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James Avery Announces New Store Opening in Harker Heights

Family-owned jeweler opens 49th store on January 30th

KERRVILLE, TEXAS--(January 30,2009)— James Avery, a family-owned jewelry retailer, announces the opening of their newest store at Market Heights Shopping Center in Harker Heights on January 30, 2009. The new store is located at 201 E. Central Texas Expressway, Harker Heights, Texas. The store features an extensive selection of designs offered in numerous metals, sizes and gemstones. The Market Heights store hours will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday.

With the addition of the Market Heights store, James Avery operates a total of 49 stores across Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Louisiana and Georgia. Customers can also shop online at www.jamesavery.com.

Executive Vice President Paul Avery comments, “We’re very excited to bring James Avery to the Killeen area with the addition of the Market Heights store. We noticed a large customer base in Killeen and surrounding areas. This new store will make shopping with us more convenient for our existing customers and will allow new customers the opportunity to get to know James Avery.”

Guests are invited to attend the Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening Event at the new location on Thursday, February 19th. The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony will begin at 4:45 p.m. with the Grand Opening celebration immediately following from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Refreshments will be available and guests will have the opportunity to enter into special drawings for jewelry and other prizes. Members of the Avery family will be present to greet guests and celebrate the grand opening event.

In appreciation of customers’ continued support, the Market Heights store will donate 50% of the purchase price of each “God Bless Our Troops” Pendant sold to benefit the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Texas and Fort Hood Military Youth Centers. The donation period will run through March 31, 2009.

About James Avery

Established in 1954, James Avery is a family-owned jeweler based in the Texas Hill Country that offers high quality, hand-crafted jewelry in sterling silver, white, 14- and 18-karat gold and gemstones. Based in Kerrville, Texas, James Avery maintains 1,100 designs and 14,000 separate combinations of jewelry designs, materials, and sizes in the active product line. Each piece is originated by skilled men and women who hand-craft jewelry in the James Avery design studio on the Kerrville campus. Each is then manufactured at one of five hill country workshops. James Avery operates 49 stores in Texas, Georgia, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Colorado. James Avery jewelry is available at retail stores and on the internet at www.jamesavery.com.