Retail Ventures, Inc. total sales for the four weeks ended October 29, 2005, increased 12.4% to $260.6 million from $231.8 million for the four weeks ended October 30, 2004. The company's same store sales increased 6.7% for the four week period.
Total sales for the thirty-nine weeks ended October 29, 2005, increased 5.8% to $2.09 billion from $1.98 billion for the thirty-nine weeks ended October 30, 2004. The company's same store sales decreased 0.9% for the thirty-nine week period.
Retail sales statistics are as follows:
Four weeks ended ($ in thousands)
October 29, 2005 October 30, 2004*
$ % $ %
Total Sales
Value City Department Stores $112,901 43.3 $107,385 46.3
DSW 112,625 43.2 93,527 40.4
Filene's Basement 35,089 13.5 30,903 13.3
$260,615 100.0 $231,815 100.0
Comparable Sales Percentage
Value City Department Stores 5.7% (5.6)%
DSW 8.9% 6.7 %
Filene's Basement 4.0% 6.0 %
6.7% (0.2)%
Thirty-nine weeks ended ($ in thousands)
October 29, 2005 October 30, 2004*
$ % $
Total Sales
Value City Department Stores $954,312 45.6 $1,005,762 50.8
DSW 860,257 41.1 729,407 36.9
Filene's Basement 278,311 13.3 242,523 12.3
$2,092,880 100.0 $1,977,692 100.0
Comparable Sales Percentage
Value City Department Stores (4.6)% (4.9)%
DSW 3.7 % 4.7 %
Filene's Basement 1.9 % 6.4 %
(0.9)% (0.7)%
