Eachbrand is differentiated by its own distinctive styling pricing strategydistribution channel and target consumer

Eachbrand is differentiated by its own distinctive styling, pricing strategy,distribution channel and target consumer. Nine West is proud to support Soles4Souls inraising awareness and inspiring others to make a contribution. Forcontributions visit or details were announced by Miranda Lee Richards onYouTube /ninewestfashion in June, with the contest and Nine West VintageAmerica Collection officially launching in July, and the winner announced onninewest /vintageamericacollection in September.For more information visit ninewest /vintageamericacollection.Jones Apparel Group, Inc is a leading designer, marketer and wholesaler ofbranded apparel, footwear and accessories. TheCompany's nationally recognized brands include Jones New York, Nine West, AnneKlein, Gloria Vanderbilt, Kasper, Bandolino, Easy Spirit, Evan-Picone, l.e.i.,Energie, Enzo Angiolini, Joan & David, Mootsies Tootsies, Sam & Libby, Napier,Judith Jack, Albert Nipon and Le Suit. The Company also markets directlyto consumers through its chain of specialty retail and value-based stores.

Judges will include Miranda Lee Richards,recording artist and brand ambassador of VAC; Fred Allard, Nine West CreativeDirector; Rebecca Babcock, Lucky Magazine Merchandising Director; and DannyStrick, Co-President of Sony/ATV Music Publishing. The winner will be awardedthe opportunity to record a single, which will be released by Sony/ATV's labelHickory Records, a feature in the December issue of Lucky Magazine, VintageAmerica Collection product, and the opportunity to meet Miranda Lee Richards.In keeping with the authentic spirit of the brand, Nine West Vintage AmericaCollection will also work in conjunction with Soles4Souls to help peopleworldwide with the gift of shoes. Working in 175 countries, more than 75,000 employeesgenerated revenue of SEK 209 billion (USD 32.2 billion) in 2008. Foundedin 1876 with the headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, Ericsson is listed onNASDAQ OMX Stockholm and NASDAQ New York. Sprint NextelSprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wirelinecommunications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers,businesses and government users.

Sprint Nextel is widely recognized fordeveloping, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, includingtwo wireless networks serving more than 49 million customers at the endof the first quarter 2009; industry-leading mobile data services; instantnational and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1Internet backbone. The contest will run for seven weeks, from July 14, 2009 toSeptember 1, 2009, with seven finalists selected and the winner announced inSeptember.The Vintage America Voices Contest and submissions will live onYouTube /ninewestfashion, and each week consumers have the power to votefor a "Voice of the Week", with a weekly winner selected by a panel of judgesand awarded a Nine West Vintage America Collection item.At the end of the seven weeks, the judges will review the entries, and selecttheir finalists and contest winner. With respect to these forward-looking statements, managementhas made assumptions regarding, among other things, customer and networkusage; customer growth and retention; pricing; development, deployment andoperating costs; availability of devices; the timing of various events andthe economic environment. Sprint Nextel believes these forward-lookingstatements are reasonable; however, you should not place undue reliance onforward-looking statements, which are based on current expectations andspeak only as of the date of this release.

Sprint Nextel is not obligatedto publicly release any revisions to forward-looking statements toreflect events after the date of this release. Sprint Nextel provides adetailed discussion of risk factors in periodic SEC filings, includingits annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 inPart I, Item 1A, "Risk Factors."About EricssonEricsson is the world's leading provider of technology and services totelecom operators. Ericsson is the leader in 2G, 3G and 4G mobiletechnologies, and provides support for networks with over 1 billionsubscribers and has a leading position in Managed Services. The company'sportfolio comprises of mobile and fixed network infrastructure, telecomservices, software, broadband and multimedia solutions for operators,enterprises and the media industry. The Sony Ericsson and ST-Ericssonjoint ventures provide consumers with feature-rich personal mobiledevices.Ericsson is advancing its vision "to be the prime driver in anall-communicating world" through innovation, technology, and sustainablebusiness solutions.

"It is refreshing to see the melding of fashion, music andemerging talent in a time when the public is looking for uplifting news."The Vintage America Voices Contest was created to find a singer whose voiceand song will speak to this generation and the American spirit -- personifyingthe soulful essence and authenticity of Nine West Vintage America Collection.Beginning this month, contestants have the opportunity to create and submit anoriginal song for the chance to become the voice of Nine West Vintage AmericaCollection. This campaign will celebrate the new collection, as wellas allow brand ambassador and singer/songwriter Miranda Lee Richards tospearhead a talent search to help someone else find their voice, with theopportunity to record and release a single through Sony/ATV Music Publishing'sin house label, Hickory Records.To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://(Logo: http:// )"Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Hickory Records are thrilled to be a part ofthis terrific partnership," said Danny Strick, Co-President of Sony/ATV MusicPublishing. Video:Nine West Launches the Vintage America Voices Contest and InspiresOthers to Find Their VoiceNEW YORK, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Nine West will introduce the Vintage AmericaVoices Contest this month, in conjunction with the launch of Nine West VintageAmerica Collection. The|| information|| was submitted for publication at on July, 9 at 17:35 CET.|+----------------------------------------------------------------+This announcement was originally distributed by Hugin.