Retail Ventures, Inc. total sales for the five weeks ended October 2, 2004, decreased 1.1% to $258.5 million from $261.4 million for the five weeks ended October 4, 2003. The company's same store sales decreased 7.3% for the five week period.
Total sales for the thirty-five weeks ended October 2, 2004, increased 5.2% to $1.75 billion from $1.66 billion for the thirty-five weeks ended October 4, 2003. The company's same store sales decreased 0.8% for the thirty- five week period.
Retail sales statistics are as follows:
Five weeks ended ($ in thousands)
October 2, 2004 October 4, 2003
$ % $ %
Total Sales
Value City Department Stores $124,725 48.2 $138,236 52.9
DSW Shoe Warehouse 96,303 37.3 86,943 33.3
Filene's Basement 37,487 14.5 36,179 13.8
$258,515 100.0 $261,358 100.0
Comparable Sales Percentage
Value City Department Stores (9.7)% 7.1%
DSW Shoe Warehouse (5.0)% 16.9%
Filene's Basement (2.7)% 13.9%
(7.3)% 10.6%
Thirty-five weeks ended ($ in thousands)
October 2, 2004 October 4, 2003
$ % $ %
Total Sales
Value City Department Stores $895,696 51.3 $941,494 56.7
DSW Shoe Warehouse 620,156 35.5 518,810 31.3
Filene's Basement 230,025 13.2 199,262 12.0
$1,745,877 100.0 $1,659,566 100.0
Comparable Sales Percentage
Value City Department Stores (4.8)% 0.0%
DSW Shoe Warehouse 4.2 % 3.5%
Filene's Basement 6.7 % 0.1%
(0.8)% 0.9%
