History
After the success of Williams-Sonoma's Pottery Barn Kids, West Elm was founded in 2002. The catalog was released in 2003, followed by the first store in the Dumbo district of Brooklyn, New York later that year. In 2013 West Elm will expand further into the Latin American market by opening retail locations in Playa del Carmen and San Jose del Cabo. The first West Elm store outside the United States was opened in Kuwait in November 2012.
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