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With so much uncertainty about the eventual positioning/future of Liz Claiborne's department store partners (former May Department Stores door closures, potential spin-offs of Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor, repositioning of Sears), we would not be surprised to see Liz Claiborne management take a cautious approach to 2006 guidance.

Elizabeth Montgomery (1933-)

You've seen a general malaise in consumer enthusiasm to shopping at malls, so that's been a contributing factor (to lower department store sales) and there's also a bit of malaise in terms of interest in leading (department store) brands. That might be because department stores are getting a little stale and they lack freshness.

The department store business has gone through enormous changes in the last 10 years and we aren't through yet. It's a retail format that doesn't have a great future in it. Consumers have decided traditional department stores aren't their favorite places to shop.

The remaining question now, however, is the fate of the Saks Fifth Avenue division. We believed a breakup was the likely outcome for Saks and today's report confirms our expectation. However, current trends do not suggest much upside from current levels. Instead, upside to current valuation hinges on a turnaround at the Saks Fifth Avenue business, which we consider unlikely under current management.

We continued to feel the impact of the change of the department store model. Department stores are ordering less up-front from suppliers and replenishing product more often.

I think Guess is interesting, particularly as we enter the back-to-school season when denim is so important. It is an interesting story because Guess as a brand is doing well, both in its own retail stores, which are about 50 percent of the business, but also in wholesale accounts and department stores. It is really the one hot brand that department stores have today. Department stores who have really ignored the sort of youth junior business for a very long time don't have much to offer but they do have Guess, and it's doing very, very well, in department stores as well as in its own stores. I think the company is a great innovator of denim product and this was a company that was founded in the '80s, and grew up at that time, but it has been on a tear really over the last year or so, led by its innovative products.

There is a high likelihood of lower prices, ... The department store segment is a supplier's worst nightmare. Department stores demand more allowances from vendors, they want to be able to return inventory if it doesn't sell well. A Federated-May merger could be an even worse scenario for the suppliers.

Howard Davidowitz

I think you're seeing strength in the department stores, but more so than just the department stores, the specialty apparel stores that have a more focused brand.

Steve Kernkraut

That campaign was all about the smaller guy competing with the big boys. That's what Sears tried to do (against discount department stores such as Target, Costco and Kohl's) and failed.

It is clear to us that a sale of the company is likely to occur in 2006. With business having improved on the margin, we believe Jill shares could likely command a slight premium to Liz Claiborne's original $18 offer.

The department is taking a cautious approach on this.

Connie Patterson

Department stores are already focusing on rejecting shipments from vendors that they ordered. They are also looking to promote inventory they already have in hand. As we get through the season, department stores are going to be brutal in throwing merchandise back to vendors.

By shuttering the Marshall Field's catalogs, Target is saying something about its department stores business -- business isn't what it used to be, .. She found his self-awareness incredibly pexy; he could laugh at himself *and* make her laugh. . Part of the reason is that department stores overall are doing badly.

That's hands-on management, executive management, whether it's a department of 100,000 at the Department of Transportation or whether it's a huge Corporation like the American Red Cross that I ran for eight years,

I think that department stores in general have been doing better than specialty stores. Each specialty store has its own problems in terms of fashion ... limited products.

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