SC 13G/A

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                                   UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                                   SCHEDULE 13G

                     Under the Securities exchange Act of 1934

                             (AMENDMENT NO.8)*

                             JONES GROUP INC
             -----------------------------------------------------
                              (NAME OF ISSUER)

                                  COM
             -----------------------------------------------------
                       (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)

                                 48020T101
             -----------------------------------------------------
                              (CUSIP NUMBER)

                           October 31, 2010
             -----------------------------------------------------
            (Date of event which requires filing of this Statement)

    NOTE:  A MAJORITY OF THE SHARES REPORTED IN THIS SCHEDULE 13G ARE HELD BY
    UNAFFILIATED THIRD-PARTY CLIENT ACCOUNTS MANAGED BY ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN
    L.P., AS INVESTMENT ADVISER.  (ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. IS A MAJORITY
    -OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF AXA FINANCIAL, INC.)


    this Schedule is filed:

      X  Rule 13d-1(b)
         Rule 13d-1(c)
         Rule 13d-1(d)

    * The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
    person?s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class
    of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information
    which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

    The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not
    be deemed to be 'filed' for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities
    Exchange Act of 1934 ('Act') or otherwise subject to the liabilities
    of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions
    of the Act (however, see the Notes).

                         (CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE(S))







                                                         No. of Shares
                                                           Subtotals
                                                       ------------------


The Mutuelles AXA, as a group                                           0

AXA                                                                     0

AXA Entity or Entities

    Common        acquired solely for investment
    AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd                                  5,900
    AXA Konzern AG (Germany)                                        3,090

    AXA Rosenberg Investment                                      919,127

AXA Financial, Inc.                                                     0

Subsidiaries:

AllianceBernstein L.P.
acquired solely for investment
purposes on behalf of client
discretionary investment advisory
accounts:


  Common Stock                                     3,497,441


                                                                3,497,441
                                                            -------------
    Total                                                       4,425,558
                                                            =============

Each of the Mutuelles AXA, as a group, and AXA expressly declares that the
filing of this Schedule 13G shall not be construed as an admission that it is,
for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, the beneficial owner of any
securities covered by this Schedule 13G.

Each of the above subsidiaries of AXA Financial, Inc. operates under independent
management and makes independent decisions.

       (b) Percent of Class:                                 5.1%
                                                            =============


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                                              ITEM 4. Ownership as of
              (CONT.)

       (c) Deemed Voting Power and Disposition Power:

                         (i)         (ii)          (iii)        (iv)
                        Deemed        Deemed        Deemed       Deemed
                        to have       to have       to have      to have
                        Sole Power    Shared Power  Sole Power   Shared
Power
                        to Vote       to Vote       to Dispose   to Dispose
                        or to         or to         or to        or to
                        Direct        Direct        Direct the   Direct the
                        the Vote      the Vote      Disposition  Disposition
                        ------------  ------------  ------------ ------------
                                                     
The Mutuelles AXA,
AXA                              0             0             0             0

AXA Entity or Entities:
  AXA Investment             5,900             0         5,900             0
  Managers UK Ltd
  AXA Konzern AG             3,090             0         3,090             0
  (Germany)

  AXA Rosenberg            693,037             0       919,127             0
  Investment
  Management LLC

AXA Financial, Inc.              0             0             0             0

Subsidiaries:
- ------------
 AllianceBernstein       2,789,033             0     3,497,441             0

                      ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------
                          3,491,06             0     4,425,558             0
                      ============  ============  ============  ============

Each of the above subsidiaries of AXA Financial, Inc. operates under
independent management and makes independent voting and
investment decisions.



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Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
        If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date
        hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner
of
        more than five percent of the class of securities, ( )

Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on behalf of Another Person.  N/A

Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired
        the Security Being Reporting on by the Parent Holding Company:

        This Schedule 13G is being filed by AXA Financial, Inc.; AXA,
        which owns AXA Financial, Inc.; and the Mutuelles AXA, which as a group
        control AXA:

   (X)  in the Mutuelles AXAs' capacity, as a group, acting as a parent
        holding company with respect to the holdings of the following
        AXA entity or entities:

   (X)  in AXA's capacity as a parent holding company with respect
        to the holdings of the following AXA entity or entities:

        AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd

        AXA Konzern AG (Germany)
        AXA Rosenberg Investment Management LLC

   (X)  in AXA Financial, Inc.'s capacity as a parent holding
company
        with respect to the holdings of the following subsidiaries:
   (X)  AllianceBernstein L.P.
        (13-3434400), an investment adviser registered under
        Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.



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Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
    N/A

Item 9.  Notice of Dissolution of Group:                                N/A

Item 10. Certification:

         By signing below I certify that to the best of my knowledge
and
    belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the
ordinary
    course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and
do not
    have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the
issuer
    of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as
 a
    participant in any transaction having such purposes or effect.



         Signature

         After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
    belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement
   Date:   ,November 10,                   AXA FINANCIAL, INC.*






                                           /s/ Alvin H. Fenichel

                                              Alvin H. Fenichel
                                            Senior Vice President
                                               and Controller






   *Pursuant to the Joint Filing Agreement with respect to Schedule 13G
    attached hereto as Exhibit I, among AXA Financial, Inc., AXA Assurances
    I.A.R.D Mutuelle, AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle, and AXA, this statement

    Schedule 13G is filed on behalf of each of them.

EX-24

                                                                  EXHIBIT I



                                 JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
                                 ----------------------




     Each of the undersigned hereby agrees that the Schedule
 13G filed herewith is filed jointly, pursuant to Rule 13d-1(f)(1)
 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended on behalf
  of each of them.


          Dated:    November 10, 2010

          AXA Financial, Inc.



          BY: /s/ Alvin H. Fenichel
             -----------------------------------------
             Alvin H. Fenichel
             Senior Vice President and Controller



   AXA Assurances I.A.R.D. Mutuelle; AXA Assurances Vie
 Mutuelle; as a  group, and AXA

          Signed on behalf of each of the above entities



          BY: /s/ Alvin H. Fenichel
             -----------------------------------------
             Alvin H. Fenichel
             Attorney-in-Fact
             (Executed pursuant to Powers of Attorney)