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Recent Events July 31 Conference call: J. Jill Group Earnings (Q2 2001) Location 4 Batterymarch Park Quincy, MA 02169 Phone: (617) 376-4300 Fax: (781) 749-8523 Employees (last reported count): 883 Financial Links  ·Top Institutional Holders  ·Top Mutual Fund Holders  ·Analyst Upgrade/Downgrade History  ·Historical Quote Data  ·Raw SEC Filings at sec.gov Competitors:  ·Sector: Services  ·Industry: Retail (Catalog & Mail Order) Company Websites  ·Home Page  ·Yahoo! Category  ·Search Yahoo! for related links... Ownership · Insider and 5%+ Owners: 37% · Over the last 6 months:  · 6 insider sells; 108.0K shares   (2.4% of insider shares) · Institutional: 86% (136% of float) (118 institutions) · Net Inst. Buying: 655.0K shares (+6.03%) (prior quarter to latest quarter) More From Market Guide  ·Highlights  ·Performance  ·Ratio Comparisons

Business Summary The J. Jill Group, Inc. is a specialty retailer of women's apparel, accessories and footwear that markets its products through the Company's catalogs, retail stores and e-commerce Website. The Company has two distinct business segments, direct and retail. Both of these segments are focused on selling J. Jill merchandise. Each segment is separately managed and utilizes distinct distribution, marketing and inventory management strategies. The direct segment markets merchandise through catalogs and an e-commerce Website. The retail segment sells the same merchandise through retail stores. The J. Jill brand is characterized by the simple, comfortable, versatile style of its merchandise offerings. Emphasizing natural fibers and details, J. Jill merchandise ranges from relaxed career wear to weekend wear. Almost all of the Company's merchandise is private label. More from Market Guide: Expanded Business Description Financial Summary The J. Jill Group, Inc. is a specialty marketer of women's apparel, accessories and gifts. The Company markets its products through the J. Jill catalog, retail stores and the Internet. For the 26 weeks ended 6/30/01, net sales rose 29% to $129.5 million. Net income before accounting change rose 28% to $3.4 million. Results reflect the opening of additional retail stores, partially offset by lower gross margins due to pricing pressures. More from Market Guide: Significant Developments Officers [Insider Trade Data] FY2000 Pay Gordon Cooke, 55 Chairman, Pres, CEO $1.5M Olga Conley, 43 CFO, Treasurer, and Pres of Corp. Services 412K Peter Tulp, 47 VP and Controller --   Eric Welter VP, Marketing Analysis --   Dennis Adomaitis, 50 Pres of The Birch Pond Group, Inc. 681K Dollar amounts are as of 30-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.. More from Market Guide on Officers & Directors: Expanded List, Bios, Compensation, Options

Price and Volume 52-Week Low on 6-Sep-2000 $8.625 Recent Price $17.50  52-Week High on 9-Feb-2001 $30.50  Beta 1.07  Daily Volume (3-month avg) 137.0K Daily Volume (10-day avg) 80.0K Stock Performance big chart [1d | 5d | 3m | 6m | 1y | 2y | 5y | max] 52-Week Change +93.1% 52-Week Change relative to S&P500 +159.0% Share-Related Items Market Capitalization $208.5M Shares Outstanding 11.9M Float 7.50M Dividends & Splits Annual Dividend none  Last Split: 3 for 2 on 1-July-1998	Per-Share Data Book Value (mrq) $8.53  Earnings (ttm) $1.24  Earnings (mrq) $0.20  Sales (ttm) $24.19  Cash (mrq) $1.68  Valuation Ratios Price/Book (mrq) 2.05  Price/Earnings (ttm) 14.14  Price/Sales (ttm) 0.72  Income Statements Sales (ttm) $275.7M EBITDA (ttm) $31.7M Income available to common (ttm) $13.6M Profitability Profit Margin (ttm) 4.9% Operating Margin (ttm) 8.5% Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Ends Dec 30 Most recent quarter 30-June-2001	Management Effectiveness Return on Assets (ttm) 10.12% Return on Equity (ttm) 17.35% Financial Strength Current Ratio (mrq) 2.80  Debt/Equity (mrq) 0.18  Total Cash (mrq) $20.0M Short Interest As of 8-Aug-2001 Shares Short 578.0K Percent of Float 7.7% Shares Short (Prior Month) 523.0K Short Ratio 3.03  Daily Volume 191.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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