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Profile - Designs, Inc. (NasdaqNM:DESI)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  4Fiscal quarter ended
July 31Conference call: Designs Annual Shareholders Meeting
Location
66 B Street
Needham, MA 02494
Phone: (781) 444-7222
Fax: (781) 444-8999
Employees (last reported count): 418
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Competitors:
 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Apparel)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 54%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 9 insider buys; 390.0K shares (5.3% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 24% (53% of float)
(23 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 601.0K shares (+14.59%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Designs Inc. is a retailer selling branded apparel and accessories made exclusively by Levi Strauss & Co. and other manufacturers licensed by Levi Strauss & Co. The Company markets a broad selection of Levi Strauss & Co. brand merchandise through outlet and factory stores under the names Levi's/Dockers Outlet by Designs, Levi's Outlet by Designs, Dockers Outlet by Designs and Levi's/Dockers Factory Store by Designs. The Company uses certain Levi Strauss & Co. trademarks, sells Levi Strauss & Co. merchandise and markets the Levi Strauss & Co. brand products pursuant to a license agreement with Levi Strauss & Co. As of February 3, 2001, the Company operated 102 stores, of which 34 are in the new Levi's/Dockers Outlet by Designs store format. The Company also operates 14 Dockers Outlet stores, which sell Dockers and Slates brand products and 15 Levi's Outlet stores, which sell exclusively Levi's brand product.
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Financial Summary
Designs, Inc. is a specialty retailer of quality branded apparel and accessories, including Levi Strauss and Co. and Dockers brand products. For the six months ended 8/4/01, sales increased 2% to $87.1 million. Net loss totaled $655 thousand vs. an income of $610 thousand. Revenues reflect a decrease in comparable store sales. Net loss reflects decreased merchandise margins and increased occupancy costs as a percentage of revenues due to additional square footage.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Seymour Holtzman, 64
Chairman
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David Levin, 50
Pres, CEO, Director
$312K
Dennis Hernreich, 44
Sr. VP, CFO, Treasurer
213K
Dollar amounts are as of 29-Jan-2001 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:DESIAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 4-Apr-2001
$1.719
Recent Price$3.50 
52-Week High
on 17-May-2001
$7.05 
Beta0.56 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)63.3K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)30.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+69.7%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+127.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$50.7M
Shares Outstanding14.5M
Float6.70M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 23-June-1993
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$3.41 
Earnings (ttm)$0.11 
Earnings (mrq)$0.05 
Sales (ttm)$12.78 
CashN/A 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)1.03 
Price/Earnings (ttm)32.11 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.27 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$196.6M
EBITDA (ttm*)$10.8M
Income available to common (ttm)$1.95M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)1.0%
Operating Margin (ttm)2.6%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsFeb 3
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
4-Aug-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-July-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.91%
Return on Equity (ttm)3.84%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)1.18 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.63 
Total CashN/A 
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short41.0K
Percent of Float0.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
37.0K
Short Ratio1.64 
Daily Volume25.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-July-2001, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 4-Aug-2001)

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