Retail Ventures announced total sales for the four weeks ended August 27, 2005, increased 3.3% to $216.4 million from $209.4 million for the four weeks ended August 28, 2004. The company's same store sales decreased 1.7% for the four week period.
Total sales for the thirty weeks ended August 27, 2005, increased 5.1% to $1.56 billion from $1.49 billion for the thirty weeks ended August 28, 2004. The company's same store sales decreased 1.8% for the thirty week period.
Retail sales statistics are as follows:
Four weeks ended ($ in thousands)
August 27, 2005 August 28, 2004*
$ % $ %
Total Sales
Value City Department Stores $110,305 51.0 $114,581 54.7
DSW 77,695 35.9 69,865 33.4
Filene's Basement 28,386 13.1 24,962 11.9
$216,386 100.0 $209,408 100.0
Comparable Sales Percentage
Value City Department Stores (3.2)% (7.6)%
DSW (0.2)% 2.2 %
Filene's Basement 2.2 % 1.2 %
(1.7)% (4.0)%
Thirty weeks ended ($ in thousands)
August 27, 2005 August 28, 2004*
$ % $ %
Total Sales
Value City Department Stores $722,930 46.2 $773,188 52.0
DSW 635,712 40.7 536,829 36.1
Filene's Basement 204,523 13.1 177,345 11.9
$1,563,165 100.0 $1,487,362 100.0
Comparable Sales Percentage
Value City Department Stores (5.9)% (4.0)%
DSW 3.4 % 6.3 %
Filene's Basement 1.9 % 8.4 %
(1.8)% 0.4 %
