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</description><pubDate>5/14/2008 9:11:00 PM</pubDate><ccbn:name xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">American Apparel</ccbn:name><ccbn:price xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">54.0000</ccbn:price><ccbn:revision xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Final</ccbn:revision><ccbn:storetitle xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Q1 2008 American Apparel Earnings Conference Call Transcript</ccbn:storetitle><ccbn:ticker xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">APP</ccbn:ticker><ccbn:time xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">5:00pm ET</ccbn:time><title>Q1 2008 American Apparel Earnings Conference Call Transcript</title><ccbn:type xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Transcript</ccbn:type><ccbn:docid xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">T1849637</ccbn:docid><category>Credit &amp; Investment Research</category><alacra:ip>Thomson StreetEvents</alacra:ip></item><item><link>http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/ccbn/T1795877</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ccbn/T1795877</guid><ccbn:index_mode xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">norm</ccbn:index_mode><description>...Welcome to the American Apparel fourth-quarter #### earnings conference call. Please be aware today's conference is being recorded. Now at this time, it is my pleasure to turn the conference over to Joe Teklits with ICR. ...

</description><pubDate>3/17/2008 9:11:00 PM</pubDate><ccbn:name xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">American Apparel</ccbn:name><ccbn:price xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">54.0000</ccbn:price><ccbn:revision xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Final</ccbn:revision><ccbn:storetitle xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Q4 2007 American Apparel Earnings Conference Call Transcript</ccbn:storetitle><ccbn:ticker xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">APP</ccbn:ticker><ccbn:time xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">5:00pm ET</ccbn:time><title>Q4 2007 American Apparel Earnings Conference Call Transcript</title><ccbn:type xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Transcript</ccbn:type><ccbn:docid xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">T1795877</ccbn:docid><category>Credit &amp; Investment Research</category><alacra:ip>Thomson StreetEvents</alacra:ip></item><item><link>http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/ccbn/T1732729</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ccbn/T1732729</guid><ccbn:index_mode xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">norm</ccbn:index_mode><pubDate>1/16/2008 6:11:00 PM</pubDate><ccbn:name xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">AMERICAN APPAREL INC</ccbn:name><ccbn:price xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">54.0000</ccbn:price><ccbn:revision xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Final</ccbn:revision><ccbn:storetitle xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">AMERICAN APPAREL INC at ICR Inc. XChange Conference Transcript</ccbn:storetitle><ccbn:ticker xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">APP</ccbn:ticker><ccbn:time xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">10:30am PT</ccbn:time><title>AMERICAN APPAREL INC at ICR Inc. XChange Conference Transcript</title><description>... - Lazard Capital Markets -  AnalystHello, everybody, I am Todd Slater, Lazard Capital Markets. I have the distinct pleasure and honor to introduce one of the hottest  brands on the planet, American Apparel, and its creator and founder, Dov Charney. Dov is a leader who turns convention on its head. He started in #### selling Fruit of the Loom T-shirts to the Canadian markets, sort of playing the arbitrage between the two markets. And that love for sort of American brands and that nose for making money has morphed into a very large wholesale and retail business with ### stores globally with almost half of those stores outside of the United States and growing quite quickly. So quarter that, here's the CEO, Dov Charney. Thank you. ...

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