
EXHIBIT 99
To Form 3

Name and Address of Reporting Person:          Schottenstein Stores Corporation
                                               1800 Moler Road
                                               Columbus, OH  43209

Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol:      DSW Inc. (DSW)


FOOTNOTES:

(1) The amount reported includes 27,702,667 Class B Common Shares held by Retail
Ventures, Inc., or Retail Ventures, as of June 29, 2005. As of April 30, 2005,
Schottenstein Stores Corporation, or SSC, held approximately 48.2% on a fully
diluted basis of the outstanding common shares of Retail Ventures, including
warrants convertible into 1,388,752 common shares of Retail Ventures, and a
subordinated convertible loan in the principal amount of $37,500,000
convertible into 8,333,333 common shares of Retail Ventures.  By virtue of
its ownership interest in Retail Ventures, SSC may be deemed to beneficially
own the DSW Class B Common Shares owned by Retail Ventures. SSC disclaims
beneficial ownership of such shares, except to the extent of its pecuniary
interest therein.

(2) The warrants shall be exercisable for DSW Class A Common Shares as of
July 5, 2005.

(3) On July 5, 2005, Retail Ventures will amend its outstanding warrants and
the convertible loan referred to in footnote (1) above held by SSC to provide
SSC the right, from time to time, in whole or in part, to (i) acquire Retail
Ventures common shares at the then current conversion price of the warrants
(subject to the existing anti-dilution provisions), (ii) acquire from Retail
Ventures Class A Common Shares of DSW at an exercise price per share equal to
the price of shares sold to the public in DSW's initial public offering, or
IPO (subject to anti-dilution provisions similar to those in the existing
warrants), or (iii) acquire a combination thereof. Given the exercise price
per share of $19.00, SSC would receive 328,915 Class A Common Shares if they
exercised those warrants exclusively for DSW Common Shares. Although Retail
Ventures does not intend or plan to undertake a spin-off of DSW Common Shares
to Retail Ventures shareholders, in the event that Retail Ventures effects a
spin-off of its DSW Common Shares to its shareholders in the future, SSC will
receive the same number of DSW Common Shares that it would have received had
it exercised its warrants in full for Retail Ventures common shares immediately
prior to the record date of the spin-off, without regard to any limitation on
exercise contained in the warrants. Following the completion of any such
spin-off, the warrants will be exercisable solely for Retail Ventures common
shares.

(4) The later of June 11, 2007 and the repayment in full of obligations under
a $75 million loan agreement under which Retail Ventures is a guarantor.

(5) On July 5, 2005, Retail Ventures will issue new warrants to SSC under
which SSC will have the right, from time to time, in whole or in part, to
(i) acquire Retail Ventures common shares at the conversion price referred to
in a convertible loan to which it is party (subject to existing anti-dilution
provisions), (ii) acquire from Retail Ventures Class A Common Shares of DSW
at an exercise price per share equal to the price of the shares sold to the
public in the IPO (subject to anti-dilution provisions similar to those in
the existing warrants) or (iii) acquire a combination thereof. Although
Retail Ventures does not intend or plan to undertake a spin-off of DSW Common
Shares to Retail Ventures shareholders, in the event that Retail Ventures
effects a spin-off of its DSW Common Shares to its shareholders in the
future, the holders of outstanding unexercised warrants will receive the
same number of DSW Common Shares that they would have received had they
exercised their warrants in full for Retail Ventures common shares immediately
prior to the record date of the spin-off, without regard to any limitation on
exercise contained in the warrants. Following the completion of any such
spin-off, the warrants will be exercisable solely for Retail Ventures common
shares.

SSC may acquire, upon exercise of the warrants in full, an aggregate number of
Class A Common Shares of DSW from Retail Ventures which, at the price of shares
sold in the IPO, have a value equal to $75 million. Given the exercise price of
$19.00 per share, SSC would receive 1,973,684 Class A Common Shares if it
exercised its warrants exclusively for DSW Common Shares.
