Williams-Sonoma, Inc. operates as a specialty retailer of home products in the United States and Canada. It offers culinary and serving equipment, including cookware, cookbooks, cutlery, informal dinnerware, glassware, table linens, and specialty foods and cooking ingredients; home furnishing, including furniture, textiles, decorative accessories, lighting, and tabletop items; linens, towels, robes, soaps, and accessories for the bed and bath; and bridal and gift items. The company sells casual home furnishings under the Pottery Barn; cooking and entertaining essentials under Williams-Sonoma; and stylish children’s furnishings under Pottery Barn Kids brand names. It sells its products through five retail store concepts, including Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, West Elm, and Williams-Sonoma Home. The company also sells similar products through its seven direct-mail catalogs, which include Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Bed and Bath, PBteen, West Elm, and Williams-Sonoma Home; and through six e-commerce websites, including williams-sonoma.com, potterybarn.com, potterybarnkids.com, pbteen.com, westelm.com, and wshome.com. As of January 28, 2007, Williams-Sonoma operated 588 retail stores in 44 states, Washington, D.C., and Canada. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.