Company overview

Designer Brands is one of the world's largest designers, producers, and retailers of the most recognizable footwear brands and accessories, transforming and defining the footwear industry through a mission of being shoe-obsessed. With a diversified, world-class portfolio of coveted brands including Topo Athletic, Keds, Vince Camuto, Kelly & Katie, Jessica Simpson, Lucky Brand, Mix No. 6, Crown Vintage and others, Designer Brands designs and produces on-trend footwear and accessories for all of life's occasions delivered to the consumer through a robust direct-to-consumer omni-channel infrastructure and powerful national wholesale distribution. Powered by an approximately billion-dollar digital commerce business across multiple domains and over 650 DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse, The Shoe Co., and Rubino stores in North America, Designer Brands delivers current, in-line footwear and accessories from the largest national brands in the industry and holds leading market share positions in key product categories across women's, men's, and kids'. Designer Brands also distributes its brands internationally through select wholesale and distributor relationships while also leveraging design and sourcing expertise to build private label products for national retailers.Designer Brands is committed to being a difference maker in the world and the footwear industry. By leading with our corporate values of We Belong and We Do What's Right, Designer Brands supports the global community and the health of the planet by donating more than eleven million pairs of shoes to the global non-profit Soles4Souls since 2018. Important NoticeWe’ve recently become aware of individuals falsely claiming to represent Designer Brands and its affiliated companies. To help you identify legitimate communication from our Talent Acquisition team, official email domains we use include: @dswinc.com; @designerbrands.com; @designerbrandscanada.com; @camutogroup.com.
Founded in 1991
Columbus, Ohio, USA
1.6K employees (595 in marketing)
55% recommend to a friend
56% positive business outlook

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People

Hiring activity

Open marketing jobs over time

11 open now

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +2.7% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$2K

Last raise

$2K

Angel, 4 years ago

Funding history

Jun 2022

Angel Round Designer Brands · $2K

Audience

Monthly website visitors
22K
Month over month-38.8%
Quarter over quarter-23.8%
Top sourceDirect (49.5%)
Ad budget per month$0.0
Average search rank66.3
Traffic source mix
Direct
49.5%
Search
24.3%
Social
12.3%
Referral
11.7%
Paid referral
1.5%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

78.5K

12-mo growth

+5.4%

Monthly growth

+0.5%

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