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DSW overview

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Retail
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16,100
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Designer Brands is a retail company focusing on branded footwear, accessories, and designer dress. The company offers a wide selection of brand-name and designer dress, casual, and athletic footwear, and accessories for women, men, and kids. Operating over 480 stores across 42 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, Designer Brands also runs an e-commerce site and a mobile site. With a reputation for providing stylish shoes, private labels, handbags, and accessories at competitive prices, the company's three core business values are breathtaking assortment, irresistible value, and simple convenience.

Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Designer Brands has grown into an industry leader with 16,100 employees and an annual revenue of $3.3 billion. The company has been publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "DSW" since 2005. Led by CEO Roger L. Rawlins, Designer Brands is known for its passionate, friendly, helpful associates who exemplify the company's values of passion, accountability, collaboration, and humility.

DSW's mission statement

Inspire self-expression is supported by our integrated organization, and this will meaningfully grow shareholder value over the long-term.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2024
Pros of working at DSW

The employees and the customers and the discount

Cons of working at DSW

Very negative environment the market leaders need to rethink how to create a positive culture They come into store and don’t acknowledge employees and never have anything positive to say always pointing out what is wrong The payroll model does not support the the expectations store managers have to work 50++ hours just to get things done Company really needs to look at others ways to save money so they don’t have to cut the associates who are putting money in the register if you are looking to be a store manager think again this role all you do is walk around all day picking up trash and shoes off the floor all day long The Favoritism in this market is felt by other leaders and if you don't drink the kool aid you wont make it

DSW benefits

Discount/ rewards

What do you like best about DSW's CEO and the leadership team?

Nothing

How would you improve DSW's culture?

Train market leaders to be positive when giving feedback and just a simply thank you goes along way

How did you prepare for the DSW interview?

N/A

How does your compensation at DSW compare to the industry average?

The sales associates are very unpaid for the amount of work that proform

What's the diversity at DSW like?

Fair

What brings you the most joy at DSW?

Crating a positive and rewarding culture where the employees can flourish

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2023
Cons of working at DSW

After 32 and half years they will drop you like a hot potatoe

DSW benefits

discount shoes

Pros of working at DSW

Back in the old days was a great company then they brought in clowns to run the transportion dept

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2022
Pros of working at DSW

learning new things with different challenges

Cons of working at DSW

late working hours, Low salary

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A zippia user wrote a review on May 2021
Pros of working at DSW

The shoes are the only good thing.

Cons of working at DSW

The company has unrealistic expectations

DSW benefits

Discount I guess.

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4.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Apr 2021
Pros of working at DSW

Dynamic workplace, nice people, great pay and benefits

Cons of working at DSW

the late hours

DSW benefits

Discounts

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A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2020
Pros of working at DSW

Very knowledgeable boss. There were two main guys and I was able to work with them and really execute in the Tucson Market.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Apr 2020
Pros of working at DSW

There is a lot of great collaboration within the team. My coworkers are the absolute best part.

Cons of working at DSW

Not a lot of communication from corporate. There is perceived room to grow but favorites are definitely played within the district and growth is not always allowed.

DSW benefits

Associate discount

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The team at DSW

  • The key people at DSW is Roger L. Rawlins.
Key people
Roger L. Rawlins

DSW rankings

DSW is ranked #7 on the Best Retail companies to work for in Ohio list. Zippia's Best Places to Work lists provide unbiased, data-based evaluations of companies. Rankings are based on government and proprietary data on salaries, company financial health, and employee diversity.

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DSW salaries

Average DSW salary
$14.30
hourly
$29,751 yearly
Updated March 14, 2024

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DSW diversity

9.7
Diversity score
We calculated DSW’s diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of DSW’s workforce.
DSW diversity summary. Zippia estimates DSW's demographics and statistics using a database of 30 million profiles. Zippia verifies estimates with BLS, Census, and current job openings data for accuracy. We calculated DSW's diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of DSW's workforce.
  • DSW has 16,100 employees.
  • 70% of DSW employees are women, while 30% are men.
  • The most common ethnicity at DSW is White (60%).
  • 17% of DSW employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 12% of DSW employees are Black or African American.
  • The average employee at DSW makes $29,751 per year.
  • DSW employees are most likely to be members of the democratic party.
  • Employees at DSW stay with the company for 3.0 years on average.

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DSW financial performance

9.9
Performance score

We calculated the performance score of companies by measuring multiple factors, including revenue, longevity, and stock market performance.

DSW currently has 3.3B in revenue. DSW's most recent quarter produced 792.2m (q2'2023).

DSW annual revenue

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Highest paying DSW competitors

Compare DSW salaries to competitors, including Zappos.com, Steve Madden, and Value City Furniture. Employees at Zappos.com earn the highest average yearly salary of $46,876. The salaries at Steve Madden average $40,610 per year, and the salaries at Value City Furniture come in at $37,920 per year.
RankCompanyAverage salaryJobs
1$46,8760
2$40,6100
3$37,9200
4$35,9790
5$32,3670
6$32,1080
7$31,4380
8$31,4310
9$31,2720
10$31,1980

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