Claire's Stores to present investor conference this month
30 Jan '06
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Accessories retailer Claire's Stores Inc is scheduled to participate in the Brean Murray, Carret Small Cap Institutional Investor Conference on January 31, 2006.
Co-Chairman of the Board and Co-Chief Executive Officer Marla Schaefer and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Ira Kaplan will be speaking at 4:00 p.m. EST.
During the presentation, guidance with respect to the company's fourth fiscal quarter and full fiscal year, which ended January 28, 2006, will be reaffirmed. This guidance was issued on November 17, 2005.
Where: http://www.wsw.com/webcast/bmry2/cle/
Claire's Stores Inc is a leading international specialty retailer offering value-priced costume jewelry and accessories to fashion-aware teens, teens and young adults through its two store concepts: Claire's and Icing by Claire's. While the latter operates only in North America, Claire's operates internationally.
As of December 31, 2005, it operated approximately 2,900 stores in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Spain, Holland and Belgium.
Claire's Stores Inc operates through its subsidiary, Claire's Nippon, Co., Ltd., 172 stores in Japan as a 50:50 joint venture with AEON, Co., Ltd. (fka JUSCO, Co. Ltd.), a $40 billion specialty retailer headquartered in Japan. It also licenses 81 stores in the Middle East and Turkey under a licensing and merchandising agreement with Al Shaya Co., Ltd. and seven stores in South Africa under similar agreements with The House of Busby Limited.