8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 7, 2006

0-15898

(Commission File Number)

CASUAL MALE RETAIL GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	04-2623104
(State of Incorporation)	(IRS Employer Identification Number)

555 Turnpike Street, Canton, Massachusetts 02021

(Address of registrant’s principal executive office)

(781) 828-9300

(Registrant’s telephone number)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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ITEM 7.01 - REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

The Company will be presenting a slide presentation to various investment groups as part of its upcoming road show. A copy of the slides to be presented at those meetings is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1, which slide presentation is incorporated by reference herein.

The slide presentation contained in the exhibit includes statements intended as “forward-looking statements,” which are subject to the cautionary statement about forward-looking statements set forth in the exhibit. The slide presentation is being furnished, not filed, pursuant to Regulation FD. Accordingly, the slide presentation will not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated therein by reference. The furnishing of the slide presentation is not intended to, and does not, constitute a determination or admission by the Company that the information in the slide presentation is material or complete, or that investors should consider this information before making an investment decision with respect to the Company.

ITEM 9.01 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Presentation dated September 7, 2006

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

CASUAL MALE RETAIL GROUP, INC.
By:	/S/ DENNIS R. HERNREICH
Name:	Dennis R. Hernreich
Title:	Executive Vice President
	and Chief Financial Officer

Date: September 7, 2006

EX-99.1

September 2006

Exhibit 99.1

Casual Male Retail Group

properly positioned to

increase market share to

12% of the big & tall market

Big & Tall Market

•

Market defined as:

–

big = waist size between 40”

and 70”

–

tall = height over 6’2”

•

Big and tall men account for approximately 11%

of the male population.

•

Big and tall market size is approximately $6

billion and growing at almost twice the rate of

the regular size men’s apparel market.

–

Big & tall apparel market is highly

fragmented; characterized by many small,

local operators.

1991

Market is growing as a percent to total

menswear sales

Obesity Trends* Among U.S. Adults

1996

(*BMI

30, or about 30 lbs overweight)

No Data         <10%           10%–14%

15%–19%          20%–24%           

25%

2004

In 2004, 7 states had

obesity prevalence

rates of 15–19

percent; 33 states had

rates of 20–24

percent; and 9 states

had rates more than

25 percent

Casual Male Retail Group

has divisions which

support all demographics

within the big & tall

market

Jared M.

•

Custom clothing continues to be growing

in the higher-end men’s business

•

Spring ’07 launch

–

Jared M. shops in high profile Rochester

markets

–

Jared M. catalog

–

Jared M. website

Jared M.

Three areas of opportunity for growth of

Jared M. concept

•

Custom Clothing

–

Rochester is underdeveloped in custom clothing

(3.5% of sales)

–

Jared M. custom shops will contribute to the

contemporary portion of this opportunity

–

New Showroom/Production facility in lower

Manhattan will also support custom clothing

•

Athlete clientele growth

–

Jared M. has solid NBA athlete clientele

–

Project other athlete clientele opportunities in

NFL, MLB, NHL, etc.

•

Exclusive Collection for Rochester Big & Tall

–

Store, catalog and web channels

Rochester Brands

Rochester Overview

•

Rochester currently with 23 US stores 

•

1 store in United Kingdom.

Rochester

* 1 London, United Kingdom

8

3

2

Casual Male Objectives to Increase

Market Share

•

Raise productivity sales per square foot

•

Increasing sales of “smaller”

sizes

•

Attract “younger”

big and tall customers to

Casual Male XL

•

Grow multi channel

•

New marketing efforts

–

Loyalty

Comp Store Trend

-5.0%

-2.3%

-1.1%

2.4%

9.2%

4.8%

1.6%

2.0%

2.3%

2.5%

3.70%

7.90%

5.40%

10.60%

-6.0%

-4.0%

-2.0%

0.0%

2.0%

4.0%

6.0%

8.0%

10.0%

12.0%

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

2004

2003

Stores change to

lifestyle presentation

Launch of George Foreman

collection and TV campaign

2005

2006

Sales Per Square Foot

181

184

188

200

170

175

180

185

190

195

200

2003

2004

2005

2006

Forecasted

Casual Male Stores

•

Casual Male XL is the nation’s largest

specialty retailer of big & tall clothing with

485 stores in 44 states

CT-11

DE-3

RI-1

MA-14

MD-13

NH-3

NJ-21

VT-1

5

3

8

55

6

27

11

4

28

12

4

5

5

3

23

9

12

2

11

1

4

2

5

31

22

3

5

26

7

1

9

37

14

7

9

2

Long term potential –

additional 100-130 more

stores

Annual Relocation Plan

2008

2007

2006

Calendar Year

26

28

11

Number of Stores

Relocation of lower performing store will improve $ per

square foot

Relocation Potential

9064 Utica, MI to Sterling Heights, MI

¼

mile apart / Cost $41,975

Old Location:

In-Line Strip Center

with Vacant Anchor

No Street Visibility

4000 Sq. Ft

05 sales: $817,000

05 cash flow: $194,000

New  Location:

End-Cap

Multi-Tenant Building

Mall Pad

3500 Sq. Ft

Trend prior to relocation:  -1.61%

Trend after relocation:  22.89%

9612 Katy, TX

8 miles apart / Cost $126,194

Old Location:

Power Center

Multi-Tenant Pad

2500 Sq. Ft

05 sales: $439,000

05 cash flow: $90,000

New Location:

Duplex Pad

End Cap within

Regional Power Center

3700 Sq. Ft

Trend prior to relocation :  6.12%

Trend after relocation 03/30/06: 29.41%

Increasing sales of smaller

sizes within big & tall

National Sales by Size

$0

$200,000

$400,000

$600,000

$800,000

$1,000,000

$1,200,000

$1,400,000

$1,600,000

$1,800,000

$2,000,000

30

32

34

36

38

40

42

44

46-60

Waist

Market Share Size Opportunity

Casual Male Sales by Size

Data based on ’04 sales of Casual

Pants, Dress Pants and Jeans

$0

$20,000

$40,000

$60,000

$80,000

$100,000

$120,000

$140,000

$160,000

$180,000

$200,000

Waist Size

Rebranding Casual Male

Customer Research

•

Least favorite aspect of clothing shopping was “difficulty

finding items in my size”

–

They were shopping at “the end of the rack”

–

Stigma with “big and tall”

store

–

“big and tall”

stores were consistently referred to as

places where “fat guys”

shop

•

Current image associated with Casual Male

–

A degree of discomfort with shopping at the store for

“big and tall”

–

Belief that the clothing started around a 48”

waist

–

Merchandise and selection lacked a sense of style

–

Had unattractive, inconvenient locations

–

Casual Male was a place of necessity rather than a

destination of choice

50% of customers refer to Casual Male as the “Big & Tall”

store

Before

After

Attracting “Younger”

Big & Tall

Customers to Casual Male Brand

Obesity in Young Men

•

Opportunity to increase penetration of under 30 demographic

–

Among

American

men

ages

20

-

34,

prevalence

of

obesity

has

increased dramatically since 1976

•

CM

indexes

low

in

young

men’s

demo-

identifies

opportunity

for

growth

Men Age 20 - 34

8.9

14.1

21.7

0

5

10

15

20

25

1976-1980

1988-1994

1999-2002

Customer Lifestyles

Synrgy

Age 18-35

Harbor Bay

Age 30-50

626 Blue

Age 18-35

Multi Channel Shopping

In-store, Catalog & Online

Customer Sales by Channel

* Indexed to retail only shoppers

100

123

104

276

290

286

455

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

Retail only

Catalog Only

E-commerce

Only

Retail &

Catalog

Retail & E-

commerce

Catalog & E-

commerce

Retail &

Catalog & E-

commerce

Casual Male Direct Growth

•

Penetration of Casual Male’s direct business continues

to grow…

$0

$5,000,000

$10,000,000

$15,000,000

$20,000,000

$25,000,000

$30,000,000

$35,000,000

$40,000,000

$45,000,000

$50,000,000

2004

2005

2006 Forecast

Casual Male Internet Sales by Year

$0

$5,000,000

$10,000,000

$15,000,000

$20,000,000

$25,000,000

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Forecast

Loyalty Program

Loyalty Program Launch Mailer

•

Mail date: October 15

th

/

Circulation: 1M

•

Creative: 24 page mailer

with wrap

•

Free gift in store for top

15K customers

•

Top 300K customers will

be auto-enrolled and will

receive loyalty card &

populated application

with brand mailer

•

~600K customers will

receive populated

customer application with

brand mailer

B & T Factory Direct

•

Launching a new Direct venture which

addresses the lower end big & tall shopper

•

Strategy is to take market share from King

Size, largest direct business in bit & tall

•

Initial phase is web launch in mid-September

with B&T Factory Direct site;www.btdirect.com

•

Launch 68 page catalog in Spring ‘07

B & T Factory Direct

B & T Factory Direct