Exhibit 10.1 AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT This AMENDMENT NO. 3 made as of the 30th day of May, 2002, to the Employment Agreement made as of the 20th day of November, 1998 (as amended, the "Agreement"), between UNITED RETAIL GROUP, INC., a...

                                                                 Exhibit 10.1

                    AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         This AMENDMENT NO. 3 made as of the 30th day of May, 2002, to the
Employment Agreement made as of the 20th day of November, 1998 (as amended,
the "Agreement"), between UNITED RETAIL GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation,
with principal offices at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx
00000-0000 and XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX, residing at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX
00000.

         WHEREAS, the Executive has been employed by the Company as its
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer;

         WHEREAS, the Company desires to continue the services of the
Executive, and the Executive desires to continue to provide such services to
the Company, on the terms set forth in the Agreement; and

         WHEREAS, the provisions of this Amendment were recommended by the
Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors on May 30, 2002 and
approved by the Company's Board of Directors on May 30, 2002 with the
Executive abstaining.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
obligations hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto, intending to be legally
bound, hereby agree as follows:

1.  A Section 14(i) shall be added to the Agreement reading in its entirety
    as follows:

         "The definition in Section 4(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the
         term `Base Salary' for purposes of Section 14(c) and Section 14(d)
         shall include both the base salary drawn by the Executive and any
         additional amount of base salary that he may have been entitled to
         draw pursuant to the terms of this Agreement but that he shall not
         have drawn. For example, during Fiscal 2002, `Base Salary' for
         purposes of Section 14(c) and Section 14(d) shall be deemed to be
         $633,000 per annum."

2.  All the other provisions of the Agreement shall remain in force unchanged.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this
Agreement in Xxxxxxxx Park, New Jersey, in duplicate originals on May 30,
2002.

                                       UNITED RETAIL GROUP, INC.


                                       By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
                                           --------------------------------
                                       Name:  Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
                                       Title: Chief Administrative Officer


                                       /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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                                       Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx

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