Columbus, Ohio, March 2/ PR Newswire/ -- Value City Department Stores, Inc. (NYSE: VCD - news) today announced that total sales for the four weeks ended February 26, 2000, the first month of its new fiscal year, increased 20.6% to $106.1 million from $88.0 million reported in the comparable year-earlier period. Same store sales increased 7.2%.

Value City Department Stores, Inc., a full-line off-price department store chain, currently operates 105 stores throughout the Midwest, East and South and 58 DSW Shoe Warehouse Stores throughout the U.S.

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