Retail Ventures, Inc. announced total sales for the four weeks ended November 26, 2005, increased 8.3% to $280.5 million from $258.9 million for the four weeks ended November 27, 2004. The company's same store sales increased 4.7% for the four week period.
Total sales for the forty-three weeks ended November 26, 2005, increased 6.1% to $2.37 billion from $2.24 billion for the forty-three weeks ended November 27, 2004. The company's same store sales decreased 0.2% for the forty-three week period.
Retail sales statistics are as follows:
Four weeks ended ($ in thousands)
November 26, 2005 November 27, 2004*
$ % $ %
Total Sales
Value City Department
Stores $145,103 51.7 $144,941 56.0
DSW 97,930 34.9 78,797 30.4
Filene's Basement 37,512 13.4 35,204 13.6
$280,545 100.0 $258,942 100.0
Comparable Sales Percentage
Value City Department Stores 0.8% (9.6)%
DSW 12.8% 3.2 %
Filene's Basement 5.8% 2.4 %
4.7% (5.3)%
Forty-three weeks ended ($ in thousands)
November 26, 2005 November 27, 2004*
$ % $ %
Total Sales
Value City Department
Stores $1,099,415 46.3 $1,150,703 51.5
DSW 958,187 40.4 808,204 36.1
Filene's Basement 315,823 13.3 277,727 12.4
$2,373,425 100.0 $2,236,634 100.0
Comparable Sales Percentage
Value City Department Stores (3.9)% (5.5)%
DSW 4.6 % 4.6 %
Filene's Basement 2.4 % 5.9 %
(0.2)% (1.2)%
