Destination XL Group, Inc. (DXLG) is a leading retailer of Men's Big and Tall apparel with 290 retail and outlet store locations throughout the
United States
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operated under the business subsidiaries DXL and Casual Male XL. The company also operates an e-commerce website (dxl.com) and an Android and iOS mobile app serving customers in the United States,
Canada
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,
The United Kingdom
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,
Greater China
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and other global markets. The company is headquartered in
Canton, Massachusetts
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, and is listed on the
NASDAQ
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under the symbol "DXLG".
History
What is now Destination XL Group was founded in 1976 by Calvin Margolis and Stanley Berger as Designs, Inc.
Until 1995, Designs, Inc operated exclusively in
Levi Strauss & Co. branded apparel mall and outlet stores.
In May 2002, Designs, Inc. acquired the Casual Male Big & Tall chain of stores at a bankruptcy auction. At the time, Casual Male was the largest specialty retailer of men's clothing in the U.S. big and tall market. After completing the acquisition, the newly formed Casual Male Retail Group, Inc elected to focus on those stores, selling off their other businesses and assuming the Casual Male name.
In 2004, the company acquired Rochester Big & Tall Clothing, which gave the company access to a number of designer brands including
Robert Graham,
Tommy Bahama
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,
Cutter & Buck,
Jack Victor, and
Robert Talbott. That same year, Casual Male hired former champion boxer
George Foreman
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to promote the chain and act as
spokesman
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for new lines of clothing bearing his name.
In 2005, Casual Male changed the name of its stores from Casual Male Big & Tall to Casual Male XL.
In 2010, the company opened its first DXL store in
Schaumburg, Illinois
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offering customers an extensive assortment of products, ranging from value-oriented to luxury-oriented with an increased presence of name brands.
In 2011, based on the success of the DXL store format, the company launched the destinationxl.com ecommerce website, which has since been rebranded to dxl.com.
In 2019, the company closed all remaining Rochester Clothing stores.
References
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External links
Official siteDestination XL – Company History
Clothing retailers of Canada
Clothing retailers of the United States
Companies based in Massachusetts
American companies established in 1976
Retail companies established in 1976
Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2002
Companies listed on the Nasdaq