In 1983, Marvin and Helene Gralnick began selling Mexican folk art and cotton sweaters in a small store on Sanibel Island, Florida. Their exceptional service and one-of-a-kind styles connected with customers in a unique way — and Chico’s was born.

The Company is a specialty retailer of private branded, sophisticated, casual-to-dressy clothing, intimates, complementary accessories, and other non-clothing gift items. The Company operates 982 women's specialty stores, including stores in 48 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico operating under the Chico's, White House | Black Market and Soma Intimates names. The Company has 581 Chico's front-line stores, 36 Chico's outlet stores, 280 White House | Black Market front-line stores, 19 White House | Black Market outlet stores, 65 Soma Intimates front-line stores and 1 Soma Intimates outlet store.

When you walk into any Chico’s store, you can trust the sales staff to help you coordinate, accessorize, and build a signature wardrobe to suit your individual needs.

We hope to see you soon.

Chico's FAS, Inc. Reports December Sales

FORT MYERS, Fla., Jan 10, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Chico's FAS, Inc. (NYSE: CHS) today reported that its sales results for the five-week period ended January 5, 2008, decreased 5.6% to $181.6 million from $192.5 million reported for the five-week period ended December 30, 2006. Comparable store sales for the Company-owned stores decreased 13.7% for the five-week period ended January 5, 2008 compared to the same five-week period last year ending January 6, 2007.

For the forty-eight weeks ended January 5, 2008, total sales increased 6.9% to $1.62 billion from $1.52 billion reported for the forty-eight week period ended December 30, 2006. Comparable store sales for the Company-owned stores decreased 7.2% for the forty-eight week period ended January 5, 2008 compared to the forty-eight week period last year ending January 6, 2007.