Value City Department Stores, Inc. announced today total sales for the four weeks ended May 31, 2003, increased 8.7% to $202.9 million from $186.6 million for the four weeks ended June 1, 2002. The company’s same store sales increased 3.2% for the four week period.

Total sales for the seventeen weeks ended May 31, 2003, increased 2.4% to $791.5 million from $772.5 million for the seventeen weeks ended June 1, 2002. The company’s same store sales decreased 2.6% for the seventeen week period.

Retail sales statistics are as follows:

                                 Four weeks ended ($ in thousands)
                               May 31, 2003              June 1, 2002
                               $         %               $          %
    Total Sales
    Value City Department
      Stores                $108,715    53.6          $105,378    56.4
    DSW Shoe Warehouse        69,147    34.1            56,476    30.3
    Filene's Basement         25,059    12.3            24,766    13.3
                            $202,921   100.0          $186,620   100.0

    Comparable Sales Percentage
    Value City Department Stores         3.7 %                    (6.2)%
    DSW Shoe Warehouse                   4.5 %                     3.2 %
    Filene's Basement                   (1.8)%                     1.6 %
                                         3.2 %                    (3.0)%

                               Seventeen weeks ended ($ in thousands)
                               May 31, 2003              June 1, 2002
                               $          %              $          %
    Total Sales
    Value City Department
      Stores                $451,610    57.0          $464,603    60.1
    DSW Shoe Warehouse       252,201    31.9           212,453    27.5
    Filene's Basement         87,646    11.1            95,477    12.4
                            $791,457   100.0          $772,533   100.0

    Comparable Sales Percentage
    Value City Department Stores        (2.3)%                    (2.4)%
    DSW Shoe Warehouse                  (1.5)%                     1.8 %
    Filene's Basement                   (6.5)%                     4.0 %
                                        (2.6)%                    (0.7)%