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Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. (NYSE: JAS) today announced that its fiscal year 2010 third quarter earnings conference call will be held Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. You are invited to listen to the call, which will be broadcast live over the Internet. Company President and Chief Executive Officer, Darrell Webb and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, James Kerr will participate. The earnings press release will be issued after the market closes on the day of the conference call.

This call is being webcast by Thomson/CCBN and can be accessed at Jo-Ann Stores’ web site at www.joann.com : (go to the bottom of our home page and click on “Investor Relations,” then click on

the Conference Call icon).

The webcast is also being distributed over Thomson/CCBN’s Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors.

Individual investors can listen to the call through Thomson/CCBN’s individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com : or by visiting any of the investor sites in Thomson/CCBN’s Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson/CCBN’s password-protected event management site, StreetEvents ( www.streetevents.com : ).

If you are unable to listen during the live webcast, the call will be archived on both of the Web sites above.

Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. ( www.joann.com : ), the leading national fabric and craft retailer with locations in 48 states, operates 228 large-format stores and 531 small-format stores.



Investor Relations ContactICR, LLCBrad Cohen, 330-463-6865 Investorrelations@joann.com : mailto:Investorrelations@joann.com