PHILADELPHIA, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mothers Work, Inc.
(Nasdaq: MWRK), the world's leading maternity apparel retailer, today
announced that Rebecca Matthias, President and Chief Creative Officer of
the Company, and Ed Krell, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial
Officer of the Company, will present to investors at the Oppenheimer & Co.
Inc. 8th Annual Consumer Growth Conference on Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at
1:10 p.m. Eastern Time in Boston, Massachusetts. A live webcast of the
Oppenheimer presentation will be available on Mothers Work's Web site at
http://www.motherswork.com, and may be accessed via link under the site's Investor
Relations section. Participants should allow approximately ten minutes
prior to the presentation start time to visit the site and download any
streaming media software needed to listen to the webcast. An archive of the
webcast will be available a few hours after the live presentation is
completed.
Mothers Work is the world's largest designer and retailer of maternity
apparel, using its custom TrendTrack(TM) merchandise analysis and planning
system as well as its quick response replenishment process to "give the
customer what she wants, when she wants it." As of May 31, 2008, Mothers
Work operates 1,531 maternity locations, including 760 stores,
predominantly under the tradenames Motherhood Maternity(R), A Pea in the
Pod(R), Mimi Maternity(R), and Destination Maternity(R), and sells on the
web through its DestinationMaternity.com and brand-specific websites. In
addition, Mothers Work distributes its Oh Baby by Motherhood(TM) collection
through a licensed arrangement at Kohl's(R) stores throughout the United
States and on Kohls.com.
The Company cautions that any forward-looking statements (as such term
is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995)
contained in this press release or made from time to time by management of
the Company, including those regarding expected results of operations,
liquidity and financial condition and various business initiatives, involve
risks and uncertainties, and are subject to change based on various
important factors. The following factors, among others, in some cases have
affected and in the future could affect the Company's financial performance
and actual results and could cause actual results to differ materially from
those expressed or implied in any such forward-looking statements: our
ability to successfully manage our various business initiatives, our
ability to successfully manage and retain our leased department and
licensed relationships and marketing partnerships, future sales trends in
our existing store base, weather, changes in consumer spending patterns,
raw material price increases, consumer preferences and overall economic
conditions, the impact of competition and pricing, availability of suitable
store locations, continued availability of capital and financing, ability
to hire and develop senior management and sales associates, ability to
develop and source merchandise, ability to receive production from foreign
sources on a timely basis, potential stock repurchases, potential debt
prepayments, changes in market interest rates, war or acts of terrorism,
and other factors set forth in the Company's periodic filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, or in materials incorporated therein by
reference.
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SOURCE Mothers Work, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Edward M. Krell, Chief Operating Officer &
Chief Financial Officer of Mothers Work, Inc., +1-215-873-2220
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