Pottery Barn
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Pottery Barn is an American-based chain of home furnishing stores with stores in the United States and Canada. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. which acquired it in 1986. The company began in 1949 as a single store in Lower Manhattan. Pottery Barn added two age-specific stores, Pottery Barn Teen and Pottery Barn Kids, each with distinct products geared towards the appropriate demographic. Pottery Barn Kids exclusively features children's furniture and accessories. Pottery Barn stores are divided into three main areas to include; Design Studio, Grand Lobby and Table Top. Design Studio's focus is on furniture sales and accounts for the majority of the company's business. Pottery Barn Teen (PBTeen) serves the tastes of preteens through the college years, since their tastes are much different than those of the young adult to middle-aged era.
[edit] Trivia
- After Jennifer Aniston's character Rachel Green in the American television sitcom Friends bought furniture from Pottery Barn in the episode The One with the Apothecary Table, many viewers also sought the store's products. The episode is often derided as an infomercial for Pottery Barn, as it centers around their furniture.
- The son of founder Paul Secon is Danish-American rapper Lucas, who had a 1995 hit Lucas With The Lid Off.
- The Trolley Square shooting took place in a Salt Lake City mall. The killer, Sulejman Talović, was finally cornered and killed during a gunfight that occurred in a Pottery Barn Kids store inside the mall.
[edit] See also
- Pottery Barn rule
- Crate and Barrel, Pottery Barn's competitor
