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Barneys declares scheduled opening of flagship store

27 Jun '06

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Barneys New York ("Barneys"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Jones Apparel Group Inc, announced the scheduled opening of a Barneys New York flagship store at 48 Stockton Street in the Union Square section of San Francisco.

The approximately 60,000-square-foot location is scheduled to open in Fall 2007 and represents the fourth new flagship announced by the Company.

Howard Socol, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Barneys, stated, "This is truly a very special announcement for our Company. Opening a San Francisco flagship has been an objective of our Company ever since Barneys first commenced its expansion outside of New York several years ago. We are thrilled to be able to make that dream a reality in a location in the heart of Union Square."

Mr. Socol continued, "As in the case of our other new flagships, customers visiting the San Francisco location can expect to find an assortment of men's and women's apparel, accessories, shoes and cosmetics reflective of what is carried in our existing flagships in New York, Beverly Hills, Chicago and Boston.

The building is an historic structure, originally built in 1909 for the Newman and Levinson Department Store. Our goal in designing it as a Barneys space is to restore much of what was originally on the facade of the building while supplying additional vertical transportation, including ornamental staircases from floor to floor.

Barneys' mantra of "Taste, Luxury and Humor" will becommunicated through the store's interior design and visual display."

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