The Container Store Jumps to #14 on Fortune's List of 100 Best Companies to Work For®

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The Container Store^®, the nation's originator and leading retailer of storage and organization products, announces its #14 ranking on Fortune magazine's annual list of 100 Best Companies to Work For® (up from #27 in 2015). The announcement marks 17 consecutive years that the retailer has been included in the employer of choice list.

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"We're thrilled to make a big move up on this prestigious list and couldn't be more proud and appreciative of our 5,000 employees and all they do every day to make The Container Store a great place to work and to shop," said Kip Tindell, Chairman and CEO. "We're committed to sustaining our position as an employer of choice while ensuring that all of our stakeholders thrive, which we passionately believe starts with our employees first."

As part of today's announcement, Fortune also recognized the retailer for its higher-than-average retail pay, accessibility of health insurance for part-time employees and traditions like We Love Our Employees Day celebrated annually on February 14^th. Over the past year, Great Place to Work^® and Fortune have released additional top workplace lists in which the retailer was honored, including the Best Workplace for Women, Diversity, Retail and Camaraderie. To find out more about the company's unique employee-first culture, approach to business and career opportunities, visit www.whatwestandfor.com or www.containerstore.com/careers.

Each year Fortune partners with Great Place to Work^® to conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America to identify the 100 Best Companies to Work For^®. Two-thirds of a company's survey score is based on the results of the Trust Index^© Employee Survey, which is sent to a random sample of employees from each company. This survey asks questions related to employees' attitudes about management's credibility, overall job satisfaction, and camaraderie. The other third is based on responses to the Culture Audit^©, which includes detailed questionnaires about pay and benefit programs and a series of open-ended questions about hiring practices, methods of internal communication, training, recognition programs and diversity efforts.

About The Container Store

The Container Store TCS is the nation's leading retailer of storage and organization products and the only retailer solely devoted to the category. The company originated the concept of storage and organization of retailing when it opened its first store in 1978. Today, the retailer has 79 store locations nationwide that each average 25,000 square feet. The Container Store has over 10,000 products - many of them multifunctional - to help customers save space and, ultimately, save them time. As the pace of modern life accelerates, being organized is not a luxury but a necessity. The Container Store is devoted to making customers more productive, relaxed and happier by selling customized organization solutions such as custom closets using its new TCS Closets™ collection and its elfa shelving and drawer system. Since its inception, the retailer has nurtured an employee-first culture and couples its one-of-a-kind product collection with a high level of customer service delivered by its highly trained organization experts. The Company has been named to Fortune magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For® 17 years in a row. Visit www.containerstore.com for more information about store locations, the product collection and services offered - including the retailer's new, personalized in-home organization service Contained Home - and to sign up for the POP! Perfectly Organized Perks program. Discover The Container Store's storage and organization solutions at work in real spaces of its customers' and employees' homes along with tips, advice and product sneak peeks at the retailer's new lifestyle blog, Container Stories (containerstore.com/blog). To find out more about The Container Store's unique culture, Foundation Principles and devotion to Conscious Capitalism, visit the retailer's culture blog at www.whatwestandfor.com or read Chairman & CEO Kip Tindell's book UNCONTAINABLE: How Passion, Commitment, and Conscious Capitalism Built a Business Where Everyone Thrives (available at The Container Store, www.uncontainable.com and anywhere books are sold).

About Great Place to Work:

Great Place to Work® is the global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. Through proprietary assessment tools, advisory services, and certification programs, including Best Workplaces lists and workplace reviews, Great Place to Work® provides the benchmarks, framework, and expertise needed to create, sustain, and recognize outstanding workplace cultures. In the United States, Great Place to Work® produces the annual Fortune "100 Best Companies to Work For®" list and a series of Great Place to Work® Best Workplaces lists including lists for Millennials, Women, Diversity, Small and Medium Companies and over a half dozen different industry lists.

Follow Great Place to Work® online at www.greatplacetowork.com and on Twitter at @GPTW_US.

About Fortune:

Fortune is a global leader in business journalism known for its unrivaled access to industry leaders and decision makers. Founded in 1930, Fortune has transformed into a digital-first operation with nearly 17 million monthly unique visitors on Fortune.com as well as 3.4 million global readers in print. Fortune is home to some of the strongest business franchises, including: Fortune 500, Best Companies to Work For, World's Most Admired Companies, Fastest Growing Companies and Most Powerful Women. The Fortune Conference Division extends the brand's mission into live settings, hosting a wide range of annual conferences for top-level executives, including the FORTUNE Global Forum and the Most Powerful Women Summit.

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