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Mothers Work to Present at Oppenheimer Consumer Growth Conference on July 8th

PHILADELPHIA, June 30 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Mothers Work, Inc. (Nasdaq: MWRK), the world's leading maternity apparel retailer, today announced that Rebecca Matthias, President and Chief Creative Officer of the Company, and Ed Krell, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer of the Company, will present to investors at the Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. 8th Annual Consumer Growth Conference on Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at 1:10 p.m. Eastern Time in Boston, Massachusetts. A live webcast of the Oppenheimer presentation will be available on Mothers Work's Web site at www.motherswork.com, and may be accessed via link under the site's Investor Relations section. Participants should allow approximately ten minutes prior to the presentation start time to visit the site and download any streaming media software needed to listen to the webcast. An archive of the webcast will be available a few hours after the live presentation is completed.

Mothers Work is the world's largest designer and retailer of maternity apparel, using its custom TrendTrack(TM) merchandise analysis and planning system as well as its quick response replenishment process to "give the customer what she wants, when she wants it." As of May 31, 2008, Mothers Work operates 1,531 maternity locations, including 760 stores, predominantly under the tradenames Motherhood Maternity(R), A Pea in the Pod(R), Mimi Maternity(R), and Destination Maternity(R), and sells on the web through its DestinationMaternity.com and brand-specific websites. In addition, Mothers Work distributes its Oh Baby by Motherhood(TM) collection through a licensed arrangement at Kohl's(R) stores throughout the United States and on Kohls.com.

The Company cautions that any forward-looking statements (as such term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) contained in this press release or made from time to time by management of the Company, including those regarding expected results of operations, liquidity and financial condition and various business initiatives, involve risks and uncertainties, and are subject to change based on various important factors. The following factors, among others, in some cases have affected and in the future could affect the Company's financial performance and actual results and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any such forward-looking statements: our ability to successfully manage our various business initiatives, our ability to successfully manage and retain our leased department and licensed relationships and marketing partnerships, future sales trends in our existing store base, weather, changes in consumer spending patterns, raw material price increases, consumer preferences and overall economic conditions, the impact of competition and pricing, availability of suitable store locations, continued availability of capital and financing, ability to hire and develop senior management and sales associates, ability to develop and source merchandise, ability to receive production from foreign sources on a timely basis, potential stock repurchases, potential debt prepayments, changes in market interest rates, war or acts of terrorism, and other factors set forth in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or in materials incorporated therein by reference.

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