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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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Each of the undersigned officers and directors of Value City Department
Stores, Inc. (the "Company"), hereby appoints James A. McGrady and Robert J.
Tannous as his attorneys, or either of them, with power to act without the
other, as his true and lawful attorney, to sign, in his name and on his behalf
and in any and all capacities stated below, and to cause to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission"), the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") for the purpose of
registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 120,000 shares of
Common Stock, without par value, to be sold and distributed by the Corporation
pursuant to the Corporation's Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director Stock
Option Plan, as amended (the "Plan") and such other number of shares as may be
issued under the anti-dilution provisions of the Plan, and any and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement
hereby granting unto said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to
do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, and in any and all
such capacities, every act and thing whatsoever necessary to be done in and
about the premises as fully as the undersigned could or might do in person,
hereby granting to each said attorney-in-fact full power of substitution and
revocation, and hereby ratifying all that any said attorney-in-fact or his
substitute may do by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed these presents
effective the 21st day of August 2000.
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/s/ Jay L. Schottenstein Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
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Jay L. Schottenstein
/s/ Saul Schottenstein Director
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Saul Schottenstein
/s/ Martin P. Doolan Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
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Martin P. Doolan
/s/ Robert M. Wysinski Executive Vice President - Corporate Administration and
----------------------------------- Investor Relations, Secretary and Director
Robert M. Wysinski
/s/ James A. McGrady Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
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James A. McGrady
/s/ Ari Deshe Director
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Ari Deshe
/s/ Jon P. Diamond Director
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Jon P. Diamond
/s/ Richard Gurian Director
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Richard Gurian
/s/ Dr. Norman Lamm Director
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Dr. Norman Lamm
/s/ Geraldine Schottenstein Director
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Geraldine Schottenstein
/s/ Robert L. Shook Director
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Robert L. Shook
/s/ Henry L. Aaron Director
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Henry L. Aaron
/s/ David L. Nichols Director
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David L. Nichols
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