"He's a high-caliber guy," said Jennifer Black, a retailing analyst with Wells Fargo Securities.

Jennifer Black of Walden, Vt., now in Stoneham, Mass., said she contemplated returning, with two children for Vermont's schools.

Jennifer Black, an analyst for Wells Fargo Securities, said, "Across the board, sales were lower but the margins were better."

"Wet Seal is not getting any traction," said Jennifer Black, an independent retail analyst.

"They finally did it," said Jennifer Black, a retail analyst who runs a firm by the same name.

Jennifer Black, a retail analyst with Wells Fargo Securities, advised clients to sell Nautica stock, which had risen substantially on rumors of the purchase.

The program lists Strauss songs, with Jennifer Black the guest soprano, and Berlioz' "Symphonie Fantastique."

"The real sales battle," said Jennifer Black, an analyst who runs a firm that bears her name, is "taking place the last 10 days before Christmas."

Nordstrom has gotten so much better," said Jennifer Black, a retail consultant from Portland, Ore. "They're getting more high-end.

Jennifer Black was fetching in a properly unassuming way as Micaëla.