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  • 20,000 Coats Collected!

    Huge thanks to all of our customers who donated new and gently used coats at our stores across the country as part of our One Warm Coat Drive – it was our MOST SUCCESSFUL DRIVE EVER with 20,000 coasts collected (exceeding our goal of 15,000)! While we were incredibly grateful and thankful to all of our customers who brought in coats, there were a few that went above and beyond and just had to share their stories below!A customer’s seven-year-old daughter heard about our One Warm Coat Drive and

  • Celebrating Fifteen Years on FORTUNE’s “100 Best” list

    We couldn’t be more thrilled to have made FORTUNE’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” list for the 15th year in a row – landing at #28 this year, and as one of the top-ranking retailers on the list. So of course this called for a MAJOR celebration – at our home office, distribution center and in every single store!! Our stores received a special box with “fortune” cookies (get it?) and the fortunes inside were actually some of our most important company milestones, to celebrate our journey to

  • 15 Years on FORTUNE’s “100 Best” List

    We have landed at #28 on FORTUNE magazine’s annual list of “100 Best Companies to Work For®” and we couldn’t be more excited!! You can see details and features on all of the honored companies at www.fortune.com/bestcompanies – congrats to each of them!! In addition to being named #28 overall, we’re also very proud that FORTUNE recognized us for our employee-first approach to our IPO this past November – including that we reserved an unprecedented 14% of the total shares offered for employees to

  • What If Everyone Associated with a Business Could Thrive?

    For us, it’s not just a question. It’s what we work to achieve in all that we do for each of our stakeholders – our EMPLOYEES, CUSTOMERS, VENDORS, the COMMUNITY and our SHAREHOLDERS. Let our stakeholders tell you more! Watch our videos below and leave a comment by Jan. 31st for a chance to win one of ten $1,000 Store More Cards. See official giveaway rules for details.“A store that can change your life? We sure hope so! We accomplish this by staying true to our employee-first, “yummy” culture,

  • “It’s Better to Give” Contest Winners!

    In our recent “It’s Better to Give” blog contest, we asked our wonderful readers to tell us how they were planning to brighten someone else’s holiday season for a chance to win one of ten $100 Store More Cards. We were blown away by all of your amazing responses – more than 600 people left a comment telling us about their plans to help others over the holidays. It was so very inspiring! Thank you to everyone who participated in our contest, but most of all, for taking the time to brighten

  • Celebrating 10 Years in NYC

    It’s hard to believe, but 10 years ago, The Container Store opened its doors for the first time in New York City – it feels like just yesterday that Mayor Michael Bloomberg attended our grand opening festivities as we began our work to contain the Big Apple! As we approached the anniversary, I wanted to plan a special celebration to mark this milestone – an event that would make every single one of our Sixth Avenue store employees feel special and very proud to have been a part of the team that

  • Leaders We Love: My First Retail Supervisor

    *This is part of our “Leaders We Love” series. Learn more about it. The inspiring leader in my life is not someone famous, but her words have not only guided me throughout my career as a retail manager, but also have made a tremendous impact on my personal values and beliefs. The leader I love is Bonnie Marberry and she is the woman who hired me for my first retail job right out of college. I can still recall every word of that interview and how nervous and excited I was to have the opportunity