Charming Shoppes, Inc. Hosts First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Sales and Earnings Conference...

Charming Shoppes, Inc. Hosts First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Sales and Earnings
Conference Call on Wednesday, May 27, 2009

BENSALEM, Pa., May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Charming Shoppes, Inc.,
(Nasdaq: CHRS), a leading multi-brand specialty apparel retailer specializing
in women's plus-size apparel, will host its first quarter fiscal 2010 sales
and earnings conference call on Wednesday, May 27, 2009, at 9:15 a.m. eastern
time. First quarter results will be released over the newswires and will be
available on Form 8-K prior to 9:15 a.m. eastern time. Both the first quarter
earnings release and the Form 8-K will be available at
http://www.charmingshoppes.com/investors/index.asp.

Jim Fogarty, President and Chief Executive Officer and Eric M. Specter,
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Charming Shoppes, Inc.
will comment on the Company's first quarter results. Prepared remarks will be
followed by a question and answer period.

To listen to the conference call, please dial 877-407-8293 approximately 10
minutes prior to the scheduled event. The conference call will also be
simulcast and rebroadcast at
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=106124&p=irol-audioArchives. The
general public is invited to listen to the conference call via the webcast or
the dial-in telephone number.

A transcript of prepared remarks for the conference call will be accessible at
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=106124&p=irol-audioArchives prior
to 9:15 a.m. eastern time on Wednesday, May 27, 2009.

The conference call will be recorded on behalf of Charming Shoppes, Inc. and
consists of copyrighted material. It may not be re-recorded, reproduced,
transmitted or rebroadcast, in whole or in part, without the Company's express
written permission. Accessing this call or the rebroadcast constitutes
consent to these terms and conditions. Participation in this call serves as
consent to having any comments or statements made appear on any transcript,
broadcast or rebroadcast of this call.

At May 2, 2009, Charming Shoppes, Inc. operated 2,272 retail stores in 48
states under the names LANE BRYANT(R), FASHION BUG(R), FASHION BUG PLUS(R),
CATHERINES PLUS SIZES(R), LANE BRYANT OUTLET(R), and PETITE SOPHISTICATE
OUTLET(R). Please visit www.charmingshoppes.com for additional information
about Charming Shoppes, Inc.

The Company's conference call will contain certain forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
concerning the Company's operations, performance, and financial condition.
Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated.
Such risks and uncertainties may include, but are not limited to: the failure
to consummate our identified strategic solution for our non-core assets, the
failure to effectively implement our planned consolidation, cost and capital
budget reduction plans and store closing plans, the failure to implement the
Company's business plan for increased profitability and growth in the
Company's retail stores and direct-to-consumer segments, the failure to
effectively implement the Company's plans for a new organizational structure
and enhancements in the Company's merchandise and marketing, the failure to
effectively implement the Company's plans for the transformation of its brands
to a vertical specialty store model, the failure to achieve increased
profitability through the adoption by the Company's brands of a vertical
specialty store model, the failure to achieve improvement in the Company's
competitive position, the failure to continue receiving financing at an
affordable cost through the availability of our credit card securitization
facilities and through the availability of credit we receive from our
suppliers and their agents, the failure to maintain efficient and
uninterrupted order-taking and fulfillment in our direct-to-consumer business,
changes in or miscalculation of fashion trends, extreme or unseasonable
weather conditions, economic downturns, escalation of energy costs, a weakness
in overall consumer demand, the failure to find suitable store locations,
increases in wage rates, the ability to hire and train associates, trade and
security restrictions and political or financial instability in countries
where goods are manufactured, the interruption of merchandise flow from the
Company's centralized distribution facilities, competitive pressures, and the
adverse effects of natural disasters, war, acts of terrorism or threats of
either, or other armed conflict, on the United States and international
economies. These, and other risks and uncertainties, are detailed in the
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31,
2009, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other Company filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Charming Shoppes assumes no duty to update
or revise its forward-looking statements even if experience or future changes
make it clear that any projected results expressed or implied therein will not
be realized.

SOURCE Charming Shoppes, Inc.

Gayle M. Coolick, Vice President of Investor Relations of Charming Shoppes,
Inc., +1-215-638-6955