Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> October 6, 1999

Blair W. Lambert – Bebe Stores Inc (bebe)

BLAIR W. LAMBERT joined the bebe management team in 1996 after a successful eight-year career as Vice President of Finance at Espirit. Prior to joining Esprit in 1988, Lambert was the CFO of a start-up footwear company, and spent four years as the controller of The North Face, a specialty apparel retailer and wholesaler. Lambert holds a B.A. degree in Economics from the University of California at Davis, and is CPA, having spent four years at Ernst 7 Young, a big five accounting firm. Profile
TWST: Let's start out by you giving us a brief overview of bebe stores

the company's history, activities, customers, those kinds of things,

please.

Mr. Lambert: We're a leading retailer of