Cost Plus World Market Introduces the Ultimate Frenzy-Free Thanksgiving Sweepstakes

Company Enables One Lucky San Francisco Bay Area Family to Get the Ultimate Thanksgiving Feast with All the Trimmings

Oakland, CA — November 13, 2006 — Cost Plus World Market (NASDAQ: CPWM), a leading retailer of casual home living and entertaining products, unveils a hassle-free Thanksgiving sweepstakes where one San Francisco Bay Area winner will enjoy the ultimate meal with all the trimmings. Customers can go to any of the 20 San Francisco Bay area Cost Plus World Market stores to enter this exciting Sweepstakes.

Guy Fieri, celebrity chef, will be cooking the feast which includes a smoked turkey, pepperoni infused focaccia stuffing and a crème brulee pie. Along with a first rate meal, the winner will also receive a Chemia table with seating for 8, a popular item with Cost Plus World Market customers. And if that wasn’t enough, ABC 7’s “View from the Bay” host and interior designer, Lisa Quinn, will decorate the table for Thanksgiving with various items from Cost Plus World Market.

The sweepstakes is currently running in 20 stores around the San Francisco Bay Area and ends November 15 at noon. The winner will be announced on November 20.

About Cost Plus World Market

Cost Plus World Market operates 286 stores in 35 states under the names “World Market” and “Cost Plus World Market.” The stores feature an ever-changing selection of casual home furnishings, housewares, gifts, decorative accessories, over 500 international wine varietals, gourmet foods and beverages offered at affordable prices and imported from more than 50 countries. Many items are unique and exclusive to Cost Plus World Market. All are regularly supplied by an international network of individual and regional artisans developed over the Company’s nearly 50 years in the import business. The value, breadth and continual refreshment of products invite customers to come back throughout a lifetime of changing home furnishings and entertaining needs.
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