DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,848

DAVID'S BRIDAL, INC.
WEST 40TH STREET DESIGN STUDIO
A SUBSIDIARY OF DB MIDCO, INC.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 28, 2019, on behalf of workers of David's Bridal,
Inc., West 40th Street Design Studio, a subsidiary of DB
Midco, Inc., New York, New York (David's Bridal-West 40th
Street Design Studio). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the supply of bridal shop and formal
apparel outfitting services. The subject worker group is engaged
in activities related to wedding dress design and other apparel
design services, such as pattern making and sample making. The
subject location is not a manufacturing facility. The subject
worker group does not include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioners and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in David's Bridal-West 40th
Street Design Studio have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the supply of a service
like or directly competitive with the wedding dress design and
other apparel design services supplied by the subject workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
David's Bridal-West 40th Street Design Studio.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of David's Bridal-West
40th Street Design Studio, who are engaged in activities related
to the supply of wedding dress design and other apparel design
services, meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of David's Bridal, Inc., West 40th Street
Design Studio, a subsidiary of DB Midco, Inc., New York,
New York, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 26, 2018, through two years from
the date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on the date of certification through two years from the
date of certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 22nd day of July 2019.

/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance