Retail Ventures, Inc. announced total sales for the four weeks ended January 29, 2005, increased 12.8% to $138.6 million from $122.9 million for the four weeks ended January 31, 2004. The company’s same-store sales increased 2.9% for the four week period.
Total sales for the fifty-two weeks ended January 29, 2005, increased 5.6% to $2.74 billion from $2.59 billion for the fifty-two weeks ended January 31, 2004. The company’s same store sales decreased 1.0% for the fifty-two week period.
Retail sales statistics are as follows:
Four weeks ended ($ in thousands)
January 29, 2005 January 31, 2004
$ % $ %
Total Sales
Value City Department Stores $63,933 46.1 $64,972 52.9
DSW Shoe Warehouse 56,733 40.9 42,605 34.7
Filene's Basement 17,967 13.0 15,289 12.4
$138,633 100.0 $122,866 100.0
Comparable Sales Percentage
Value City Department Stores (1.5)% (6.9)%
DSW Shoe Warehouse 13.0 % 8.4 %
Filene's Basement (2.9)% 8.5 %
2.9 % (1.2)%
Fifty-two weeks ended ($ in thousands)
January 29, 2005 January 31, 2004
$ % $ %
Total Sales
Value City Department Stores $1,430,721 52.2 $1,504,674 58.0
DSW Shoe Warehouse 937,184 34.2 772,631 29.8
Filene's Basement 371,726 13.6 316,901 12.2
$2,739,631 100.0 $2,594,206 100.0
Comparable Sales Percentage
Value City Department Stores (4.9)% (0.7)%
DSW Shoe Warehouse 4.8 % 5.6 %
Filene's Basement 5.0 % 2.6 %
(1.0)% 1.2 %
