EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each director and/or officer of Retail Ventures, Inc. (the “Corporation”) whose signature appears below hereby
appoints James A. McGrady and Julia A. Davis as the undersigned’s attorney or any of them individually as the
undersigned’s attorney, to sign, in the undersigned’s name and behalf and in any and all capacities stated below,
and to cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), the Corporation’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”) for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2009, and likewise to
sign and file with the Commission any and all amendments to the Form 10-K, and the Corporation hereby
appoints such persons as its attorneys-in-fact and each of them as its attorney-in-fact with like authority to sign
and file the Form 10-K and any amendments thereto granting to each attorney-in-fact full power of substitution
and revocation, and hereby ratifying all that any such attorney-in-fact or the undersigned’s substitute may do by
virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands effective as of the 29th day of April, 2009.
/s/ Jay L. Schottenstein
Jay L. Schottenstein
Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/ James A. McGrady
James A. McGrady
Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer and Secretary (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Henry L. Aaron
Henry L. Aaron
Director
/s/ Ari Deshe
Ari Deshe
Director
/s/ Jon P. Diamond
Jon P. Diamond
Director
/s/ Elizabeth M. Eveillard
Elizabeth M. Eveillard
Director
/s/ Lawrence J. Ring
Lawrence J. Ring
Director
/s/ Harvey L. Sonnenberg
Harvey L. Sonnenberg
Director
/s/ James L. Weisman
James L. Weisman
Director
/s/ Heywood Wilansky
Heywood Wilansky
Director