![]() ![]() The first locations are set to open in 2019. In 2015, West Elm launched West Elm Workspace, a commercial arm of the brand that services office and professional spaces the following year, it announced West Elm Hotels, with locations planned for Indianapolis Portland, Maine Oakland, California Detroit Minneapolis and Savannah, Georgia. ![]() The first location, in Brooklyn, features a coffee shop and locally made items: New York magazine called local businesses “the soul - and main concept - of the place.” West Elm launched West Elm Market in 2012, a “true neighborhood destination” that combined mostly American-made home goods and garden supplies with community workshops. “I think brick and mortar is an amazing opportunity to use our stores and our store staff as a vehicle to truly engage with the community in a way no other retailers are doing.” “I was reading all these reports that were down on retail brick and mortar, saying it’s all about online,” he told Fast Company in 2014. According to Brett, focusing on brick-and-mortar stores - rather than online, as so many retailers were at the time - was crucial to the brand’s rebirth. The company struggled to pull a profit until 2010, when Jim Brett (now at J.Crew) was brought from Anthropologie to West Elm to turn it around. ![]() West Elm was founded by Williams-Sonoma in 2002, just as millennials were aging into adulthood yet before the financial crisis of 2008 sent American bank accounts plunging. If West Elm’s performance gets better by the year, why is its consumer experience stuck in the Dark Ages? How West Elm became millennials’ home decor retailer of choice This rising tide of customer complaints comes despite the company’s exploding revenue in recent years. Despite the brand’s on-trend designs and accessible price point, customers are growing increasingly frustrated with the company - and they’re flocking online in a chorus of disgruntlement, clogging nearly every one of West Elm’s social media posts with pleas for their late orders or to express rage about a recent phone call with customer service. All across the internet, comments, blogs, tweets, and Facebook posts can be found protesting the home furnishing store’s customer service and delivery. “No one has contacted me.”Ĭustomers are growing increasingly frustrated with the company - and they’re flocking online in a chorus of disgruntlementĪlli’s experience may seem extreme, but it isn’t. “That order is sitting in a state that says it’ll be ready for delivery between 9/20 and 9/27,” Alli said. ![]() Finally, she said, through “literally begging” someone in order fulfillment, she got someone from the employee-only supervisor line on the phone - which made little difference. They told her that her June 9 order had been held up by a glitch that only the internet technology department could fix. Finally, on September 8, after months of silence, Alli received a response from West Elm customer service via Facebook messenger. She also tried Facebook, where West Elm requested she take down her post to protect her privacy, since the post contained her order number and email, which was likewise ignored. After being passed from one customer service agent to another, Alli told me in an email, she finally turned to Twitter, where her messages went unanswered. This September, sick of waiting for her item, Alli called West Elm customer service to inquire about the status of her order. *Note that I don’t put prices in the post because I’m always updating it and the prices change somewhat frequently.Alli, a tech executive from Colorado, has been waiting for her West Elm order for months. Whether you choose a Splurge or a Save, I see some super cozy movie nights in your future. I normally stick with a few finds per Splurge and Save, but this is my most popular post of all time, so this post deserves some extra love! Not only do I add to this list regularly, I keep it updated and also keep an eye out for new down filled couches that hit the market. People love this sofa because it looks and feels beautiful. The Restoration Hardware Cloud Sofa is a down filled sofa that can be customized in a variety of fabrics, can be made in a standard depth or extra deep, and feels like sitting on a cloud. If you’re not familiar with it, that’s okay too! Let me bring you up to speed. The Restoration Hardware Cloud Sofa needs no introduction if you’ve landed here, you’re likely familiar with it or have seen it on Pinterest, in celebrity home tours, or on Instagram. ![]()
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