Consumer >> Analyst Interviews >> May 17, 2004

APPAREL & FOOTWEAR STOCKS: NOELLE GRAINGER – J.P.MORGAN SECURITES

NOELLE GRAINGER joined J.P. Morgan in 1993 and has been the senior analyst responsible for the Apparel, Footwear and Textile group since January 2000. Prior to her current role, Ms. Grainger spent three years as an equity research associate in J.P. Morgan's Apparel, Footwear and Textile team. Prior to this, she worked as an analyst at J.P. Morgan, rotating through various projects, including the divestiture of the firm's domestic and global custody businesses. She is a graduate of Boston College with a BS in marketing and international studies and has passed Level 1 of the Chartered Financial Analyst exam. She was ranked third in her industry by large institutional investors in the Greenwich Associates survey in 2004 and placed fourth in 2002. Profile
TWST: You cover apparel and footwear. How have the stocks done so far

this year?

Ms. Grainger: The apparel and footwear stocks have performed extremely

well. All 14 stocks that I cover have