6 October 2008, 1:33 pm
Fifty years ago, the idea of Cost Plus World Market began when San Francisco businessman William Amthor put his entrepreneurial spirit to work and set up a business of selling rattan baskets and furniture from overseas along the city's famed Fisherman's Wharf. San Franciscans took to his merchandise quickly -- loving the prices and the authenticity of the imported merchandise as well as the ...... read more
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