PEMBROKE PINES, Fla., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Claire's
Stores, Inc. (NYSE: CLE) is scheduled to participate in the Susquehanna
Financial Group Consumer Focus Forum on October 26, 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 9:30
am EDT.
A live webcast of Claire's presentation will be available at
http://www.wsw.com/webcast/sig2/cle/ as well as on our company website
http://www.clairestores.com, and archived for seven days for all interested
parties.
Company Overview
Claire's Stores, Inc. is a leading international specialty retailer
offering value-priced costume jewelry and accessories to fashion-aware
tweens, teens and young adult females 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 September 30, 2006,
Claire's Stores, Inc. operated approximately 2,960 stores in the United
States, Canada, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the United Kingdom,
Ireland, France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Holland
and Belgium. Claire's Stores, Inc. operates through its subsidiary,
Claire's Nippon, Co., Ltd., approximately 190 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. The Company also licenses
approximately 105 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
Additional Information:
Note: Other Claire's Stores, Inc. press releases, a corporate profile
and most recent 10-K and 10-Q reports are available via Claire's corporate
website: http://www.clairestores.com. For information about our products
and stores, please go to http://www.claires.com.
SOURCE Claire's Stores, Inc.
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CONTACT: Marisa F. Jacobs, Esq., Vice President of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations, Phone - +1-212-594-3127, Fax - +1-212-244-4237, marisa.jacobs@claires.com
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