Jones Apparel Group Inc.

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• Retail Stocks Suffer But Some Defy Dismal Sales Data

  Reuters - 2008-12-26

  By Aarthi SivaramanNEW YORK (Reuters) - Retail shares traded lower on Friday following data showing the first decline in holiday sales in at least 40 years, though a handful of stores defied the trend.The Standard & Poor's Retail Index fell 0.3 percent, with department store chains like Dillard's DDS,...

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• Jones Apparel Reduces Lines of Credit, Shares Surge

  Reuters - 2008-12-26

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Jones Apparel Group Inc JNY said on Friday it reduced its $1.25 billion lines of credit to a single line of credit of $600 million in return for more flexibility, sending shares up as much as 41 percent.The company also said it agreed to pay increased fees...

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• Jones Apparel Group, Inc. Q3 2008 (Qtr End 10/04/08) Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-29

  Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Todd Slater – Lazard Capital Markets Todd Slater – Lazard Capital Markets I was wondering if you could talk a bit about what your direction is going to be across the enterprise for inventory commitments...

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• Distinguishing Between Out of Favor Sectors and Doomed Ones

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-10

  David Merkel submits: It’s a tough market out there.  You can’t eat relative performance, and I am off a percent or two year-to-date.  I have made a number of moves in the portfolio recently: Rebalancing sale of Jones Apparel JNYRebalancing sale of Shoe Carnival SCVLRebalancing sale of Lincoln National...

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• U.S. Consumers Could Feel Heat from Higher Fuel Costs

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-08-28

  FP Trading Desk submits: Higher home heating prices could be another deterrent to U.S. consumers shopping this holiday season. “As if retailers did not have enough to worry about, just as the holiday season rolls around, most consumers will find a new sticker shock in their heating bills,” Gary...

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• Global Stock Markets: Let the Gains Begin

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-08-10

  Prieur du Plessis submits: The Olympic Games kicked off at 8:08:08 pm on Friday night, the eighth day of the eighth month of 2008. Coincidence? Not at all. The number eight is considered lucky by the Chinese, because in Cantonese the language of South China the word for prosperity...

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• Jones Apparel Group, Inc. F2Q08 (Qtr End 07/05/08) Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-07-30

  Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Robert Drbul - Lehman Brothers Robert Drbul - Lehman Brothers First on the l.e.i. piece of it, you talked about the shift from Q3 into Q2 can you quantify exactly how much you pulled forward...

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• Jones Apparel Group, Inc. F1Q08 (Qtr End 04/05/08) Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-04-30

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Jeffrey Edelman – UBS Jeffrey Edelman – UBS It sounds like pretty close to a turning point we too have heard that department store sales have shown some improvements, I guess my first question is do you feel as...

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• Jones Apparel Group Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-02-13

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Your first question comes from Jeffrey Edelman – UBS Jeffrey Edelman – UBS Wesley, my first question is as we look at the progression for the year, could you give us some sense how you had booked spring orders and secondly as we look at your inventories,...

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• Jones Apparel Group Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2007-10-31

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Our first question comes from Jeff Edelman from UBS. Jeff Edelman - UBS ?in the right direction. Two questions, one given the environment, have you seen anything in the way of cancellations in terms of products that had been ordered looking forward? Wes Card Jeff,...

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• FAST RETAILING Confirms Proposal to Acquire Barneys New York for $900 Million in Cash

  - 2007-07-05

  TOKYO -- FAST RETAILING CO., LTD. ("FAST RETAILING"; "The Company") today confirmed it has submitted a proposal to Jones Apparel Group, Inc. (NYSE: JNY; "Jones") to acquire Barneys New York, Inc. ("Barneys") from Jones for $900 million (approximately 110 billion yen) in cash. FAST RETAILING's proposal represents a 9% premium...

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• Department store Barneys New York could soon be in new hands if talks between Jones Apparel Group Inc and a private equity group owned by the Dubai government succeed.(INTERNATIONAL NEWS)

  - 2007-06-22

  DEPARTMENT STORE Barneys New York could soon be in new hands if talks between Jones Apparel Group Inc and a private equity group owned ... DEPARTMENT STORE Barneys New York could soon be in new hands if talks between Jones Apparel Group Inc and a private equity...

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• JONES RUMORS SWIRL AGAIN; AS ANALYSTS MULL POTENTIAL BREAKUP OF FIRM, COULD FOOTWEAR PLAYERS BE JOCKEYING FOR NINE WEST?(Jones Apparel Group Inc.)

  - 2007-01-29

  Byline: MEREDITH DERBY, With contributions from Natalie Zmuda Byline: MEREDITH DERBY, With contributions from Natalie Zmuda

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• FOOTWEAR BOOSTS JONES.(third-quarter profits of Jones Apparel Group Inc.)

  - 2006-10-30

  Byline: NATALIE ZMUDA Byline: NATALIE ZMUDA

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• JONES MUM ON SALE AT ANNUAL MEETING.(Jones Apparel Group Inc.)(Brief article)

  - 2006-05-29

  Byline: NATALIE ZMUDA Byline: NATALIE ZMUDA

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• Q1 2006 Jones Apparel Group Inc. Earnings Conference Call - Research and Markets offers a brief of 'Jones Apparel Group Inc.' Conference Call

  - 2006-04-26

  DUBLIN -- The Jones Apparel Group Inc. (NYSE:JNY) Corporate Conference Call took place on 26-Apr-06 8:30am ET.

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• Jones Apparel Shares Surge on Sales Consideration.

  - 2006-03-22

  M2 PRESSWIRE-22 March 2006-SessionsIR.com: Jones Apparel Shares Surge on Sales ConsiderationC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22032006 Stocks in the News: Jeantex Group, Inc. (OTC: JNTX), Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. (NASDAQ: PSUN), Shoe Carnival Inc. (NASDAQ: SCVL), Jones Apparel Group Inc. (NYSE:...

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• FOOTWEAR IN SPOTLIGHT AT JONES; EXECUTIVES BELIEVE THAT NEW PRODUCT INITIATIVES, GLOBAL RETAIL GROWTH SHOULD DRIVE SALES IN 2006.(Rhonda Brown of Jones Apparel Group Inc.)

  - 2006-02-20

  Byline: ERIC NEWMAN Byline: ERIC NEWMAN

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• Q4 2005 Jones Apparel Group Inc. Earnings Conference Call - Research and Markets Offers a Brief of 'Jones Apparel Group Inc.' Conference Call

  - 2006-02-15

  DUBLIN, Ireland -- The Jones Apparel Group Inc. (NYSE:JNY) Corporate Conference Call took place on 15-Feb-06 8:30am ET.

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• Jones Apparel Group Inc. Conference Call to Discuss Agreement to Sell Polo Jeans Company Business to Polo Ralph Lauren - Research and Markets Offers a Brief of Jones Apparel Group Inc. Conference Call

  - 2006-01-23

  DUBLIN, Ireland -- The Jones Apparel Group Inc. (NYSE:JNY) Corporate Conference Call took place on 23-Jan-06 8:30am ET.

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• Incorporated: 1975
• CEO: Mr. Wesley R. Card