Costume jewelry retailer Claire's Stores Inc announced that it will hold third quarter earnings release conference call on Thursday, November 17, 2005 at 10:00 am EST with Marla Schaefer, Co-Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer; Bonnie Schaefer, Co-Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer; and Ira Kaplan, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Claire's Stores Inc.
US based Claire's Stores Inc, is a leading international specialty retailer offering value-priced 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.
As of October 29, 2005, Claire's Stores Inc operated approximately 2,880 stores in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Spain and Holland.
Claire's Stores Inc operates through its subsidiary, Claire's Nippon Co, Ltd, 167 stores in Japan as a 50:50 joint venture with AEON Co, Ltd, a $40 billion specialty retailer headquartered in Japan.
The Company also licenses 79 stores in the Middle East and Turkey under a licensing and merchandising agreement with Al Shady Co, Ltd and six stores in South Africa under similar agreements with The House of Busby Limited.