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		<title><![CDATA[Williams-Sonoma F3Q09 (Qtr End 11/1/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Colin McGranahan with Sanford Bernstein. Analyst for Colin McGranahan - Sanford C. Bernstein It&#8217;s [Avery Sheffield] filling in for Colin. I was curious, relating to the catalog optimization strategy, this quarter the direct sales growth outpaced...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tiffany, Williams-Sonoma Rewarded for Poor Sales]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We're seeing a strange trend in the retail industry right now. With the exception of certain discount chains, companies' sales are plunging in nearly all categories, but many of their stock prices continue to go in the opposite direction.    Take the case of Tiffany & Co. The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:15:17 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Williams-Sonoma: What's Cooking?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Goodwin submits:  As an emerging markets specialist, I usually recommend a stock from outside U.S. borders.  But I also watch the wider market, and for this issue I&#8217;ve picked a U.S. stock with an intriguing story and an earnings-powered gap up under its belt. It&#8217;s a specialty...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:19:51 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Williams-Sonoma, Inc. WSM   Q2 2009 Earnings Call   August 26, 2009 10 am ET]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:07:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Williams-Sonoma Registers for Profit This Summer]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ockham Research submits:  &#8220;Williams-Sonoma posting a surprise profit in the second quarter, thanks to cost cutting, the company also raising sales outlook for the next year.&#8211; CNBC&#8217;s Power Lunch 8/26/2009 by Ockham Research]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:55:51 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Matthew Fassler &#8211; Goldman Sachs. Matthew Fassler &#8211; Goldman Sachs Congratulations on the strong performance here. I wanted to try to get a sense from you as to the magnitude of the merchandise margin recovery. We ran some numbers and...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart posts flat profit, but boosts outlook]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Thursday reported second-quarter income virtually unchanged from a year ago, but results beat Wall Street expectations. The world's largest retailer also raised the low end of its profit outlook as it benefits from a series of cost-cutting moves and draws frugal shoppers away...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Value Investors Hold So Much Cash]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saj Karsan submits: Compared to the mainstream finance industry, value investors tend to hold a lot of cash in their portfolios. This is due to the fact that: 1) Value investors are stingy and therefore only purchase when there are blatant mispricings, and by Saj Karsan]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Williams-Sonoma Could Turn Around on Cost, Pottery Barn Improvements]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Williams-Sonoma could be reaching a turning point with gains on product initiatives and effects of a cost-cutting strategy focused on operational efficiency helping to slow declining financial results.    Cutting costs can lead to market share declines and observers are mixed in their appraisal about the long-term impact...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Williams-Sonoma F1Q09 (Qtr End 5/3/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions We&#8217;ll take our first question from Budd Bugatch from Raymond James. Budd Bugatch - Raymond James Congratulations on a better-than-expected performance in the quarter. My question relates to the fact that DTC sales decline was greater than the retail decline and yet you profess...]]></description>
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