/R E P E A T -- Hart Stores Inc. Annual Meeting of Shareholders - Invitation
to Investors and Media/

    
    SYMBOL: HIS (TSX)
    www.hartstores.com
    

MONTREAL, June 8 /CNW Telbec/ - Investors and media are invited to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Hart Stores Inc. which will be held at the:

    
                              Ruby Foo's Hotel,
                     7655 Decarie Blvd., Montreal, Quebec

                    Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 10:30 a.m.
    

The Company will disclose its results for the first quarter ended May 1, 2010. Management will comment on the Company's performance for fiscal 2010 and the first quarter of fiscal 2011 and explain its growth strategy. Management members will be available to meet with the media following the AGM.

About Hart Stores Inc.:

Hart Stores Inc. operates a network of 90 mid-sized department stores under the Hart, Bargain Giant and Geant des Aubaines banners. The stores are located in secondary and tertiary markets throughout Eastern Canada where the Company has established a dominant position in many of the communities that it serves. The stores offer an extensive and differentiated selection of national and exclusive fashion apparel brands as well as family footwear, home furnishings, giftware, toys and seasonal goods.

For further information: Jacques Tétrault, Optimum Public Relations, [phone], [email protected]