Destination Maternity Corporation Added to Russell 2000(R) Index and Russell 3000(R)...

Destination Maternity Corporation Added to Russell 2000(R) Index and Russell
3000(R) Index

PHILADELPHIA, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Destination Maternity
Corporation (Nasdaq: DEST), the world's leading maternity apparel retailer,
today announced that it was added to the Russell 3000(R) Index and the subset
Russell 2000(R) Index effective upon the close of trading on Friday, June 26,
2009 following the Russell Investment Group's annual reconstitution of these
lists. Destination Maternity was also added to the Russell Global(R) Index and
continues to be included in the Russell Microcap(R) Index.

Ed Krell, Chief Executive Officer of Destination Maternity, commented "We are
pleased to be included in Russell's widely recognized indexes and we expect
that our inclusion will heighten our visibility with the broader investment
community."

Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional
investors for index funds and as benchmarks for both passive and active
investment strategies. An industry-leading $4 trillion in assets currently are
benchmarked to the Russell indexes. These investment tools originated from
Russell's multi-manager investment business in the early 1980s when the
company saw the need for a more objective, market-driven set of benchmarks in
order to evaluate outside investment managers. Total returns data for the
Russell 3000 and other Russell indexes is available at
http://www.russell.com/Indexes/performance/default.asp.

Destination Maternity Corporation is the world's largest designer and retailer
of maternity apparel, using its quick response replenishment system to "give
the customer what she wants, when she wants it." In the United States and
Canada, Destination Maternity operates, as of May 31, 2009, 1,087 retail
locations, including 730 stores, predominantly under the tradenames Motherhood
Maternity(R), A Pea in the Pod(R), and Destination Maternity(R), and sells on
the web through its DestinationMaternity.com and brand-specific websites.
Destination Maternity also distributes its Oh Baby by Motherhood(TM)
collection through a licensed arrangement at Kohl's(R) stores throughout the
United States and on Kohls.com, and, beginning in October 2009, will also
offer its Two Hearts Maternity(R) by Destination Maternity collection in
Sears(R) stores and certain Kmart(R) stores through a leased department
relationship with Sears. In addition, Destination Maternity is expanding
internationally and has recently entered into exclusive store franchise and
product supply relationships in India and the Middle East.

Destination Maternity Corporation (the "Company") cautions that any
forward-looking statements (as such term is defined in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995) contained in this press release or made from
time to time by management of the Company involve risks and uncertainties, and
are subject to change based on various important factors. The following
factors, among others, in some cases have affected and in the future could
affect the Company's financial performance and actual results and could cause
actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any
such forward-looking statements: the impact of the current global economic
slowdown on the retail industry in general and on apparel purchases in
particular, our ability to successfully manage our various business
initiatives, our ability to successfully implement our merchandise brand and
retail nameplate restructuring, the success of our international expansion,
our ability to successfully manage and retain our leased department and
licensed relationships and marketing partnerships, future sales trends in our
existing store base, unusual weather patterns, changes in consumer preferences
and spending patterns,demographics and other macroeconomic factors that may
impact the level of spending for maternity apparel, overall economic
conditions and other factors affecting consumer confidence, the impact of
competition and fluctuations in the price, availability and quality of raw
materials and contracted products, availability of suitable store locations,
continued availability of capital and financing, goodwill impairment charges,
ability to hire and develop senior management and sales associates, ability to
develop and source merchandise, ability to receive production from foreign
sources on a timely basis, potential stock repurchases, potential debt
prepayments, changes in market interest rates, war or acts of terrorism and
other factors set forth in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, or in materials incorporated therein by reference.

SOURCE Destination Maternity Corporation

Judd P. Tirnauer, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of
Destination Maternity Corporation, +1-215-873-2278