Consumer >> Analyst Interviews >> September 7, 2009
Christine Chen joined Needham & Company in 2007; she is a Principal and Senior
Research Analyst with over 12 years of experience following retail. Ms. Chen
joined Needham from Pacific Growth Equities, where she also covered specialty
apparel retailers. Previously, she was an analyst at Tiburon Research Group, an
independent equity research group also focused on retail. Before TRG, she was a
retail and consumer investment banker in Credit Suisse's corporate finance
department. Ms. Chen also spent three years in Morgan Stanley's M&A department
in New York and Hong Kong. She holds a B.A. degree in economics from Berkeley
and an MBA in finance from Wharton. She is also a frequent guest on both CNBC
and Bloomberg TV. Her current coverage universe is: ANF, AEO, ARO, BEBE, COH,
GES, GPS, HOTT, JCG, PSUN, RL, TRLG, URBN, VLCM. Profile
retail?
Ms. Chen: Teen retailers, predominantly teen and contemporary.
TWST: Here we are halfway through the
