After taking a break in new-store growth, J. Crew will add 15 units this year and has "ambitious" expansionplans in 2011, according to management. The move comesafter fourth-quarter same-store sales rose 17% and the retailerposted better-than-expected earnings.Just a year ago, executivessaid they were cutting back on the addition of new stores.It would seem that J. Crew certainly has room to grow.The company only operates 218 of its namesake stores and has twoother concepts, Crewcuts, for kids, and Madewell, a demin line,with only a handful of locations.Is it time for J. Crew to get moreaggressive or is it too soon to make such plans in thiseconomy?ALSO:American Eagle Ditches Grown-Ups for Kids

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