Retail Ventures, Inc. total sales for the four weeks ended October 29, 2005, increased 12.4% to $260.6 million from $231.8 million for the four weeks ended October 30, 2004. The company's same store sales increased 6.7% for the four week period.

Total sales for the thirty-nine weeks ended October 29, 2005, increased 5.8% to $2.09 billion from $1.98 billion for the thirty-nine weeks ended October 30, 2004. The company's same store sales decreased 0.9% for the thirty-nine week period.

Retail sales statistics are as follows:



                                        Four weeks ended ($ in thousands)
                                      October 29, 2005    October 30, 2004*
                                         $          %         $          %
    Total Sales
      Value City Department Stores   $112,901     43.3    $107,385     46.3
      DSW                             112,625     43.2      93,527     40.4
      Filene's Basement                35,089     13.5      30,903     13.3
                                     $260,615    100.0    $231,815    100.0

    Comparable Sales Percentage
      Value City Department Stores                 5.7%                (5.6)%
      DSW                                          8.9%                 6.7 %
      Filene's Basement                            4.0%                 6.0 %
                                                   6.7%                (0.2)%



                                      Thirty-nine weeks ended ($ in thousands)
                                      October 29, 2005    October 30, 2004*
                                         $          %         $
    Total Sales
      Value City Department Stores   $954,312     45.6  $1,005,762     50.8
      DSW                             860,257     41.1     729,407     36.9
      Filene's Basement               278,311     13.3     242,523     12.3
                                   $2,092,880    100.0  $1,977,692    100.0

    Comparable Sales Percentage
      Value City Department Stores                (4.6)%               (4.9)%
      DSW                                          3.7 %                4.7 %
      Filene's Basement                            1.9 %                6.4 %
                                                  (0.9)%               (0.7)%