million during the financial year (FY) ended January 2008, an increase of 5.8% over 2007. This was primarily due to growth in store leased square footage, comparable store sales, the impact of the extra week of net revenues in FY2008, a 53-week year, catalog page circulation and internet business. The operating profit of the company was $313.4 million during FY2008, a decrease of 4.3% compared with 2007. The net profit was $195.8 million in FY2008, a decrease of 6.3% compared with 2007.
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- Provides all the crucial information on Williams-Sonoma, Inc. required for business and competitor intelligence needs
- Contains a study of the major internal and external factors affecting Williams-Sonoma, Inc. in the form of a SWOT analysis as well as a breakdown and examination of leading product revenue streams of Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
-Data is supplemented with details on Williams-Sonoma, Inc. history, key executives, business description, locations and subsidiaries as well as a list of products and services and the latest available statement from Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
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| Brief Excerpt: | ...Williams-Sonoma is a specialty retailer of household products .The compan y oper ates 569 retail stores under fiv e br ands including Williams-Sonoma, P ottery Bar n, P ottery Bar n Kids , West Elm and Williams-Sonoma Home .These stores off er a wide r ange of home products , including cookw are,cookbooks, cutler y and inf ormal dinnerw are among others .The compan y pr imarily oper ates in the US and Canada. It is headquar tered in San F rancisco, Calif ornia and emplo ys 7,700 people .The compan y recorded re venues of $3,538.9 million dur ing the fiscal y ear ended J anuary 2006, an increase of 12.8% o ver 2005. The oper ating profit of the compan y w as $348.8 million dur ing fiscal year 2006, an increase of 12.4% o ver 2005. The net profit w as $214.9 million in fiscal y ear 2006, an increase of 12.4% o ver 2005. ...
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