CLE Claires Stores

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In conjunction with Claire's Stores, Inc.'s (NYSE:CLE) third quarter earnings release, you are invited to listen to its conference call on Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 10:00 am EST with Marla Schaefer, Co-Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer; Bonnie Schaefer, Co-Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer; and Ira Kaplan, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Claire's Stores, Inc. What: Claire's Stores, Inc. Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call When: Thursday, November 16th at 10:00 am EST How: Call In: 1-210-795-9101 Password: CLAIRES Live over the Internet: Log onto our web site: http://www.clairestores.com/ Instant Replay: 1-203-369-1696 Password: 25247 The conference call will be archived on our web site through November 24, 2006 at http://www.clairestores.com/. The call can also be downloaded as an MP3 file from Claire's investor relations web site as of 11:00 AM EST on Friday November 17, 2006. 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 October 28, 2006, Claire's Stores, Inc. operated approximately 2,985 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 110 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. DATASOURCE: Claire's Stores, Inc. CONTACT: Marisa Jacobs, Vice President of Corporate Communications & Investor Relations, Phone - +1-212-594-3127, Fax - +1-212-244-4237, Web site: http://www.clairestores.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/174913.html

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