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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-51865
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(TO PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 14, 1998)
629,445 SHARES
VALUE CITY DEPARTMENT STORES, INC.
COMMON STOCK
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On May 15, 1998, five charitable foundations sold in the aggregate
629,445 shares of common stock, without par value (the "Common Stock"), of Value
City Department Stores, Inc. (the "Company"). The 629,445 shares of Common Stock
were sold to the public through Buckingham Research Group at $18.375 per share.
The 629,445 shares of Common Stock sold represented all of the Common Stock
owned by the charitable foundations as of May 15, 1998.
On May 15, 1998, the closing price per share of the Company's Common
Stock on the New York Stock Exchange was $18.625.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS
THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS
PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY
IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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The date of this Prospectus Supplement is May 15, 1998.
