Designer Brands Inc. is an American company that sells designer and name brand shoes and fashion accessories. It owns the Designer Shoe Warehouse (DSW) store chain, and operates over 500 stores in the United States and an e-commerce website.[2]
The company also owns private-label footwear brands including Audrey Brooke, Kelly & Katie, Lulu Townsend, and Poppie Jones.
History
The company was founded in 1969 as Shonac Corporation, as the shoe licensee for Value City.[3][4] In July 1991, the company opened its first store, which was in Dublin, Ohio.[3]