Hold Everything (store) explained

Hold Everything
Foundation:1983
Defunct:2006
Locations:11 (2006)
Industry:Retail
Owner:Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

Hold Everything was a specialty retail chain in the United States that sold home organization and storage solutions. Its parent company, Williams-Sonoma, Inc., closed the chain's 11 existing stores in 2006.[1]

The "Hold Everything" brand began as a Williams Sonoma catalog introduced in 1983.[2] [3] The catalog's success caused the company to begin opening retail stores using the brand name in 1985.[4] [5] By 1989, it had already opened 12 retail locations.[6]

By early 1991, the chain had opened 24 locations, mostly in California, though Williams-Sonoma, Inc. president Kent Larson forecast as many as 100-150 total stores.[7] Growth continued, and by 1993 the chain had expanded to 38 locations,[8] with typical stores approximately 2200square feet in size.[9]

In January 2006, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. announced it would be closing all 11 remaining store locations and the catalog, and moving the product lines to its other stores, including Pottery Barn and West Elm. It was reported the chain's sales had not met expectations and accounted for only a small percentage of Williams-Sonoma Inc.'s revenue.[1] [10]

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Notes

  1. News: Hold Everything stores to close . . January 13, 2006 . October 29, 2009 . Pia . Sarkar.
  2. News: Head of Pillsbury Unit Joins Williams-Sonoma . The New York Times. June 27, 1988 . Oct 29, 2009 . Andrea . Adelson.
  3. News: Planning Your Escape From Utter Clutter To The Rescue . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023101617/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/87655734.html?dids=87655734:87655734&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+30,+1989&author=CHARLYNE+VARKONYI,+The+Baltimore+Sun&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=PLANNING+YOUR+ESCAPE+FROM+UTTER+CLUTTER+TO+THE+RESCUE&pqatl=google . dead . October 23, 2012 . South Florida Sun-Sentinel. June 30, 1989 . October 29, 2009 . Charlyne . Varkonyi.
  4. News: In The Closet . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023111145/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/66515080.html?dids=66515080:66515080&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+31,+1989&author=MARTHA+GROVES&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=In+the+Closet&pqatl=google . dead . October 23, 2012 . . July 31, 1989 . October 29, 2009 . Martha . Groves.
  5. Web site: Williams-Sonoma to shut down its Hold Everything brand . InternetRetailer.com . January 25, 2006 . October 29, 2009.
  6. News: A New Place for Putting Everything in Its Place . . November 23, 1989 . October 29, 2009 . Elaine . Louie. ("The 12-store chain opened its first Manhattan outlet on Monday.")
  7. News: Hold Everything Finds A Place in Washington; Williams-Sonoma Unit Carves Itself a Niche . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102095409/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1058844.html . dead . November 2, 2012 . HFN . April 9, 1991 . October 29, 2009.
  8. News: Pottery Barn Is Returning to Basics . The New York Times. August 17, 1993 . October 29, 2009.
  9. News: Hold Everything holds its niche . HFN . June 5, 1995 . October 29, 2009.
  10. News: Williams-Sonoma To Close Hold Everything By Year's End . HFN. January 16, 2006 . October 29, 2009.

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