1 2 type public traded as nasdaq dxlg industry retail founded 1976 3 founder calvin margolis stanley berger 3 headquarters canton mass . u.s. number of locations destination xl 190 rochester b & t 16 casual male xl 440 4 area served united states canada london england 5 key people david a. levin ceo 6 products clothing home & living items revenue us 467.51 million 6 net income us 42.63 million 6 number of employees 3092 6 divisions destination xl rochester big & tall casual male xl bt factory direct shoes xl living xl website destinationxl.com destination xl group inc. dxlg is the largest retailer of men s big and tall apparel with operations throughout the united states canada and in london england . the company is headquartered in canton massachusetts and its common stock is listed on the nasdaq global market under the symbol dxlg . it operates six chains under the trade names destination xl rochester big & tall casual male xl bt factory direct shoes xl and living xl . the first three businesses do business both in stores and online with destination xl being the largest of the stores . the other three stores strictly conduct business online . all six stores once had their own websites but recently destination xl decided to consolidate the sites into destination xl s website therefore all six online stores are subsections of destinationxl.com . dxlg is currently in the process of transitioning from casual male xl to focus primarily on the destination xl concept . the company expects to complete the process by the end of 2015 when it expects to have over 225 stores nationwide . dxlg also has deals with sears canada to provide the sears big & tall clothing lines . 8 it is the largest retailer of such clothing with about 500 locations in the united states england and canada . 9 10 national brands carried by the chain include cubavera nautica jeans geoffrey beene calvin klein and reebok . its in house brands include harbor bay oak hill synrgy true nation and cm gold series . in addition the destination xl and rochester stores carry such brands as polo ralph lauren brooks brothers robert graham true religion peter millar cutter & buck tommy hilfiger lacoste and paul & shark and their in house brands rochester and society of one . 11 history edit the casual male xl in harmon meadow plaza in secaucus new jersey . what is now destination xl group was founded in 1976 by calvin margolis and stanley berger as designs inc. a chain of retail stores that sold levi s dockers . in may 2002 designs inc. bought the casual male big & tall chain of stores out of bankruptcy and elected to focus their business on those stores selling off their other businesses and assuming the casual male name . 12 in 2004 casual male hired former champion boxer george foreman to promote the chain and become the spokesman for new lines of clothing bearing his name . also in 2004 casual male began a program to remodel its stores . 13 14 in 2005 casual male changed the name of its casual male stores from casual male big & tall to casual male xl . 15 in 2006 the casual male purchased jared m. a custom clothing business that catered to professional athletes and other high profile clients . casual male decided in 2007 to discontinue the jared m. operation due to concerns about its long term performance . 16 in may 2013 the company launched its first advertising campaign supporting the destination xl brand . references edit destination xl group inc. stock quote & summary data . nasdaq . retrieved april 19 2015 . casual male retail group inc. announces name change to destination xl group inc. . bloomberg business . february 22 2013 . a b destination xl group inc def 14a for 6 13 95 . sec info . retrieved 2007 12 16 . find a store . destination xl . cmrg profile casual male retail grp inc profile dxlg company information destination xl group inc company information . marketwatch . retrieved 2008 05 13 . a b c d destination xl 2007 globe 100 . the boston globe . may 22 2007 . retrieved 2008 05 13 . company profile for destination xl inc cmrg . retrieved 2008 10 22 . tod chantal march 31 2006 . sears casual male to launch co branded catalog . direct marketing news . jerry large may 31 2007 . new lifestyle catalog aims at the living large market . seattle times . retrieved 2008 05 13 . sac capital discloses 6.2 % stake in casual male cmrg . streetinsider.com . november 27 2006 . retrieved 2008 05 13 . about us . destination xl . retrieved on 2007 12 16 . larry dignan december 6 2005 . casual male ceo can it keep inventory fit . baseline . retrieved 2008 05 13 . chris reidy february 10 2004 . the ad champ . the boston globe . pp . d1 . retrieved 2007 12 16 . naomi aoki july 6 2004 . casual male s heavyweight hopes . the boston globe . retrieved 2008 05 13 . mark jewell august 10 2006 . in with xl out with big & tall for men s large size clothier . san diego union tribune . associated press . retrieved 2007 12 17 . destination xl reports wider 3q loss ; exits jared m. operations . thompson financial . november 27 2007 . retrieved 2008 05 13 . external links edit official site destination xl company history at fundinguniverse.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title destination xl group & oldid 735468348 categories clothing retailers of canadaclothing retailers of the united statescompanies based in massachusettscompanies established in 1976companies listed on nasdaqhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 august 2016 at 23 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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