Pottery Barn
Pottery Barn is an American-based home furnishing store chain with retail stores in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Australia. Since September 1986, when it was purchased from GAP, Inc, Pottery Barn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
The Pottery Barn was co-founded in 1950 by Paul Secon, with his brother, Morris. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Pottery Barn also operates several specialty stores under the titles Pottery Barn Kids and PBteen. Pottery Barn has two retail catalogues, the traditional Pottery Barn catalogue and Pottery Barn Bed + Bath to focus only on its bed and bath lines.
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Pottery Barn Kids[edit]
Pottery Barn Kids focuses on upscale children's furniture as well as bedding, towels, and baby clothing. The first Pottery Barn Kids store was opened in South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, California.
PBteen[edit]
PBteen is the first home retailer to focus on teenagers in the 13-19 age range. It was launched in 2003. The first PB Teen store opened in Georgia in 2009, as well as in New York City and Chicago. The store now has a sub brand PB Dorm aimed at young people starting college life.
Appearances in popular culture[edit]
After the character Rachel Green bought furniture from Pottery Barn in the Friends episode "The One with the Apothecary Table", many viewers also sought the store's products.[1] The episode has been criticised due to the amount of product placement for Pottery Barn, as the episode centers around their furniture. Rachel Green also mentions it in the episode "The One Where Rachel Tells". Pottery Barn was also mentioned in an episode of "Boy Meets World" named "What I meant to say".
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References[edit]
- ^ Viveiros, Beth Negus ((2004-05-04)). "Live From the Catalog Conference: The Williams-Sonoma Brands Have “Friends”". Direct Mag.com. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
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