Jones Apparel Group
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Jones Apparel Group, Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is a leading designer, marketer and wholesaler of branded apparel, footwear and accessories. The company also markets directly to consumers through our chain of specialty retail and value-based stores, and operates the Barneys New York chain of luxury stores. The company’s nationally recognized brands include Jones New York, Evan-Picone, Norton McNaughton, Gloria Vanderbilt, Erika, l.e.i., Energie, Nine West, Easy Spirit, Enzo Angiolini, Bandolino, Joan & David, Mootsies Tootsies, Sam & Libby, Napier, Judith Jack, Kasper, Anne Klein, Albert Nipon, Le Suit and Barneys New York. The company also markets costume jewelry under the Givenchy brand licensed from Givenchy Corporation and footwear under the Dockers Women brand licensed from Levi Strauss & Co. – Each brand is differentiated by its own distinctive styling, pricing strategy, distribution channel and target consumer. The Company primarily contracts for the manufacture of its products through a worldwide network of quality manufacturers. The Company has capitalized on its nationally known brand names by entering into various licenses for several of its trademarks, including Jones New York, Evan-Picone, Anne Klein New York, Nine West, Gloria Vanderbilt and l.e.i., with select manufacturers of women’s and men’s products which the company does not manufacture. For more than 30 years, the company has built a reputation for excellence in product quality and value, and in operational execution.
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For over 30 years, Jones Apparel Group has proven itself as an innovative and consumer focused player in the apparel industry.
In 1970, Sidney Kimmel founded and became President of the Jones Apparel Division of W.R. Grace & Co. – Kimmel and Grace accountant Gerard Rubin bought Grace's fashion division in 1975, incorporating it as Jones Apparel Group. Jones expanded quickly by bringing out new labels and licensing others, such as Christian Dior.
Tapping into two trends of the early-1980s, Jones Apparel offered the sweatsuit fashions of Norma Kamali, and in 1984, acquired the license for the Gloria Vanderbilt line from Murjani.
In the early-1990s, as recession-minded shoppers looked for bargains and the American workplace became more casual, Jones again took off. The company expanded with new lines, such as Rena Rowan (inexpensive suits) and Jones & Co. (career casuals).
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