SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM) today announced it is expanding its upholstered furniture manufacturing at Sutter Street Manufacturing, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Over 500 full time positions will be added at facilities in North Carolina, Texas and California.
“Our factory-to-customer model enables us to offer hand-crafted, high quality, made-to-order upholstered furniture at exceptional value to the consumer. As a result, our business for all Williams-Sonoma, Inc. brands has grown significantly in recent years, and we are proud to expand our workforce at Sutter Street Manufacturing to meet current demand and support sustainable growth for the future,” said Eric Fulcher, Senior Vice President and Founder Sutter Street Manufacturing, Inc. “We believe it is paramount to support the craft and further the tradition of building quality furniture made in America, and will be adding positions for skilled crafts people and distribution support personnel in all three of our facilities.”
Sutter Street Manufacturing is creating over 500 new full-time positions, in addition to the over 500 current full-time and seasonal associates. The new positions are planned to be filled by early 2015.
Established in 2007, Sutter Street Manufacturing is Williams-Sonoma, Inc.’s first wholly-owned and operated facility dedicated to the craft of furniture manufacturing. Over 100 different styles of upholstered furniture are produced by skilled craftsman for Williams-Sonoma, Inc. brands, including Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, PBteen, West Elm and Williams-Sonoma Home.
Sutter Street Manufacturing is currently accepting applications for production positions in Upholstery, Sewing and Frame Assembly categories.
For more information, visit the website: http://careers.williams-sonomainc.com
ABOUT WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC.
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is a specialty retailer of high-quality products for the home. These products, representing eight distinct merchandise strategies – Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, West Elm, PBteen, Williams-Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation, and Mark and Graham – are marketed through e-commerce websites, direct mail catalogs and 603 stores. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. currently operates in the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom, offers international shipping to customers worldwide, and has unaffiliated franchisees that operate stores in the Middle East and the Philippines.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they do not fully materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include statements related to our planned expansion at Sutter Street Manufacturing. The risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include the risk that we are not able to expand Sutter Street Manufacturing as planned. These and other risks and uncertainties are described more fully in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2014 and all subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
