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3. Burstein fills her Hampstead home with seasonal flowers (garden roses are her favorites) from Absolute Flowers & Home, a chic florist and home furnishings shop in Maida Vale. Go to absoluteflowersandhome.com.

4. She's smitten with this tongue-in-cheek take on the tiffany bracelet Chanel tweed jacket (about $2,000) by Marc Jacobs. "Marc showed it with a mini-dress, but it would also look terrific with slim black jeans and men's brogues."

5. Browns devotees gravitate to one-of-a-kind and exclusive pieces, like this brainy book clutch by Olympia Le-Tan (about $1,500). "It's a gorgeously unusual evening bag."

6. Maison Michel, the Paris-based milliner, made tiffany bracelets straw hat (about $500) for Chanel's spring couture show. "They create beautiful, timeless hats and hairpieces," Burstein opines. "I see our customer wearing this in the South of France with a white cotton Alaia sundress and Louboutin cork wedges."

7. Burstein frequents Giacobazzi's Delicatessen, a "gorgeous, family-run Italian deli" in her neighborhood,

for delicious spinach and ricotta tortelloni and homemade pesto and tomato sauces. Go to giacobazzis.co.uk.

8. Well-heeled types totter over to Browns's Brook Street shoe salon for fierce statement styles like Tabitha Simmons's ring lizard gladiator stilettos, which cost about $2,000.

9. Burstein is a fan of the New York-based designer Kimberly McDonald's diamond and geode jewels, particularly these earrings, which cost about $6,500.

10. The store owner's favorite spot for a quiet dinner is Wild Honey in Mayfair. "It's a bit under the radar, so you can actually hear yourself talk," she says. "I'm rather obsessed with their signature ice cream, which contains bits of crushed honeycomb." Go to wildhoneyrestaurant.co.uk.

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Backstage after their spring show, the designers Viktor & Rolf explained that because of the credit crunch, they had decided to "crunch their couture" -- literally, burrowing tunnels and cutting away slices in their extravagant tulle dresses. In the spirit of fashion's new D.I.Y. ethos, they offered this simple guide to reproducing their results. Have fun.

1. Purchase 149 yards of fine tulle for the skirt, 44 yards of silver pendants tulle for the underskirt and 2.3 miles of very thin yarn, which you will use to sew the garment by hand.

2. Dye the tulle pale green.

3. Create a stiff black inner crinoline-like structure, measured to your body, using camel's hair and boning, in the shape of the final skirt with a cutout strip below the hips.

4. Build up the skirt, gathering the tulle layer by layer, lightly tiffany accessories-stitching the layers together. Work toward a solid shape that is airy and light; fine-tune the volume. Use sharp, slim scissors to cut a perfectly straight and uniform horizontal swath in the tulle to match the cutout in the structure underneath.

5. Move on to the bodice, which silver rings should fashion to your body using metal boning and chiffon. Hand-embroider 547 white sequins onto the front panel.

6. Attach the skirt to the bodice.

7. You're done! And it only took 163 hours.

ISPO 2010 held in Munich during February 7-10, 2010 once again broke all records in terms of exhibitors and visitors. Its success reflects growth in the markets for sportswear and equipment in most parts of Europe.

The event attracted around 2,000 exhibitors, of whom 83% were from outside tiffany bracelets. Also, the organisers claim to have drawn over 64,000 visitors - 7% more than in 2009 from no fewer than 177 countries.

ISPO (International Trade Fair for Sports Equipment and Fashion), now in its 40th year, is the worlds largest and most diverse exhibition for the sports community.

The event is dominated by brand companies which tiffany accessories the design of their products and the sporting advantages to be gained by using them. And at the receiving end of those companies promotional campaigns, there is a dedicated proportion of consumers who are willing to pay hefty premiums to obtain them. As a result, the value added in sports apparel goes far beyond that which prevails in apparel markets in general.

Significantly, for the third year running, European sporting goods retailers performed better than the retail sector as a whole in 2009, according to an organisation representing European sporting goods retail associations, Fdration Europene tiffany accessories Associations de Dtaillants en Articles de Sport (Fedas).

Moreover, it is generally believed that sales will be boosted further in 2010 as a result of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Canada in February as well as the football World Cup in South Africa in June-July. A further boost should come from the gradual improvement expected in the economies of major markets during the year.

We scheduled this call to last about 45 minutes, which includes time for questions and answers.

Before we begin, let me remind everyone that the discussion this morning includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which reflect the Company's current view of future events and financial performance. The words expect, plan, anticipate, believe and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Any such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and tiffany necklace, and the Company's future results of operations could differ materially from historical results or current expectations. For more details on these risks, please refer to the Company's Form 10-K and other SEC filings.

Also, please note that no portion of tiffany necklaces call may be rebroadcast in any form without the prior written consent of JCPenney. Replays of today's webcast will be available for 90 days. For those listening after February 5, 2009, please note that this recording will not be updated, and it is possible that the information discussed will no longer be current.

On this morning's call we have two speakers. Mike Ullman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will start with some comments reflecting on our performance for 2008 and our initial outlook for 2009. Bob Cavanaugh, our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will then make a few comments about our pension plan before we take your questions.

Now will turn it over to Mike Ullman.

MIKE ULLMAN, CHAIRMAN & CEO, JCPENNEY: Thank you, Phil. We want to spend most of our time on the call responding to your questions. We are eager to talk to you about '08 and '09. We thought it might be helpful to reflect on a year ago when we announced our Bridge Plan. You may remember our Bridge Plan was outlined to divide our initiatives between those things we were going to moderate like inventory and expense; things we are to maintain, which is our focus on the customer, our associates and our investors; and things we are going to accelerate like our installation of Sephora tiffany note JCPenney, the launch of American Living and our other merchandising and other initiatives. We think it is very important given the storm that is going on around us in terms of a very difficult consumer climate and the lack of traffic in our stores and in malls today that we differentiate our underlying financial picture from many of our competitors.

Despite the deteriorating economic climate, we have executed our Bridge Plan very well. For example, a year ago we said our goal for the year would be to have a positive cash flow for 2008. I'm pleased to say we have over $20 million free cash flow generated in 2008, despite the precipitous downturn in traffic and sales in the second half of the year.

We also ended the year with in excess of $2.3 billion in cash on hand and did not access the bank borrowing facilities during our peak inventory period.

We think it is important, as some have pointed out, that we are the most efficient in terms of cash utilization in our peer group. Being financially strong and having the financial flexibility is a testament to the sound planning of our financial team over the last five to six years.

During the year we stayed focused on our three key constituencies -- our customers, our associates and our investors. We instituted the customer first program last February, and we've delivered on the desired results. Our overall satisfaction is the highest in our history and actually achieved our highest score in the month of December, which is the toughest and busiest month to execute.

In the soon to be released reports value added resellers (VARs) rated vendors of small and medium-sized business (SMB) products in 15 different weighted criteria, providing the most in-depth profile of what makes a vendor successful, or unsuccessful, in the Channel. Each report addresses a specific technology category as well as analysis of the vendors selling those products into the Channel. The reports also provide detailed information on the number of proposals written and deals closed for the product category as well as the reasons why partners choose a particular vendor and how well each vendor ranks against the criteria.

The 26 SMB reports focus on seven major areas of technology, tiffany necklaces: Systems Management Software; Databases; Operating Systems; Portals and Content Management; Collaboration; Servers/Application Virtualization; Network Color Laser Printer; Network Security; External Storage; Network Attached Storage; Storage Management Software; Storage Virtualization; Desktops; Laptops; Servers (UNIX, Linux); Servers (x86 arch); Networking Infrastructure; Unified Communications; Internet Security Software; Monitors and Displays; Security Appliances; Multifunction Devices; Web Application Servers; Business Intelligence; Backup and Recovery Hardware; and Backup and Recovery Software.

IPED will release an additional six reports in five major areas of enterprise technology throughout the course of the year: Network Security; Network Attached Storage; Networking Hardware; Laptops; Databases; and Business Intelligence.

"Our Channel Affinity Index Reports provide insight and actionable data that can improve a technology vendor's partner sales and build partner loyalty," said Toni Clayton Hine, Vice President and Managing Director, Everything Channel's Institute for tiffany note Education & Development. "One of the key findings of the study is that even large, well-established vendors can risk losing market share if they don't focus on areas that are important to Solution Providers. In today's economy no one can afford to make a mistake. Our reports are the only place that shows which relationships are important and how the relationships are changing."

The Channel Affinity Reports are available through a subscription offering, which enables customers to trend results over time and make improvements to their programs. For additional information or to download a sample Channel Affinity Index Report, go to: http://www.iped.com/affinity/.

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IPED will host a free NetSeminar on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 2:00 PM ET entitled "More Profit From Your Partners - The IPED Channel Affinity Advantage" to provide technology vendors with insight on how they can get a true picture of how well products are selling in the channel and why.

Everything Channel's Clayton Hine and Stanley Elbaum, Practice Director for World Wide Channel Intelligence & Analysis, will discuss how IPED's Channel Affinity Index can help create more profitable partner programs, optimize the size and capacity of a partner's base, track and leverage the relationship between partners and their customers, deliver research and analysis that can make products more attractive to partners and how to impact Channel sales for the greatest return on investment. To sign up to participate in the NetSeminar, go to: https://www.cmpnetseminars.com/ars/eventregistration.do?mode=eventreg&F=100135 6&K=CLNT1.

"It's shocking, too, because I didn't think they would be," said Glasgow, owner of Robin's Flowers & Gifts in Eden. "People are spending money and they're spending it on flowers."

Glasgow joked that some men in town might not be able to pay some of their bills this month, but their wives and girlfriends would have Valentine's flowers at all costs. She said she has unexpectedly had to order more roses and plants and is Folded heart pendant out of balloons, too.

"They're getting roses, cut flowers, mixed arrangements, tulips, everything."

Bonnie Purgason, owner of Reidsville Florist & Gifts, said red roses are the most popular gift as usual, followed by colored roses.

"The roses are the big seller, but we're selling a lot of Frank Gehry Fish necklace, a lot of stuffed animals, a lot of wine," she said.

Like Glasgow, Purgason hasn't seen people scaling back on spending this Valentine's Day.

"I haven't seen a cutback," said Purgason. "It's just business as usual. They're just buying it all."

Purgason and Joy Conner, an employee at Johnson's Florist & Antiques in Eden, they think Valentine's Day falling on a Saturday has helped business this year.

"Valentine's is on a Saturday this year, so it's Graduated bead drop pendant more spread out. (Today) will be our biggest delivery day," said Conner. Johnson's Florist offers all types of fresh flowers, including varieties that can be replanted, such as tulips and hyacinth, and blooming house plants such as cyclamen, a plant with variegated leaves, and vermillion, a plant in the cactus family. But roses have been the most popular choice for Valentine's Day this year, especially among unmarried men hoping to impress their girlfriend, said Conner.

"This year, it seems like everybody's wanting roses," she said. In a tough economy, Conner said, men don't seem to be concerned about the price of roses. She said a dozen roses typically cost anywhere from $60 to $75, depending on the arrangement.

Tokyo, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)--Japanese department store sales fell for the 11th straight month in January as consumers continued to cut back on spending amid a deepening recession.

Sales fell 9.1 pct from a year before to 613.1 billion yen at Paloma's X earrings open at least a year, the Japan Department Stores Association said Thursday. The decrease was the largest for the month.

Per-customer spending fell as sales of clothing and luxury products were especially weak.

Annual sales in 2009 may Return to Tiffany the 13th straight decrease, association officials said.

In January, clothing sales fell 11.9 pct and sales of artworks and jewelry Return to Tiffany Heart tag pendant 19.1 pct, while food sales rose 0.7 pct.

Sales dropped in all regions. Nagoya, central Japan, saw the largest fall of 14.1 pct due apparently to the fallout from Toyota Motor Corp.'s downturn.END