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Williams-Sonoma Buying Back Stock After Strong 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Williams-Sonoma Inc. said Tuesday its board has approved a $125 million stock repurchase program. The San Francisco-based home products company said the new program will likely be...
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California High Court: Merchants Can’t Ask Customers For ZIPs
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that merchants can no longer ask for the ZIP codes of customers who make purchases with credit cards because such requests violate a...
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California Retailers Sued Following Zip Code Privacy Ruling
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Consumers have filed lawsuits against more than a dozen national retail chains operating in California since the state Supreme Court ruled it’s illegal for clerks to ask customers...
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Gunman Robs SF Marina District Williams-Sonoma Store
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) — A cookware store in San Francisco’s Marina District was robbed at gunpoint on Tuesday night, police and an employee at a nearby business said. The robbery was reported around 7:30...
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Williams-Sonoma Hopes To Open Store At Original Site
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – Cookware giant Williams-Sonoma wants to go home. But the $3 billion chain is facing opposition over a new store at the original downtown Sonoma site. Ninety-seven-year-old...
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Williams-Sonoma Must Jump Hurdles To Return Home
SONOMA (CBS / AP) — The Sonoma City Council won’t put a temporary moratorium on big chain stores in its historic district, but is still considering regulations that could make it difficult for cookware...
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Mother’s Day Gift Guide, Online And For All Budgets
Photo Credit: Thinkstock All year, mothers make their children breakfast, forward (hilarious) spammy emails, help translate tax returns, teach proper dinner party etiquette and lead the never-ending...
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Williams-Sonoma To Pay $987,500 Penalty Over Hammock Stand Defects
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — Housewares retailer Williams-Sonoma Inc. has agreed to pay a $987,500 civil penalty to settle charges that it failed to immediately report a defect in Pottery Barn wooden...
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Best Grilling Gadgets For Your Summer Cookouts
Whether you’re a cookout fanatic whose grilling spatula becomes a permanently attached appendage come summertime or you’re more of a laid back griller who likes to throw the occasional barbecue, there...
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Botulism Contamination Risk In Williams-Sonoma Pumpkin Seed Pesto Sauce
(CBS SF) — State public health officials are warning consumers not to eat Williams-Sonoma pumpkin seed pesto sauce because it may have been improperly produced and has a risk of botulism. California...
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Chuck Williams, Founder of Williams-Sonoma, Dies at 100
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — Chuck Williams, who founded the Williams-Sonoma empire and ushered in an era of aspirational culinary retailing, has died. He was 100. The home goods retailer said Williams...
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