<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-20-006131.txt : 20200406
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-20-006131
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200329
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200406
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200406

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Turner Mary
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001805602

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32545
		FILM NUMBER:		20777553

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		810 DSW DRIVE
		CITY:			COLUMBUS
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43219

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Designer Brands Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001319947
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-SHOE STORES [5661]
		IRS NUMBER:				310746639
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0201

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		810 DSW DRIVE
		CITY:			COLUMBUS
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43219
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(614) 872-1473

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		810 DSW DRIVE
		CITY:			COLUMBUS
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43219

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DSW Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20050307
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    <periodOfReport>2020-03-29</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001319947</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Designer Brands Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DBI</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Turner Mary</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerZipCode>43219</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>EVP; President, Shoe Company</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <value>Restricted Stock Unit</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
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            <expirationDate>
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                <value>2021-05-10</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">The dividend equivalent rights accrued on previously awarded restricted stock units (RSUs) and become exercisable proportionately with the RSUs to which they relate.  Each dividend equivalent right is the economic equivalent of one share of Issuer's Class A common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Issuer's Class A common stock.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Michelle Krall, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-04-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<SEQUENCE>2
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<TEXT>
EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Michelle Krall, Robert J. Tannous and Patricia S. Callahan,
signing singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an executive officer and/or director of Designer Brands Inc.
the "Company"),a Form ID, Forms 3, 4, and 5 and any other documents
necessary to facilitate the filing of reports in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
Form ID or Forms 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of
the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-
in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,
are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 25th day of February, 2020.


    /s/  Mary Turner
___________________________________
              Signature

Printed Name:  Mary Turner
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