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The Talbots, Inc. (NYSE: TLB) today announced that the Company will deliver a presentation at the Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Luncheon. The luncheon is scheduled for Wednesday, October 18, 2006 and will begin at 11:45 a.m. eastern time at The New York Palace in New York. The audio portion of the presentation will be webcast live and archived for a period of one month and is available to the general public. To access this presentation, log onto http://www.talbots.com/about/ and click on Investor Relations. The Talbots, Inc. is a leading international specialty retailer and cataloger of women�s, children�s and men�s apparel, shoes and accessories. The Company currently operates a total of 1,329 stores in 47 states, the District of Columbia, Canada and the U.K., with 1,109 stores under the Talbots brand name and 220 stores under the J. Jill brand name. Both brands target the age 35+ female population. Talbots brand on-line shopping site is located at www.talbots.com and the J. Jill brand on-line shopping site is located at www.jjill.com. The foregoing contains forward-looking information within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be identified by such forward-looking terminology as �expect,� �look,� �believe,� �anticipate,� �outlook,� �will,� �would,� or similar statements or variations of such terms. All of the �outlook� information (including future revenues, future comparable sales, future earnings, future EPS, and other future financial performance or operating measures) constitutes forward-looking information. Our outlook and other forward-looking statements are based on a series of expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about our Company which involve risks and uncertainty, including assumptions and projections concerning integration costs, acquisition-related costs and other adjustments, acquisition and cost synergies, store traffic, levels of store sales including regular-price selling and markdown selling, and customer preferences. All of our outlook information and other forward-looking statements are as of the date of this release only. The Company can give no assurance that such outlook or expectations will prove to be correct and does not undertake to update or revise any �outlook� information or any other forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions, estimates or projections, or other circumstances occurring after the date of this release, even if such results, changes or circumstances make it clear that any projected results will not be realized. Our forward-looking statements involve substantial known and unknown risks and uncertainties as to future events which may or may not occur, including the risk that the J. Jill business will not be successfully integrated, the risk that the cost savings and other synergies from the transaction may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected, the risk that the acquisition will disrupt Talbots or J. Jill�s core business, transaction and integration costs, the reaction of Talbots and J. Jill customers and suppliers to the transaction, diversion of management time on merger-related issues, effectiveness of the Company�s brand awareness and marketing programs, any different or any increased negative trends in its regular-price or markdown selling, effectiveness of its Internet site, acceptance of the Company�s fashions including the Company�s seasonal fashions, the Company�s ability to anticipate and successfully respond to changing customer tastes and preferences and to produce the appropriate balance of merchandise offerings, the Company�s ability to sell its merchandise at regular prices as well as its ability to successfully execute its major sale events including the timing and levels of markdowns and appropriate balance of available markdown inventory, any difference between estimated and actual stock option expense, and retail economic conditions including consumer spending, In each case, actual results may differ materially from such forward-looking information. Certain other factors that may cause actual results to differ from such forward-looking statements are included in the Company�s Form 10-K (under �Risk Factors�) and in other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on the Talbots website under �Investor Relations� and you are urged to carefully consider all such factors. The Talbots, Inc. (NYSE: TLB) today announced that the Company will deliver a presentation at the Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Luncheon. The luncheon is scheduled for Wednesday, October 18, 2006 and will begin at 11:45 a.m. eastern time at The New York Palace in New York. The audio portion of the presentation will be webcast live and archived for a period of one month and is available to the general public. To access this presentation, log onto http://www.talbots.com/about/ and click on Investor Relations. The Talbots, Inc. is a leading international specialty retailer and cataloger of women's, children's and men's apparel, shoes and accessories. The Company currently operates a total of 1,329 stores in 47 states, the District of Columbia, Canada and the U.K., with 1,109 stores under the Talbots brand name and 220 stores under the J. Jill brand name. Both brands target the age 35+ female population. Talbots brand on-line shopping site is located at www.talbots.com and the J. Jill brand on-line shopping site is located at www.jjill.com. The foregoing contains forward-looking information within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be identified by such forward-looking terminology as "expect," "look," "believe," "anticipate," "outlook," "will," "would," or similar statements or variations of such terms. All of the "outlook" information (including future revenues, future comparable sales, future earnings, future EPS, and other future financial performance or operating measures) constitutes forward-looking information. Our outlook and other forward-looking statements are based on a series of expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about our Company which involve risks and uncertainty, including assumptions and projections concerning integration costs, acquisition-related costs and other adjustments, acquisition and cost synergies, store traffic, levels of store sales including regular-price selling and markdown selling, and customer preferences. All of our outlook information and other forward-looking statements are as of the date of this release only. The Company can give no assurance that such outlook or expectations will prove to be correct and does not undertake to update or revise any "outlook" information or any other forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions, estimates or projections, or other circumstances occurring after the date of this release, even if such results, changes or circumstances make it clear that any projected results will not be realized. Our forward-looking statements involve substantial known and unknown risks and uncertainties as to future events which may or may not occur, including the risk that the J. Jill business will not be successfully integrated, the risk that the cost savings and other synergies from the transaction may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected, the risk that the acquisition will disrupt Talbots or J. Jill's core business, transaction and integration costs, the reaction of Talbots and J. Jill customers and suppliers to the transaction, diversion of management time on merger-related issues, effectiveness of the Company's brand awareness and marketing programs, any different or any increased negative trends in its regular-price or markdown selling, effectiveness of its Internet site, acceptance of the Company's fashions including the Company's seasonal fashions, the Company's ability to anticipate and successfully respond to changing customer tastes and preferences and to produce the appropriate balance of merchandise offerings, the Company's ability to sell its merchandise at regular prices as well as its ability to successfully execute its major sale events including the timing and levels of markdowns and appropriate balance of available markdown inventory, any difference between estimated and actual stock option expense, and retail economic conditions including consumer spending, In each case, actual results may differ materially from such forward-looking information. Certain other factors that may cause actual results to differ from such forward-looking statements are included in the Company's Form 10-K (under "Risk Factors") and in other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on the Talbots website under "Investor Relations" and you are urged to carefully consider all such factors.