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Are Women's Apparel Stocks Poised to Recover This is the second in a series on stock sectors that have yet to recover from their prefinancial crisis levels. The first report focused on domestic steel producers (Are Steel Stocks Poised to Recover?) that aren't anywhere near to recovery levels. I pointed out in that article that a major user of steel such as Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) has had a fantastic recovery to new highs.

This time, the focus will be on the apparel sector and more importantly mainly women's clothing providers. Corp (VF) have rebounded to new highs in 2011, easily surpassing the previous 2006/2007 highs. Whether it's because these companies provide higher end merchandise or focus on items that typically fall into the gift category or maybe it's even more of a focus on men that has helped these retailers; the stocks have all fared much better than the women's apparel sector.

Maybe the abovementioned companies are just better run. This series isn't attempting to identify the best run companies. In a lot of cases, the market trades all sector stocks together and maybe the above companies have had their cycle while the below ones are ripe for a major recovery.

The women's clothing sector scans a wide swath of retailers, making it very difficult to jumble them all together. After all, I'm sure a lot of Liz Claiborne (LIZ) buyers also desire a Coach purse or a North Face jacket from VF. In general though, the companies below focus on the women's clothing sector and they have just valentino uk been crushed.

Many consider Liz Claiborne or Talbots (NYSE:TLB) to just be bad operators. Liz Claiborne is in a constant state of repair, while Talbots now trades like a penny stock. Jones Group (NYSE:JNY), on the other hand, is considered a good operator. It originally rebounded from the crisis strongly, but they have completely faded since April 2010. Maybe this provides a glimmer of hope that it's as much a sector issue than company specific. As some competitors go out of business and the focus has moved elsewhere, the opportunity to profit might return within this group of retailers.

This sector peaked in 2006/2007, much earlier than the steel producers that still had bullish action in 2008. So after a very long four to five years, here are the details on a sample of the retailers that have yet to recover anywhere close to the prefinancial crisis highs.