J. Crew, which also has many items on back order, said that the company was still doing better than last year in this area.

J. Crew has been swift to pick up on the message.

J. Crew has just introduced a large dress shop into its stores.

He joined J. Crew almost two years ago and is trying to turn it around.

J. Crew said the same of its 50 percent off Internet sale.

Everybody went to J. Crew looking for the same sweater.

The firm asked J. Crew to lower the price, an executive involved in the transaction said.

We never meet a college student who doesn't know J. Crew very well.

For the first year of his tenure at J. Crew, things looked pretty grim.

For its last fiscal year, J. Crew posted a loss of $11 million.