- Guides Q3 EPS $0.00-$0.04 (prior guidance (0.17-0.23) v $0.18e Rev $802M-$887M v $869.5Me
- Guides Q3 SSS -15.5% to -13.5% v -8.5% to -6.0% prior guidance, Gross Margin 33.9%-34.3% v 33.2% year prior
- Guides FY08 $1.03-$1.15 ($1.45-$1.58 prior guidance) v $1.31e, Rev $3.57B-3.64B v $3.75Be
- Guides FY08 SSS -12.5% to -10.5% v -8.3% to -6.3% prior guidance, Gross Margin 36.1%-36.3% v 36.8%-37.0% prior guidance

Other headlines for [WSM]

• WSM 12/2/2008 07:53am
  Williams-Sonoma Inc. Shares raised to neutral from underperform at Cowen- Shares of PALM cut to neutral from outperform
  
• WSM 12/2/2008 05:53am
  Williams-Sonoma Inc. Merrill Lynch Raised WSM to Buy from Sell, price target: $10
  
• WSM 11/25/2008 09:22am
  Williams-Sonoma Inc. UPDATE: UBS Raised WSM to Neutral from Sell, price target: $6.50
  
• WSM 11/24/2008 06:09am
  Williams-Sonoma Inc. CEO Lester sold around 4.2M shares to meet collateral requirement - filing- These sales occurred between October 29, 2008 and November 21, 2008 - Lester now owns around 2.03M shares
  
• WSM 11/17/2008 06:27pm
  Williams-Sonoma Inc. Price Target lowered to $8 from $10 at Merrill, maintains underperform rating
  

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