EXHIBIT 99.1

                      STATEMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
            PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Enesco Group, Inc. (the
"Company") for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Daniel
DalleMolle, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify,
pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (1)  the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) of
          the Securties Exchange Act of 1934; and

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


August 14, 2002                      By:  /s/ Daniel DalleMolle
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                                     President and Chief Executive Officer













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