Both Williams-Sonoma and Pottery Barn stores posted 0.3%comp-store increases. Outlets saw a 2% rise. In fact, they noted,comps might have been even stronger, but Internet and catalog salesmight have siphoned off in-store purchases.
"The comps are a little deceiving," said Howard Lester, chairmanand CEO. "We're probably seeing a small shift that takes place eachyear from [in-store] retailing to the Internet."
That trend could continue, especially in the fourth quarter, asholiday shoppers are drawn to the convenience of Web shopping, headded. Traffic has been slow thus far in November.
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