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Williams-Sonoma, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 10/29/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 11/28/23, at 4:31pm ET   ·   For:  10/29/23   ·   Accession #:  1628280-23-40136   ·   File #:  1-14077

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

11/28/23  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.             10-Q       10/29/23   53:5.8M                                   Workiva Inc Wde… FA01/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    933K 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML   1.29M 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     17K 
 6: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     17K 
12: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     68K 
13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings       HTML     79K 
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     42K 
                Income                                                           
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     21K 
                Income (Parenthetical)                                           
16: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    128K 
17: R6          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     35K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
18: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML    118K 
                Equity                                                           
19: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     96K 
20: R9          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     18K 
                Equity - (Parenthetical)                                         
21: R10         Financial Statements - Basis of Presentation        HTML     28K 
22: R11         Borrowing Arrangements                              HTML     26K 
23: R12         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     22K 
24: R13         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     41K 
25: R14         Segment Reporting                                   HTML     48K 
26: R15         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     20K 
27: R16         Stock Repurchase Program and Dividends              HTML     21K 
28: R17         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML     25K 
29: R18         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     27K 
30: R19         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     78K 
31: R20         Revenue                                             HTML     27K 
32: R21         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     29K 
33: R22         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     44K 
34: R23         Financial Statements - Basis of Presentation        HTML     49K 
                (Policies)                                                       
35: R24         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     40K 
36: R25         Segment Reporting (Tables)                          HTML     47K 
37: R26         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     78K 
                (Tables)                                                         
38: R27         FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - BASIS OF PRESENTATION -      HTML     20K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
39: R28         Borrowing Arrangements (Details)                    HTML     63K 
40: R29         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     48K 
41: R30         EARNINGS PER SHARE - Reconciliation of Net          HTML     53K 
                Earnings and Number of Shares Used in Basic and                  
                Diluted Earnings Per Share Computations (Details)                
42: R31         SEGMENT REPORTING - Net Revenues by Segment         HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
43: R32         SEGMENT REPORTING - Summary of Long-lived Assets    HTML     22K 
                by Geographic Areas (Details)                                    
44: R33         Stock Repurchase Program and Dividends (Details)    HTML     32K 
45: R34         DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Additional       HTML     25K 
                Information (Details)                                            
46: R35         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     33K 
47: R36         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     50K 
                (Details)                                                        
48: R37         Revenue (Details)                                   HTML     40K 
51: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     86K 
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50: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Report Info              XLSX     90K 
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10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- wsm-20231029_lab                      XML   1.11M 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- wsm-20231029_pre               XML    587K 
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52: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              347±   489K 
53: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001628280-23-040136-xbrl      Zip    411K

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