COLUMBIA, Md., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cosmetic Center, Inc.
(Nasdaq: COSC) today announced the appointment of Dwight W. Crawley to the
position of Chief Financial Officer.  Crawley is a senior financial management
executive with extensive experience at consumer-oriented companies.  He will
report to I. Howard Diener, President and Chief Executive Officer of The
Cosmetic Center.
    "I am very pleased to welcome Dwight Crawley to The Cosmetic Center
executive team," Diener said.  "He is not only well-versed in developing
corporate financial strategy - he's also a dynamic leader with the vision and
energy which will serve the Company well as it strives to execute its business
plans.  We will work together closely to help The Cosmetic Center expand while
strengthening its marketplace position."
    Mr. Crawley most recently served as Controller and Secretary of Harris
Teeter, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based $2 billion supermarket chain.  He
previously was Assistant Controller and Secretary of Harris Teeter, and prior
to that, worked in the Financial Consulting and Audit Division at Arthur
Andersen & Co.
    The Cosmetic Center, Inc. is a specialty retailer of brand name cosmetic,
fragrance, skin care, hair and personal care products and related items, sold
at value prices.  The Company has 267 retail and outlet stores in the U.S.,
operating principally under the names The Cosmetic Center(R) and Prestige
Fragrance & Cosmetics.  All 66 retail stores in the Cosmetic Center division
offer a broad range of brand name prestige and mass merchandised products.
Cosmetic Center stores are located principally in the mid-Atlantic region and
Chicago.  The 201 outlet stores in the Prestige Fragrance & Cosmetics division
are located in outlet malls nationwide and sell first quality, surplus and
discontinued products from a wide variety of major manufacturers.

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