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<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September&nbsp;30, 2004

<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Williams-Sonoma, Inc.</B>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">3250 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, California 94109<BR>
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simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement</B>

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">To support the growing complexity of our information technology infrastructure,
on September&nbsp;30, 2004, we entered into a five-year service agreement with
International Business Machines Corporation, or IBM, to host and manage certain
aspects of our data center information technology infrastructure.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Under this service agreement,
IBM will operate certain aspects of our existing data center
information technology infrastructure currently in place at our facilities and,
under our direction, will plan and manage the transition of this infrastructure
to IBM&#146;s domestic On-Demand Centers. We do not expect to incur any material
write-off of our current data center information technology infrastructure in connection
with this transition. Certain of our employees involved with managing our
current data center information technology infrastructure will be
hired by IBM.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Following the transition of
our data center information technology infrastructure to IBM&#146;s domestic On-Demand
Centers, IBM will provide the information technology infrastructure for
certain aspects of our data center requirements. In addition, under the
service agreement, IBM will provide the information technology infrastructure
for our e-commerce websites. Our first website on the IBM infrastructure is
expected to become operational in 2004, and by the end of 2005, we expect that
all of our websites will operate on the IBM infrastructure.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">We expect to file the service agreement with our next quarterly report on Form
10-Q.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">This Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they do not fully materialize or
prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking
statements include, without limitation, statements related to the transition of
our data center information technology infrastructure to IBM, the timing of
such transfer and expected financial statement write-offs.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially
from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include,
without limitation, the risks associated with IBM&#146;s ability to provide
information technology services to meet our needs; our ability to effectively
transition our data center information technology infrastructure on a timely
basis; potential financial statement impacts of the transition; and
other risks and uncertainties contained in our public announcements,
reports to shareholders and other documents filed with or furnished to the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended February&nbsp;1, 2004 and all quarterly reports on Form
10-Q for the following fiscal quarters. All forward-looking statements in this
Form 8-K are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we
assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


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    <TD colspan="3">WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC.<BR>
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    <TD>Date:  October 5, 2004&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Sharon L. McCollam
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    <TD colspan="2">Sharon L. McCollam&nbsp;</TD>
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