UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Retail Ventures, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ohio		1-10767		20-0090238
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

4150 E. Fifth Avenue, Columbus, Ohio		43219
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (614) 238-4148

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 3.02		Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

On April 28, 2011, Retail Ventures, Inc. (the “Company”) issued 221,037 of its common shares, without par value, to Millennium Partners, L.P. (“Millennium”) in connection with Millennium’s exercise of its outstanding term warrant that was originally issued by the Company on July 5, 2005. The common shares were issued at an exercise price of $4.50 per share, for an aggregate cash purchase price of $994,666.50. In connection with this issuance, no underwriters were utilized and no commissions were paid. Following this exercise, there are no remaining term warrants entitling Millennium to acquire from the Company any of the Company’s common shares or Class A Common Shares of DSW Inc., a controlled subsidiary of the Company.

The issuance and sale of the Company’s common shares discussed above were exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and the safe harbor private offering exemption provided by Rule 506 promulgated under the Securities Act as transactions which did not involve a public offering.

Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.