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Designer Brands Announces $2 Million Investment into First Black-Owned U.S. Footwear Factory, Partnering with Dr. D'Wayne Edwards, President of Pensole Lewis College of ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Designer Brands Inc. (NYSE: DBI), parent of shoe retailer DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse, announced today an investment of $2 million into advancing ...
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Designer Brands Joins Pensole Lewis College of Business & Design for Ribbon-Cutting of JEMS by PENSOLE, One of the First Black-Owned U.S. Footwear Factories

Event Celebrates Culmination of Designer Brands' (DBI) $2 Million Investment in Entrepreneurial Opportunities for Underrepresented Footwear Designers "JEMS by PENSOLE's opening marks a major ...
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Designer Brands, JEMS by PENSOLE launch the FIRST JEM, inaugural shoe to roll off assembly line at one of the first Black-owned footwear factories in U.S.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Designer Brands Inc. (DBI) (NYSE: DBI) (the "Company" and "Designer Brands"), one of the world's largest designers, producers and retailers of footwear ...
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The Only Design-Focused HBCU, Pensole Lewis College, Just Launched The Ruth E. Carter Apparel Creation Stu/deo

As the nation’s only design-focused HBCU, Detroit’s Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design is dedicated to cultivating the next generation of Black creative talent in the fields of fashion, ...
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Pensole Lewis College, Detroit's only HBCU, blends history and design innovation

Did you know Detroit is home to the country's only Historically Black College focused entirely on design? Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design (PLC) is not only steeped in rich history, it's ...