Hanover Direct Inc Watch

from 11-K 1 page <page> Exhibit 1 Independent Auditors' Consent Plan Administrator Hanover Direct, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan: We Consent to the Incorporation by Reference in the Registration Statements (No. 333-03871 and 2-94286) on Form S-8 of Hanover Direct, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan of Our Report Dated June 30, 2003, With Respect to the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits of the Hanover Direct, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the Related Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Year Ended December 31, 2002, and the Related Supplemental Schedule H, Line 4(i)-Schedule of Assets (Held at Year End) as of December 31, 2002, Which Report Appears in the December 31, 2002, Annual Report of the Hanover Direct, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan on Form 11-K. /S/ Kpmg Llp New York, New York June 30, 2003

from S-3 ~20 pages Standby Purchase Agreement

from 11-K 1 page Exhibit 1 Consent of Independent Public Accountants as Independent Public Accountants, We Hereby Consent to the Incorporation of Our Report Included in This Form 11-K, Into Hanover Direct, Inc.'s (Formerly the Horn & Hardart Company) Previously Filed Registration Statement File No. 2-94286. New York, New York Arthur Andersen Llp June 27, 1996

from S-3/A ~20 pages Form of Standby Purchase Agreement

from S-3/A ~50 pages Purchase Agreement