Cache Luxe Fashions -- Luxe is for Luxury

Caché, Inc.
1440 Broadway
New York, NY 10018
NY Tel. 212-575-3200
Toll Free 800-788-2224
Fax 212-944-2842

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.cache.com
Employees: 2,860
Employee growth: 5.9%

Caché sells fashions that bring cachet to the soirée. The upscale women's apparel retailer owns and operates nearly 300 specialty stores in shopping malls in 44 US states, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands under the Caché and Caché Luxe banners, as well as an online shopping site. Sportswear, including casual wear, collections, and separates, accounts for nearly two-thirds of apparel sales. It closed all of its Lillie Rubin shops in 2006 and launched a new format -- Caché Luxe. The firm buys its merchandise primarily from domestic suppliers, but it has begun to source more overseas. Director Andrew Saul and his family own nearly 19% of the company. Caché acquired Adrienne Victoria Designs in July 2007.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2006:
Sales: $279.0M
One year growth: 4.7%
Net income: $8.3M
Income growth: (38.3%)

Officers:
Chairman and CEO: Brian P. Woolf
President and COO: Thomas E. Reinckens
EVP Finance and CFO: Margaret Feeney

Competitors:
Ann Taylor
Macy's
Neiman Marcus

Cache, Inc. is a retailer of social occasion sportswear and dresses targeting style-conscious women. The Company owns and operates two separate store concepts, Cache and Lillie Rubin, each of which carries its own branded merchandise. Cache targets women between the ages of 25 and 45 while Lillie Rubin stores offer a line of social occasion apparel targeting women between the ages of 35 and 55. Both store concepts focus on social occasion dressing designed for contemporary women.

The Company's Cache and Lillie Rubin lines extend from elegant eveningwear to its day-into-evening sportswear, which encompasses a variety of tops, bottoms and dresses versatile enough to be worn during the day or evening.

The Company operates 267 Cache and 39 Lillie Rubin stores primarily situated in central locations in high traffic, upscale malls throughout the United States. The Company's merchandising focuses on providing a selection of sportswear and dresses extending from eveningwear to day-into-evening sportswear.

The Company also maintains a key item strategy, providing some popular and core items for longer periods to meet ongoing customer demand. The Company designs and markets three general categories of merchandise:

Sportswear consists of related tops and bottoms, versatile enough to be worn during the day or out for evening affairs.

Dresses range from special occasion long dresses to shorter lengths for cocktail and day-into-evening wear.

Accessories consist of jewelry, belts and handbags intended to complement its sportswear and dress selections. The Company's apparel design and merchandising are organized around the spring and fall seasons.

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