Consumer >> Analyst Interviews >> March 23, 2009
Samantha Panella is a Vice President at Raymond James & Associates, Inc. She
rejoined Raymond James & Associates in September 2006 as a Research Analyst
focusing on the softline retail sector. She originally joined Raymond James
equity research in May 2000, covering the growth airlines sector alongside
Managing Director Jim Parker through 2005. In 2003, Ms. Panella and Mr. Parker
were named as a team to the Institutional Investor All-America research team as
runners-up for their coverage of the growth airlines sector. They were also
recognized as a team in the 2005 StarMine Top Analyst Survey for stock-picking.
Prior to joining Raymond James, she was an Assistant Vice President at SunTrust
Equitable Securities and a Senior Research Associate at The Robinson Humphrey
Company. She graduated from Villanova University cum laude with a Bachelor of
Science degree in Business Administration. Profile
Ms. Panella: I focus mostly on the specialty stores and primarily on women's
fashion, although some of the
