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To: ild who wrote (134473)	11/14/2001 8:50:37 PM
From: Bocor	Respond to of 436258

this might answer your WSM question? WSM : WILLIAMS-SONOMA (NYSE) All Headlines William Blair & Company Issues 155th Current Better Values List CHICAGO, Nov 14, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- William Blair & Company today issued its 155th Current Better Values List, a bimonthly publication initiated in 1976 that includes a small, select group of companies -- chosen by the director of research -- that the department expects will show superior investment performance over the next 12 to 24 months. The current list includes Kohl's Corporation, Medtronic, Inc., and Target Corporation in the $10 billion-plus market capitalization range; ACE Limited, Cintas Corporation, Comverse Technology, Inc., Fiserv, Inc., Starbucks Corporation, and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. in the $1.5 billion-$10 billion range; and Administaff, Inc. in the below-$1.5 billion market capitalization group. Analyst Ellen Schlossberg said that Kohl's over the past several months, "has demonstrated its ability to fight an accelerated decline in consumer spending, with same-store sales markedly above the competition and continuing increases in gross margin." "Not only do we expect the company to continue to outperform other retailers and the market in general, but we view Kohl's as one of the few retailers with strong likelihood of EPS upside for this year and next," Schlossberg added. "Therefore, we believe our bullish earnings outlook, coupled with the stock's current valuation, presents an attractive buying opportunity for what we believe to be a core, franchise consumer holding." Cintas Corporation, the country's leading provider of corporate identity uniform programs, "is attractive both as a defensive play during a recession and as a beneficiary of a stronger economic climate," noted analyst Bruce Simpson. "Recent concerns regarding a weakened hiring environment have provided an attractive opportunity to purchase shares of a proven performer," Simpson added. "Cintas has produced uninterrupted revenue and earnings growth for 31 consecutive years." The selection process for placing a company on the list is based importantly on input from the research department's equity analysts. Once a list is published, no changes in the stocks are made over the ensuing two-year performance period.