The company also markets directly to consumers through their chain of specialty retail and value-based stores.
Jones expanded quickly by bringing out new labels and licensing others, such as Christian Dior.In the early 1980s, Jones Apparel offered the sweatsuit fashions of Norma Kamali, and in 1984 they acquired the license for the Gloria Vanderbilt line from Murjani.
In December 2013, Sycamore Partners, which is managed by Stefan L. Kaluzny, purchased the Jones Group for about US$2.2 billion.
[4] Later in 2014, Anne Klein, Easy Spirit and NW Jewelry Group were split into separate operating companies of Nine West.
[9] The Kasper Group was then purchased and incorporated under the parent company Nine West Holdings in January 2017.