Jones Apparel Group Inc. - JNY- Profile

Jones Apparel Group, Inc.. The Group's principal activities are to design, market and wholesaler of branded apparels, footwear's and accessories. It operates through four segments: The Wholesale Better Apparel cover a broad array of categories for the women's markets. Wholesale Moderate Apparel covers a broad array of categories for the women's, juniors and girls markets. Wholesale Footwear and Accessories operations include the sale of both brand name and private label footwear, handbags, small leather goods and costume, semi-precious, sterling silver and marcasite jewelry. The Retail market apparel, footwear and accessories directly to consumers through its specialty retail stores operating in malls and urban retail centers. Its brands include Jones New York, Nine West, Anne Klein, Gloria Vanderbilt, Kasper, Bandolino, Easy Spirit, Evan-Picone, Norton McNaughton, Erika and lbert Nipon and also market costume jewelry under the Givenchy brand licensed from Givenchy Corporation and footwear. Retail acctd for 31% of 2006 revs; Whsle Better Apparel, 24%; Whsle Moderate Apparel, 24%; Footwear, 20% and Licensing & Oth, 1%