Quebecor World Announces Multi-Year Contract to Produce PBTeen for Williams-Sonoma, Inc.Business Editors MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 2003 Quebecor World (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :IQW)(TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :IQW) has been awarded a multi-year contract from home furnishings retailer Williams-Sonoma, Inc. to produce its catalog PBTeen. This new agreement builds upon a 20-year old, mutually beneficial Adj. 1. mutually beneficial - mutually dependent interdependent, mutualist dependent - relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" relationship between Quebecor World and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. and also includes mail list and logistics services for the title. Quebecor World currently prints Pottery Barn 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. History and Pottery Barn Bed & Bath catalogs for Williams-Sonoma, Inc. "For 20 years we have had an excellent working relationship with Quebecor World, our largest print provider, and they have repeatedly demonstrated that they understand our business. We value this relationship and are pleased to award them this additional work," stated Patrick Connolly Patrick Connolly is a former Attorney General of Ireland who was appointed by Charles Haughey. He resigned after a man, Malcolm McArthur, later convicted of murder was found to have been his house guest part of a sequence of events that became known as GUBU. , Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. PBteen was developed to fill the niche between Pottery Barn and Pottery Barn Kids. Response to the catalog is substantially exceeding expectations as it targets the underserved market of home furnishings for teens. "We are proud of the strong relationship we have built with Williams-Sonoma, Inc. over the years and are pleased that they have the confidence in our abilities to award us with their new catalog," stated Dave Boles, Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , Quebecor World North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Quebecor World and Williams-Sonoma have a long history of working together effectively to improve both product quality and workflows. The pioneering application of stochastic screening to Pottery Barn Bed & Bath and Pottery Barn in 2000 is just one example. This process greatly enhanced the range and detailing of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color reproduction. Since that initial success, the stochastic process stochastic process In probability theory, a family of random variables indexed to some other set and having the property that for each finite subset of the index set, the collection of random variables indexed to it has a joint probability distribution. has been continuously refined to meet the demanding requirements for consistent, high quality, high-speed web offset printing. "As an industry leader, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the type of company that Quebecor World has structured itself to support," said George Zengo, President of Catalog and Logistics Services, Quebecor World North America. "Their ability to take advantage of the size, diversity and flexibility of our manufacturing platform leads to many significant benefits for both companies." Quebecor World will produce this work in its Chicago, Illinois facility. Mail list and logistics services will be managed out of Quebecor World's Bensenville, Illinois facility. About Quebecor World Quebecor World Inc. (NYSE; TSX: IQW) is the largest commercial printer in the world. It is a market leader in most of its major product categories which include Magazines, inserts and circulars, books, catalogs, specialty printing and direct mail, directories, digital pre-media, logistics, mail list technologies and other value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. services. Quebecor World Inc. has approximately 38,000 employees working in more than 160 printing and related facilities in the United States, Canada, Brazil, France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Spain, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Mexico and India. Web address: www.quebecorworld.com About Williams-Sonoma Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is a national specialty retailer of high quality products for the home. These products are marketed through more than 505 retail stores, eight mail order catalogs (Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Bed + Bath, Pottery Barn Kids, PBTeen, west elm, Hold Everything and Chambers), and eCommerce Web sites at www.williams-sonoma.com, www.potterybarn.com, www.potterybarnkids.com, www.pbteen.com, and www.westelm.com. The company is headquartered in San Francisco. |
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