Designer Brands Vendor Compliance Purpose Statement
At Designer Brands, we recognize the important role our vendors play in achieving our goal of being the destination for fabulous brands at a great value every single day. Maintaining strong partnerships with vendors helps us make sure that customers are happy and that expectations are met—for the success of our vendors as well as Designer Brands.
For these reasons, we developed our Vendor Relations program along with a revised Domestic Footwear & Accessories Logistics Guide to outline the necessary policies and procedures. The success of the Vendor Relations program is based on the partnership of Designer Brands with its vendors to help design and implement the policies and procedures of the program. Please use the documents found on this site when fulfilling domestic footwear orders for Designer Brands.
Domestic Footwear & Accessories Logistics Guide
Statement of Purpose
The information contained in this section defines the overall purpose of Designer Brands' Vendor Compliance program.
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Purchase Order
The information contained in this section outlines PO instructions and requirements for DSW and the vendor.
This section includes:
- General PO Instructions
- Transmission of vendor style and color information
- Transmission of UPC data
- UPC Catalog Setup Information
- Procedures for receipt of vendor's approved PO
- PO Types (Packing Methods)
- PO Price Ticket Instructions
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Vendor Ticketing & Labeling
The information contained in this section outlines vendor ticketing and labeling requirements.
This section includes:
- Footwear Vendor label specifications
- Accessory Vendor label specifications
- Ticketing instructions
- Pre-approved ticket providers
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Carton Packing
The information contained in this section outlines general carton packing requirments base on the PO Type code.
This section includes:
- Requesting packing exemptions
- Non-standard (Odd) carton packing requirements
- Innercase and UPC tag placement of merchandise within a carton
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Carton Specifications
The information contained in this section outlines carton construction and design requirements.
This section includes:
- Recommended corrugate specifications
- Carton dimensional information
- Closure methods
- Labeling specification and placement requirements
- Label examples
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Transportation Routing Requirements
The information contained in this section outlines transportation routing requirements.
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Drop Ship Vendor Requirements
The information contained in this section outlines the basic vendor requirements as well as additional terms and conditions.
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Inbound Shipping
The information contained in this section outlines transportation shipping documentation.
This section includes:
- General Bills of Lading (BOL) information and requirements
- General packing list information and requirements
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Electronic Data Interchange
The information contained in this section outlines the electronic data interchange (EDI) requirements of Designer Brands.
This section includes:
- EDI system information and requirements
- EDI transactions sets used by DSW
- Contact information for system mapping documents
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Payment Process
The information contained in this section outlines vendor payment processing requirements.
This section includes:
- General invoice information and requirements
- Bill to address
- Commercial invoice format
- Contact information for additional payment questions
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Vendor Chargeback Policy
The information contained in this section outlines the vendor chargeback policy and procedures.
This section includes:
- General chargeback policy information
- Schedule of chargeback expense
- Documentation process
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Contact List
The information contained in this section outlines vendor contact information.
This section includes:
- Transportation
- Import/Export
- MIS/EDI
- Vendor Compliance
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Glossary of Terms
The information contained in this section outlines the common terms and definitions used in the logistics guide.
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Exclusive Brands
The information contained in this section outlines the Private Brand requirements as well as contacts for additional information.
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