Christopher & Banks Corporation Announces Hiring of Aurora Toth as Vice President of Marketing.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Christopher & Banks Corporation (NYSE: CBK) today announced that Aurora Toth has joined the Company as Vice President of Marketing. Ms. Toth will be responsible for enhancing the Company's marketing functions including developing brand strategy, consumer research, and other marketing efforts. In this newly created position, Ms. Toth will report to Matt Dillon, President and Chief Merchandising Officer of Christopher & Banks.

Ms. Toth has twenty years of experience in various consumer marketing and branding roles. She was most recently Vice President of Marketing for The Musicland Group, Inc. where she spent the past three years. Prior to joining Musicland she held marketing positions with Best Buy Corporation, Supervalu, Inc. and The Toro Company. In addition, Ms. Toth spent the first seven years of her career in brand management and marketing positions with Procter & Gamble.

Joe Pennington, Chief Executive Officer, commented, "As we continue to expand our brand awareness and retail store presence, we recognize the need for an innovative marketing executive with a brand building focus. We are pleased to add an executive with Aurora's depth of experience and success to our management team and expect her to play an important role in the growth of Christopher & Banks."

About Christopher & Banks

Christopher & Banks Corporation is a Minneapolis-based specialty retailer of women's clothing. The Company operates 726 stores in 45 states under the names: Christopher & Banks, C.J. Banks and Acorn. The Company currently has 509 Christopher & Banks stores, 191 C.J. Banks stores and 26 Acorn stores.

This release contains forward-looking statements regarding future performance of the Company. The achievement of such results is subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including changes in economic, market and weather conditions, the effect of consumer tastes and spending habits, the realization of expected economies gained through the use of private label and direct import merchandise, management of growth and other factors outside the Company's control, including factors discussed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which reflect management's analysis only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date hereof.