Retail Ventures, Inc. announced total sales for the five weeks ended October 4, 2003, increased 15.9% to $261.4 million from $225.4 million for the five weeks ended October 5, 2002. The company's same store sales increased 10.6% for the five week period.
Total sales for the thirty-five weeks ended October 4, 2003, increased 5.8% to $1.66 billion from $1.57 billion for the thirty-five weeks ended October 5, 2002. The company's same store sales increased 0.9% for the thirty- five week period.
Retail sales statistics are as follows:
Five weeks ended ($ in thousands)
October 4, 2003 October 5, 2002
$ % $ %
Total Sales
Value City Department Stores $138,236 52.9 $129,112 57.3
DSW Shoe Warehouse 86,943 33.3 65,787 29.2
Filene's Basement 36,179 13.8 30,520 13.5
$261,358 100.0 $225,419 100.0
Comparable Sales Percentage
Value City Department Stores 7.1% (11.8)%
DSW Shoe Warehouse 16.9% 1.2 %
Filene's Basement 13.9% (0.9)%
10.6% (7.5)%
Thirty-five weeks ended ($ in thousands)
October 4, 2003 October 5, 2002
$ % $ %
Total Sales
Value City Department Stores $941,494 56.7 $945,436 60.3
DSW Shoe Warehouse 518,810 31.3 425,542 27.1
Filene's Basement 199,262 12.0 198,132 12.6
$1,659,566 100.0 $1,569,110 100.0
Comparable Sales Percentage
Value City Department Stores 0.0% (5.2)%
DSW Shoe Warehouse 3.5% (0.5)%
Filene's Basement 0.1% 1.9 %
0.9% (3.4)%
