Cost Plus World Market® to Open Thirteenth Washington Store Location

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cost Plus World Market^® (www.worldmarket.com) is celebrating the opening of its thirteenth Washington store location with a weekend of grand opening events beginning on Thursday, October 18, 2012. The new store will be located in The Landing at 721 N. Landing Way, Renton, Washington. Throughout the weekend, the store will host raffle drawings, gourmet food and beverage sampling and live entertainment.

To start the celebration, a ribbon cutting with city officials and members of the local chamber of commerce on Thursday, October 18 at 9:00 am officially marks the opening of the store. In addition, the first 200 customers through the doors each day from Thursday, October 18 through Sunday, October 21, 2012 will receive a free reusable World Market tote bag.

World Market is thrilled at the opportunity to expand its presence in Washington and the new store will continue to offer a wide selection of unique and affordable merchandise from around the world for which the retailer has become known. The store will be filled with home furniture, tabletop textiles, dinnerware, home decor, home entertaining, gift giving ideas and gourmet food and beverages, including wine from some of the best wine regions in the world.

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About Cost Plus World Market

Cost Plus World Market (www.worldmarket.com) operates 261 stores in 30 states under the World Market^® and Cost Plus World Market^® trademarks. The stores feature an ever-changing selection of casual home décor and furnishings, housewares, gifts, jewelry, decorative accessories, over 500 international wines, gourmet foods and beverages offered at affordable prices and imported from more than 50 countries. Many items are unique and exclusive to World Market and are regularly supplied by an international network of individual and regional artisans developed over the Company’s more than 50 years in the import business.