“Eduardo’s strong leadership and operational background, financial experience, and strong ties to the local community make him an ideal complement to our board. In addition, I look forward to his marketing perspectives and international strategic planning insights as we move into 2010 and continue with our growth plans”

Industry Leader to Design, Produce and Distribute Dickies’ Medical Apparel & Medical Footwear

Dickies, the innovative work wear and lifestyle apparel brand, announced today a new licensing agreement with Strategic Partners Inc., the recognized leader in medical apparel and medical footwear, for the design, production and distribution of medical channel products. Dickies’ extensive portfolio of licensees continues to deliver work wear and work-inspired lines including bags, footwear, belts, socks, headwear, sunglasses, kidswear, men’s tops and junior girls apparel in addition to medical wear.

“Dickies is a powerful brand with a loyal following among medical consumers. We are honored to represent the Dickies brand in the medical uniform market”

The live webcast (audio-only) as well as the replay, which will be available beginning one hour after the conference, may be accessed by logging onto www.pvh.com and going to the News Releases page under the Investor Relations tab.

Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation is one of the world’s largest apparel companies. It owns and markets the Calvin Klein brand worldwide. It is the world’s largest shirt and neckwear company and markets a variety of goods under its own brands, Van Heusen, Calvin Klein, IZOD, ARROW, Bass and G.H. Bass & Co., and its licensed brands including Geoffrey Beene, Kenneth Cole New York, Kenneth Cole Reaction, unlisted, A Kenneth Cole Production, MICHAEL Michael Kors, Sean John, Chaps, Donald J. Trump Signature Collection, JOE Joseph Abboud, Tommy Hilfiger, DKNY, and Timberland.

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The need for maintaining the temperature and humidity in a textile mill has been discussed in various forums and the same has been well accepted. Various equipments are available for providing the required humidity and temperature. However, in a number of cases production and quality are lost because of improper selection of the plant or inadequate maintenance. This book explains the principles adopted in different humidification plants and their adoption so as to guide the people in the industry.

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Retail Ventures, Inc. announced today sales from continuing operations, which represents sales of DSW Inc. (DSW) only, for the thirteen weeks ended January 30, 2010 increased 15.6% to $402.6 million from $348.2 million for the thirteen weeks ended January 31, 2009. The company's same store sales increased 12.9% for the comparable thirteen week period versus a 7.2% decrease in the prior year.

Sales from continuing operations for the fifty-two weeks ended January 30, 2010 increased 9.5% to $1.60 billion from $1.46 billion for the fifty-two weeks ended January 31, 2009. Same store sales increased 3.2% for the comparable fifty-two week period versus a 5.9% decrease in the prior year.

Retail Ventures, Inc. is a holding company whose subsidiary, DSW, is a leading United States branded footwear specialty retailer operating, as of January 30, 2010, 305 shoe stores in 39 states. DSW also supplies shoes, under supply agreements, to 356 locations and operates dsw.com. On April 21, 2009 Retail Ventures, Inc. sold all of the outstanding capital stock of Filene's Basement, Inc. and certain related entities (Filene's Basement) to an unrelated party. The results of the Filene's Basement operations are excluded from the above results.

The Clothing: Asia-Pacific Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Asia-Pacific Clothing industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis with distinct chapters for Apparel Retail, Childrenswear, Footwear, Menswear and Womenswear

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• Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation for Apparel Retail, Childrenswear, Footwear, Menswear and Womenswear
• Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies
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• Includes five-year forecasts for Apparel Retail, Childrenswear, Footwear, Menswear and Womenswear

“Our team is honored to have received two “Image of the Year”

Lion Uniform Group received NAUMD’s Retail Outlets “Image of the Year Award” for the ampm convenience store uniform program. The ampm brand is franchised by BP. Lion Uniform Group also received NAUMD’s Special Notice Organization “Image of the Year Award” for a global uniform program.

“This is a unique opportunity to bring together two premier companies, each with iconic brands, which will deliver enhanced opportunities for our stockholders, business partners, customers and employees as we leverage a combined global platform in the years ahead”