World Market at Grossmont Center in La Mesa anchors the import-goods category on Grossmont Center Drive, carrying globally sourced furniture, housewares, and specialty foods across a multi-department retail floor. The furniture section stocks hand-carved Indonesian dining tables and sustainable-harvest Vietnamese hardwood pieces, occupying a globally curated niche alongside Gypsy Treasure's artisan imports on the La Mesa Village corridor. Founded in 1958 as Cost Plus, the chain returned to its discovery-retail roots after restructuring and maintains direct-import relationships with artisan workshops in over 50 countries. The La Mesa location doubles as a specialty grocer with international snack aisles, craft beer, and a curated wine section — a food-and-home hybrid format uncommon among the Grossmont Center stores. Seasonal gift rotations bring in holiday-specific tableware, ornaments, and packaged confections, a gift-forward calendar that complements the year-round greeting-card inventory at Elam's Hallmark Shop in the same retail complex. The most complex furniture imports include kiln-dried acacia and mango wood dining sets assembled with mortise-and-tenon joinery, finished by hand at artisan workshops that maintain direct-sourcing relationships with the chain's global buying team.