MultiBrand Marketer Jones Group Explores Sale Possibilities

Jones Group Apparel Inc. is exploring the possible sale of the company. The Bristol, PA-based firm has retained Goldman, Sachs & Co. as its financial advisor.

The company operates a number of catalog, online and retail-marketed brands, including ones New York, Evan-Picone, Norton McNaughton, Gloria Vanderbilt, Erika, l.e.i., Energie, Nine West, Easy Spirit, Enzo Angiolini, Bandolino, Joan & David, Mootsies Tootsies, Sam & Libby, Napier, Judith Jack, Kasper, Anne Klein, Albert Nipon, Le Suit and Barneys New York.