Chico's FAS Inc., which is a group of 4 divisions, is a specialty retailer of private label, sophisticated, casual-to-dressy clothing, intimates, complementary accessories and other non-clothing gift items. The Company operates 847 women’s specialty stores, including stores in 47 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico operating under the Chico’s, White House|Black Market, soma by Chico’s, and Fitigues names. From our exclusive, private-label designs to our exceptional personal service, our divisions provide a truly unique retail environment. When you walk into any of our stores, you can depend upon the sales staff to coordinate, accessorize, and help you build a wardrobe to suit your needs. All our products are designed and developed by our Product Development Team in our Headquarters in Fort Myers, Florida which enables us to provide you with new styles every week.

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Chico’s FAS, Inc. Reports September Sales

• September Sales Up 15.0% Over September Last Year
  
  
• September Comparable Store Sales Increase 2.1%

Chico’s FAS, Inc. (NYSE: CHS) today reported September sales results for the five-week period ended September 30, 2006, increased 15.0% to $164.5 million from $143.1 million reported for the prior year’s five-week period ended October 1, 2005. Comparable store sales for the Company-owned stores increased 2.1% for the five-week period ended September 30, 2006, compared to the same five-week period last year.

For the thirty-five weeks ended September 30, 2006, total sales increased 17.3% to $1.073 billion from $915 million for the same period a year ago. Comparable store sales for the Company-owned stores increased 4.6% for the thirty-five week period compared to the same thirty-five week period last year.

The Company is a specialty retailer of private label, sophisticated, casual-to-dressy clothing, intimates, complementary accessories, and other non-clothing gift items. The Company operates 847 women’s specialty stores, including stores in 47 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico operating under the Chico’s, White House | Black Market, Soma by Chico’s and Fitigues names. The Company owns 525 Chico’s front-line stores, 32 Chico’s outlet stores, 224 White House | Black Market front-line stores, 12 White House | Black Market outlet stores, 31 Soma by Chico’s stores, 9 Fitigues front-line stores and 1 Fitigues outlet store; franchisees own and operate 13 Chico’s stores.