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Item 2. Properties

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Item 2. Properties

All of our retail stores, corporate offices and distribution and warehouse facilities are leased or subleased. Our retail stores are conveniently located in high-traffic, primarily off-mall locations such as power centers and lifestyle centers with other destination retailers. Our typical store is approximately 10,000 square feet, including approximately 950 square feet dedicated to our full-service salon. Most of our retail store leases provide for a fixed minimum annual rent and have a fixed term with options for two or three extension periods of five years each, exercisable at our option. As of January 31, 2009, we operated 311 retail stores in 36 states, as shown in the table below:

**Number **
Stateof Stores
Alabama6
Arizona22
Arkansas1
California28
Colorado10
Delaware1
Florida22
Georgia16
Illinois31
Indiana6
Iowa2
Kansas1
Kentucky2
Louisiana2
Maryland6
Massachusetts4
Michigan8
Minnesota6
Missouri3
Nebraska2
Nevada6
New Jersey9
New York9
North Carolina13
Ohio6
Oklahoma6
Oregon3
Pennsylvania13
Rhode Island1
South Carolina4
Tennessee3
Texas42
Utah2
Virginia9
Washington4
Wisconsin2
Total311

As of January 31, 2009, we operated two distribution facilitates located in Romeoville, Illinois and Phoenix, Arizona. The Romeoville warehouse contains approximately 317,000 square feet, including an overflow facility. The lease for the Romeoville warehouse expires on April 30, 2010 and has two renewal options with terms of five years each. The Phoenix warehouse contains approximately 330,000 square feet. The lease for the Phoenix warehouse expires on March 31, 2019 and has three renewal options with terms of five years each.

Our corporate offices are located in two separate locations. In February 2008, we relocated our principal executive office from Romeoville, Illinois to Bolingbrook, Illinois. Our secondary corporate office continues to be located in Romeoville, Illinois on the site of the Romeoville warehouse. The lease for the Bolingbrook office expires on August 31, 2018 and the lease for the Romeoville office expires on April 30, 2010. We have secured additional office space in Bolingbrook, Illinois for corporate use to accommodate future human resource requirements over the next several years.

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