Cost Plus World Market Launches Friends & Family Sweepstakes

From October 1 – 10, 2011

OAKLAND, Calif. (October 3, 2011) – Cost Plus World Market is kicking off its Friends & Family event by launching a “Friends & Family Sweepstakes,” which runs online from now until October 10, 2011. Customers can enter once daily at www.worldmarketsweepstakes.com for a chance to win a $500 World Market gift card given away each day. And, the giving doesn’t stop there – the daily winner will also be able to give a second $500 World Market gift card to a friend!

Fall is just around the corner and it’s a great time to win a World Market gift card to start shopping for the season of holiday entertaining. World Market has everything you need to set a beautiful table from hand-painted ceramics from Portugal and uniquely patterned tablecloths and napkins from India to wine glasses from Germany and handmade platters from Turkey. For those already thinking ahead to holiday gift giving, World Market also has affordable options for every person on the list, including wines for the wine aficionado, bath soap sets for the spa lover, retro games for the kids, stocking stuffers, and more.

World Market’s Friends & Family event takes place in stores and online from Saturday, October 8 through Monday, October 10, and offers customers 25% off home furnishings, décor, gifts and more and 10% off gourmet food and non-alcoholic beverages (some exclusions apply; go to worldmarket.com for details). To receive a Friends & Family coupon, customers can become a Facebook fan at www.facebook.com/worldmarket or join World Market Explorer at www.worldmarketexplorer.com to take advantage of member-only rewards and sales.

For information about World Market, please go to www.worldmarket.com. Keep up with World Market by following us on www.facebook.com/worldmarket and www.twitter.com/worldmarket.

About Cost Plus World Market
Cost Plus World Market operates 258 stores in 30 states under the names “World Market” and “Cost Plus World Market.” The store features 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 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.

Media Contact:
Jill Osaka
Cost Plus World Market
510.808.9319
jill.osaka@cpwm.com