Exhibit 99.2

                    CERTIFICATION BY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended August 3, 2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, David
E. Ullman, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 that to the best of my knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the issuer.


September 17, 2002                                   /s/ David E. Ullman
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                                                     David E. Ullman
                                                     Chief Financial Officer