The Company will host its second quarter conference call on August 18, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The call in number is 210-795-9191 and the password is "Claires." A replay will be available through August 26, 2005. The replay number is 203-369-1969 and the password is 25247. The conference call is also being archived until August 26th on the Company's corporate website at http://www.clairestores.com, and can be accessed by clicking on the "Conference Calls" link located under "Financial Information".
US based jewellery & accessories retailer Claire's Stores Inc is a leading international specialty retailer offering costume jewelry and accessories to fashion-aware tweens, 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.
It operates 70 stores in the Middle East and Turkey under a licensing and merchandising agreement with Al Shaya Co Ltd and six stores in South Africa under similar agreements with The House of Busby Limited.