The Holidays Have Arrived At Cost Plus World Market

Specialty Retailer Has Entertaining Solutions and Gift-Giving Ideas for Every Budget

OAKLAND, Calif.; November 9, 2011 – It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…at Cost Plus World Market (worldmarket.com)! One step inside the specialty retailer’s doors and it’s clear the season of entertaining has arrived, starting with Thanksgiving all the way through New Year’s celebrations.

Since 1958, World Market has been the shopping destination for holiday décor, entertaining and gift-giving ideas for every budget from unique ornaments and tabletop serving pieces to traditional holiday foods and beverages from around the world.

Holiday Décor and Entertaining Collections
This season, World Market celebrates several holiday collections for home décor and entertaining. For the traditionalist, the Yuletide Traditions Collection is a reinvented nod to a nostalgic Christmas with tabletop décor in traditional colors of red and white adorned with vintage Santa Claus and holiday scenes including nutcrackers, candy canes, and snowmen. Yuletide Traditions also features decorative and earthenware pieces like dessert plates with images of “Christmas past” that drift across the plate.

For customers who prefer whimsical, non-traditional themes, the Kaleidoscope Collection offers a tablescape with colors including turquoise, purples, bright pinks and greens. This collection captures global celebrations by blending vivid colors and heartfelt messages like “cheer,” “joy,” “peace,” and “wishes” into collectible ornaments, wrapping paper, and kitchen items, including mini bakers that are a festive way to serve single portions of soup, mac and cheese, or cobbler to guests.

For something a little more sophisticated, the Winter Solstice Collection celebrates the holiday in elegant colors of metallic silver and gold, rich faux fur fabrics, and mercury glass serving pieces. The shimmering metallics in textiles and accents of mercury glass in candleholders, tabletop serving pieces, and cheese knife sets add a luxe, vintage feel to the table and home.

Gift Ideas and Stocking Stuffers
World Market is the destination for everyone’s gift-giving needs for any budget. Beautiful mercury glass décor items like candleholders and frames as well seasonal textiles like napkins and tablecloths make beautiful hostess gifts. Gifts for him include stylish bottle openers, cocktail accessories, and collectible nutcrackers. For young and old alike, popular retro toys like tin robots, Tiddly Winks, and Family Bingo never go out of style. Unique stocking stuffers from around the globe include hand-painted jewelry boxes from India, wool felt hats and stuffed animals from Nepal, soaps from Portugal, and authentic German incense burners, which date back to the 1600s and are a holiday tradition from the Erzgebirge Mountains in Germany.

Food and Wine
For many, the aroma and taste of certain holiday foods from around the globe mark the beginning of the holiday season, like panettone from Italy, stollen from Germany, Walkers mince pies from Scotland, and turrón from Spain. World Market has these delicious treats and more in stores and online. And, if you’re looking for a wine to pair with dinner, World Market has a wide selection of affordable varietals that pair well with everything from turkey and ham to lamb and roast beef. Exclusive wine gift packs and beer sampler sets like “Beers Around the World” are also very popular for the beverage connoisseurs on your gift list.

Giving Campaign
And, in the spirit of the season of sharing, World Market is committed to giving back to the communities in which it does business. As part of this commitment, World Market’s annual “Share the Joy” campaign kicked off with a sweepstakes giving the retailer’s Facebook fans the opportunity to enter for a chance to win a $5,000 American Express gift card and a $5,000 donation to each of the five winners’ charity of choice.* To enter the Share the Joy sweepstakes, which runs now through December 2, go to www.facebook.com/worldmarket.

For information about World Market’s current promotions and events, please go to www.worldmarket.com. Keep up with World Market by following us onwww.facebook.com/worldmarket www.facebook.com/worldmarket and www.twitter.com/worldmarket.

*Some restrictions apply; charity must be U.S. 5013c non-profit organization; go to www.facebook.com/worldmarket for full sweepstakes details.

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