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             Casual Male Retail Group Reports Comparable Store
                  Sales Increase of 1.8% for August 2004

CANTON, Mass., September 2, 2004 -- Casual Male Retail Group, Inc.
(NASDAQ/NMS: "CMRG"), retail brand operator of Casual Male Big & Tall
the exclusive retailer of George Foreman's clothing collection, today
announced its sales results for August 2004.

Casual Male reported that August sales results for the Casual Male Big
and Tall stores, catalog and e-commerce business, for the four week
period ended August 28, 2004, increased 1.9% to $21.8 million from
$21.4 million for the prior year's four week period ended August 30,
2003. Comparable store sales increased 1.8% for the month.
CMRG, the largest retailer of big and tall men's apparel, operates 493
Casual Male Big & Tall stores, the Casual Male e-commerce site, Casual
Male catalog business, 13 Casual Male at Sears-Canada stores and
subject to the consummation of an asset purchase agreement, 22
Rochester Big and Tall stores and direct to consumer business, and 48
Levi's(r) Outlet by Designs and Dockers(r) Outlet by Designs stores,
throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. The Company is
headquartered in Canton, Massachusetts and its common stock is listed
on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "CMRG."
The discussion of forward-looking information requires management of
the Company to make certain estimates and assumptions regarding the
Company's strategic direction and the effect of such plans on the
Company's financial results. The Company's actual results and the
implementation of its plans and operations may differ materially from
forward-looking statements made by the Company. The Company encourages
readers of forward-looking information concerning the Company to refer
to its prior filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that
set forth certain risks and uncertainties that may have an impact on
future results and direction of the Company.
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