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                                                                    Exhibit 32.1

                           SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION

        In connection with the Quarterly Report of DSW Inc. (the "Company") on
Form 10-Q for the period ending July 30, 2005, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Jay L. Schottenstein,
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Company, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

                (1)     The Report fully complies with the requirements of
section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a)
or 78o(d)); and

                (2)     The information contained in the Report fairly presents,
in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of
the Company.



September 8, 2005                                /s/ Jay L. Schottenstein
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                                                 Jay L. Schottenstein
                                                 Chief Executive Officer and
                                                 Chairman of the Board

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been
provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the
Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
