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)%