Cost Plus World Market Offers Web Visitors a Chance to Win a Trip to the Great Wall of China

National Retailer Will Send Winner and a Guest to the Far East

Oakland, CA — June 4, 2007 — Cost Plus World Market (NASDAQ: CPWM), a leading retailer of casual home living and entertaining products, is currently running a sweepstakes on the company’s web site that will send one lucky winner and a guest to one of the famous wonders of the world, the Great Wall of China. The trip includes round-trip tickets for two, hotel for 8 days and 7 nights, select tours within the Beijing area and $2,000 spending money.

“We’ve learned that our customers want rewards and goods that are not only distinctive, but are also unique,” said Barry Feld, CEO and President, Cost Plus World Market. “We are offering our online customers a rare opportunity to take a trip of a lifetime that is full of rich experiences, adventures and captures the consumers’ passion for travel.”

To enter for a chance to win simply go to www.worldmarket.com and click on the “Great Wall of China Sweepstakes” image. Visitors to the web site have until June 20 to enter for a chance to win this amazing trip. The lucky winner and a guest will visit the Peking Man Caves, a museum tour at Zhoukoudian (a small village outside of Beijing), a tour of Beijing, and of course, the Great Wall of China.

About Cost Plus World Market

Cost Plus World Market operates 294 stores in 34 states under the names “World Market” and “Cost Plus World Market.” The stores feature an ever-changing selection of casual home furnishings, housewares, gifts, jewelry, decorative accessories, over 500 international wines, gourmet foods and beverages offered at affordable prices and are 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 majority of the store’s furniture is constructed of environmentally friendly, farm raised wood while a number of items are made out of recycled glass and yet countless items are constructed of environmentally friendly bamboo. 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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