URGI United Retail Grp. (MM)

United Retail Group, Inc. (NASDAQ-GM: URGI) today announced the Company will present at the Roth Capital Partners 2006 New York Conference that is being held September 6-7, 2006 in New York City. Raphael Benaroya, the Company's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and George Remeta, the Company's Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer, will be presenting on Thursday, September 7, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. ET. The presentation will be webcast live and will be accessible at the following link: http://www.wsw.com/webcast/roth8/urgi/. A replay of the webcast will be available at this link for 30 days. Any previously undisclosed information about the Company contained in the presentations will be posted in the "Financial Information-Press Releases" section of the Company's website at www.unitedretail.com. United Retail Group, Inc. is a specialty retailer of large-size women's fashion apparel, footwear and accessories featuring AVENUE(R) brand merchandise. The Company operates 493 AVENUE(R) stores with 2,167,000 square feet of selling space, as well as the AVENUE.COM(R) website at www.avenue.com. The Company cautions that any forward-looking statements made in the investor presentations will be summary in nature, involve risks and uncertainties and be subject to change based on various important factors, many of which may be beyond the Company's control. Accordingly, the Company's future performance and financial results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the investor presentations. The following additional factors, among others, could also affect the Company's actual results and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements included in the investor presentations or otherwise made by management: threats of terrorism; war risk; shifts in consumer spending patterns, overall economic conditions; the impact of increased competition; variations in weather patterns; uncertainties relating to execution of the Company's product repositioning strategy; store lease expirations; increases in interest rates; the ability to retain, hire and train key personnel; risks associated with the ability of the Company's manufacturers to deliver products in a timely manner; political instability; and other risks associated with foreign sources of production and increases in fuel costs. The reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission contain additional information on these and other factors that could affect the Company's operations and performance.