COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/-- Value City Department Stores, Inc. (NYSE: VCD - news) today announced that total sales for the five weeks ended September 30, 2000 increased 11.4% to $188.2 million from $168.9 million reported in the comparable year earlier period. Same store sales decreased 1.6%.

Sales for the 35 weeks ended September 30, 2000 increased 21.8% to $1.241 billion from $1.019 billion in the comparable year-earlier period. Same store sales increased 3.1%.

The above figures exclude sales of the Filene's Basement Stores acquired effective March 17, 2000. Sales for these stores, excluding licensed departments, totaled $29.2 million for the five weeks ended September 30, 2000 and $139.3 million for the period March 17, 2000 through September 30, 2000.

Value City Department Stores, Inc. is a leading off-price retailer currently operating 120 full-line department stores in the midwest, mid-Atlantic and southeastern U.S., 17 Filene's Basement Stores primarily in the northeastern U.S. as well as 66 better-branded DSW Shoe Warehouse Stores in major metropolitan areas throughout the country.


For More Information Contact:

James McGrady
Phone: (614) 478-2300
Value City Department Stores, Inc.
3241 Westerville Road, Columbus, OH 43224