Retail Ventures total sales for the four weeks ended November 27, 2004, increased 1.9% to $258.9 million from $254.0 million for the four weeks ended November 29, 2003. The company’s same store sales decreased 5.3% for the
four week period.
Total sales for the forty-three weeks ended November 27, 2004, increased 5.1% to $2.24 billion from $2.13 billion for the forty-three weeks ended
November 29, 2003. The company’s same store sales decreased 1.2% for the
forty-three week period.
Retail sales statistics are as follows:
Four weeks ended ($ in thousands)
November 27, 2004 November 29, 2003
$ % $ %
Total Sales
Value City Department Stores $144,587 55.8 $160,054 63.0
DSW Shoe Warehouse 76,697 29.6 63,507 25.0
Filene's Basement 37,658 14.6 30,448 12.0
$258,942 100.0 $254,009 100.0
Comparable Sales Percentage
Value City Department Stores (9.7)% (0.4)%
DSW Shoe Warehouse 3.1 % 9.5 %
Filene's Basement 2.7 % 6.7 %
(5.3)% 2.2 %
Forty-three weeks ended ($ in thousands)
November 27, 2004 November 29, 2003
$ % $ %
Total Sales
Value City Department Stores $1,147,327 51.3 $1,214,863 57.1
DSW Shoe Warehouse 788,185 35.2 654,653 30.8
Filene's Basement 301,122 13.5 258,258 12.1
$2,236,634 100.0 $2,127,774 100.0
Comparable Sales Percentage
Value City Department Stores (5.5)% (0.4)%
DSW Shoe Warehouse 4.4 % 4.6 %
Filene's Basement 6.1 % 1.3 %
(1.2)% 1.1 %
