(Fashion Cause Related Marketing)

JA Apparel Corp. announced today that it will initiate a week-long, nation-wide promotion to benefit Haiti and other victims of humanitarian crises through Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres, the medical humanitarian organization.

Beginning Sunday, January 24th and continuing through Saturday, January 30th, Joseph Abboud will donate a portion of the proceeds generated from the sale of all Joseph Abboud suiting purchased at any of Nordstrom's 181 stores nationwide including Nordstrom Rack stores as well as online at Nordstrom.com to Doctors Without Borders.

JA Apparel Corp.'s decision to collaborate with Nordstrom represents one of the industry's most ambitious charitable efforts on behalf of Haiti to date. "We at Joseph Abboud are proud to associate with Nordstrom and to do our part in ensuring Haiti's full recovery and helping victims of crises around the world," said Marty Staff, President & CEO of JA Apparel Corp.  "As a key Nordstrom supplier, we feel they represent the very best in our society: honest, of high integrity and smart.  We are proud to contribute a portion of our sales at Nordstrom to Doctors Without Borders.  Our combined effort creates an impactful team, and we will continue to help in any way we can," he concluded.