Vendor Relations
If you are one of our valued footwear or accessory Vendor Partners, this is your primary source of compliance information for DSW, Inc.
Please be sure to bookmark this site, as new or updated information is posted on a quarterly basis. DSW ends fiscal quarters in April, July, October, and January. Any new information concerning the Vendor Relations program will be posted at the conclusion of each quarter.
In addition to this site, DSW Inc.'s compliance information is available through the website for the Vendor Compliance Federation. We are a proud member of the VCF's Retail Compliance Council (RCC) and are committed to ensuring that our Vendor Partners can access compliance-related material via their site as well.
The following table lists document changes which have been published on this website:
| Document or Topic | Business Unit (BU #) |
Logistics Guide Modifications | Posting Date | Effective Date | Summary of Notice |
| Updated Vendor Logistics Guide | DSW Inc. | All | October 17, 2007 | November 01, 2007 | DSW has updated the vendor logistics guide to include new information pertaining to the conduct of business with DSW. Please download a copy of the new guide for your company’s review and use; links to the new guide are located in the “Compliance” section of this site. Any previous guides or sections in use by your company need to be deleted or discarded by 11/1. |
| Mandatory EDI Compliance memo | DSW Inc. | N/A | October 17, 2007 | November 01, 2007 | Beginning November 01, all orders will need to comply with the EDI requirements specified in DSW’s vendor logistics guide. Any issues of non-compliance will be subject to chargeback per schedule of chargeback expense. For assistance or questions, please contact DSW’s Vendor Relations team. |
| DSW & Avery Dennison Create InfoChain Express (ICE) Application | DSW (29) & DSW Leased Inc. | N/A | October 15, 2007 | August, 2007 | DSW and Avery Dennison have jointly developed an InfoChain Express (ICE) application for our vendor partners. Vendors currently using ICE for other customers may now use the application to process DSW orders via EDI. Additionally, any vendor partner without EDI capabilities may use this application to meet DSW’s EDI requirements. For more information on this program, please contact David Widdifield, DSW Logistics Systems Manager. |
| Corporate mandatory EDI and 7-day shipping window memo | DSW (29) & DSW Leased (41) | N/A | October 13, 2006 | January, 2007 |
Effective January, 2007, all vendor merchandise shipments (landed and letter of credit) will need to exchange the following EDI documents with DSW:
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