Retail Ventures' total sales for the four weeks ended August 28, 2004, increased 2.1% to $209.4 million from $205.1 million for the four weeks ended August 30, 2003. The company's same store sales decreased 4.0% for the
four week period.
Total sales for the thirty weeks ended August 28, 2004, increased 6.4% to
$1.49 billion from $1.40 billion for the thirty weeks ended August 30, 2003.
The company's same store sales increased 0.4% for the thirty week period.
Retail sales statistics are as follows:
Four weeks ended ($ in thousands)
August 28, 2004 August 30, 2003
$ % $ %
Total Sales
Value City Department Stores $114,286 54.6 $123,842 60.4
DSW Shoe Warehouse 68,152 32.5 56,478 27.5
Filene's Basement 26,970 12.9 24,762 12.1
$209,408 100.0 $205,082 100.0
Comparable Sales Percentage
Value City Department Stores (7.6)% 2.8%
DSW Shoe Warehouse 2.0 % 7.6%
Filene's Basement 1.6 % 5.8%
(4.0)% 4.2%
Thirty weeks ended ($ in thousands)
August 28, 2004 August 30, 2003
$ % $ %
Total Sales
Value City Department Stores $770,971 51.8 $803,258 57.4
DSW Shoe Warehouse 523,853 35.2 431,867 30.9
Filene's Basement 192,538 13.0 163,083 11.7
$1,487,362 100.0 $1,398,208 100.0
Comparable Sales Percentage
Value City Department Stores (4.0)% (1.1)%
DSW Shoe Warehouse 6.0 % 1.2 %
Filene's Basement 8.8 % (2.5)%
0.4 % (0.7)%
