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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, 1,000,000
shares of Common Stock, without par value, to be sold and distributed by the
Corporation pursuant to the Corporation's Amended and Restated 1991 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 20th day of July 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 (Principal Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer)
/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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