DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse

Good assortment of shoes, with friendly and helpful staff. I feel like I also have better luck with finding good deals on shoes (found an 80% off one time!) here than at most other DSW locations. Only downside for that is it’s pretty dangerous for my wallet…

It’s usually hit or miss at DSW and this weekend was a huge hit! Seven pairs of shoes! Love the prices too, saved a boatload of money.

Who would not love this place. Okay amputees maybe… I just saw this great movie Rust and bone foreign language film meaning you must read the fine print and the lead lady character didn’t need shoes anymore. Good music too in this movie. Anyway, they will also do an on line hunt for you and look for a particular designer if it is not in the store during the current season.

DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse (is there an echo in here?) is what a man wants to find if he’s not particular about the extreme mix of high-​end shoes with bargain basement brand shoes. DSW always offers that «lottery style» chance of finding a fashion shoe you (read here — guy) like. Women? I’m not a woman but their selections are like the Pacific Ocean while the men’s are the Mediterranean.
What draws my attention is the variety and the color-​tag specials. Variety reigns supreme at DSW even if I walk out empty handed. Yesterday’s visit gave me a great glimpse at winter boots for kickin’ it around town or for heading to the office. I sooooo wanted to drop $$$ on a pair of Sorel’s or Panjar’s boots… but I already have two pairs of winter wears for my feet. I passed. :(
The selections for athletic shoes is diverse and, so long as you’re not trying to keep up with trendy new fashion there has to be a match for function and taste offered. And don’t forget to saunter back into the Last Call Area for shoes without a home. I found a pair of Cole Haan half-​boots, black with zip side and buckle that made me feel like I would be seeing a metal band soon… loved ‘em… but wearing them once or twice a year? No guts — no glory. No trigger was pulled, even for 60% off price (under $ 70).
My view is anyone, woman or man, has to visit DSW to browse and see if there might be «your favorite» for less. I doubt you’ll be disappointed.

This is the most upscale, biggest DSW I’ve ever seen. The pretty light fixtures and wooden floors make it feel like a nice shoe store (that happens to be HUGE) rather than a warehouse. I’ve noticed that the DSW’s in columbus (especially the Easton one) have a better, wider inventory compared to other DSWs across the country. Probably because DSW is HQed in Columbus! Yay!
They even have a luxury item section (Prada, Gucci, etc) that offers much better deals than you could find anywhere else (like under $ 300)!
This is the first place I come to when I need new shoes! Make sure you check out the sale room in the back. I don’t know why anyone buys shoes at department stores when this place exists!

This DSW store is HUGE! I recently moved to Columbus from Oklahoma City and there was a DSW there… but not quite as big as this place. I was overwhelmed by how much selection they had… especially in mens.
Everything was organized nicely and easy to find (especially the clearance… my favorite section!)
This will be my place to buy shoes!

I personally love this store! You get great, name brand shoes at a great price. granted the men’s section is a small fragment of the store compared to the women’s mammoth portion… I guess men are not supposed to wear shoes too often…
My favorite bargain is Cole Han shoes! I love the comfort and quality, but hate paying retail as they tend to cost around $ 175 – 200 for starters…
NOT HERE!!! you can pick them up for around $ 100 — now that’s a bargain!
And they have a great clearance section where stuff is marked down an additional 25−75% off the already discount prices!!! I pick up most my bargains there!
An you MUST sign up for their rewards program. For you birthday they send you a $ 10 coupon and well as several throughout the year based on our spending… I get a few… They also send you special discounts in the mail. I’m all about a good bargain!!!
Oh yeah… and they have nice clean, trendy bathrooms!
Why not 5 stars… a little larger men’s section, and some more men’s on clearence would be nice. We have one row… the women have like 30 rows on clearence… what’s up with that?

DSW is a girls’ Heaven on Earth. I actually have to restrain myself from going into this store whenever I’m up on this side of town because I’ve been known to walk out of here with 4, 5, OK maybe even 6 pairs of shoes.
Shoes are arranged by heel height (which when you think about it is a great way to do it!) and you can find just about ever style and color imaginable. Staff is always nearby if you need help finding something but most of the time, the fun part is wandering up and down the aisles looking for something to strike your fancy.
I have one of their cards but I always forget it. But that’s OK because they can look it up for you and that way you get credit for the items you buy and they will send you coupons and treats in the mail for future purchases. Its dangerous though because every time they send you coupon you start to think how you really, really need a new pair of shoes…
If you go to the back of the store 1^st, you’ll find the clearance section. Its great if you can find what you want here before you sort through the rest of the stock because you can get it at a substantial discount and buy another pair with the money you saved… wait, did I just say that? I mean feel proud of yourself for saving money…

Oh my gosh I love this store! I’m not a shoe fanatic, but it is fun to buy new shoes every once in a while, and when I’m in the mood for it, I usually come here. This store is huge and has a great selection.
I always go to this location, which is located near Easton and it’s not too far away for me. It’s a little bit past the mall area so the traffic isn’t quite as bad. It’s in that shopping center that’s across from the mall with other stores like Old Navy and Bath & Body Works. Because of this, this whole area has a separate parking lot from all the Easton shopping center parking garages and lots, thank goodness, because those are such a mess. So parking isn’t usually a problem, but you do have to make it through the Easton traffic.
When you do go inside, be prepared to see thousands of shoes! The store is huge and there are so many shoes it’s almost scary. But I don’t really take my time up at the front. All of the name brand expensive stuff is up in the front of the store, but I make a bee line for the back of the store. There’s a room back there — it’s kind of more like the same room only sectioned off a bit — for sale stuff! I don’t like to pay the list price for name brand shoes, so I head to the back of the store first to see what I can find out of the sale stuff. And there is usually a heck of a lot of sale shoes to look through. They are all sectioned by sizes, so find your size and go crazy!
The sale prices here are color coded. If your shoes have a color coded sticker on them, which they will if they are in the back of the store, then that means that you take off a certain percentage of the price that’s listed on the tag. They have charts all over the place that can help you figure it out without having to bust out your calculator. I think that yellow is the best sale — 90% off or something crazy. The other colors are blue, green, purple and red, and I think they go from 20%, 40%, 60% and 80% off. It’s fun to find shoes you like, look at the price and then take off your discount. The shoes aren’t categorized by style so you’ll just have to look, but that lets you see all of the options for your size. Sometimes I come here and find nothing, other times I come here and buy multiple pairs of shoes. The sale section of the store is easily the most popular so sometimes it can get a little crowded in there.
One of the reasons that I love this store is that they carry Rocketdog sneakers, which I love. These are just simple canvas casual shoes that sell for upwards of $ 40 at list price. So ridiculous, but they are a name brand, so they can get away with it. They are really cute and come in great patterns, but it’s too pricey. So I check out DSW’s sale section and I can find some cool Rocketdog’s marked down most of the time. I can typically find some nice Rocketdog’s in the sale section for around $ 20 after the sale discount. They also sell Kangaroos here, another tennis shoe brand that I like, which are too expensive at list price. But back in the sale section, I can get them for about half of the list price.
I have given in and bought some shoes out at the front of the store because I just couldn’t resist. The prices could be better I guess, but then again, I’m not sure that I could find them cheaper anywhere else.
Minus one star for not so great service. The salespeople around here are hard to find on the floor and sometimes aren’t very helpful when you do ask them a question. But this one time, the employee’s lack of attention worked to my advantage. This was on one of my trips where I bought several pairs of shoes — I think 4. They were having some really good sales. I went up to the counter and the girl was having some trouble scanning the tags and figuring out the discounts. She was talking to me and not paying attention. She told me my total was around $ 30. I was surprised, but I paid, and upon getting home and looking at my receipt, I noticed that she had completely neglected to charge me for one of the pairs of shoes! I wasn’t about to go back and correct it — I considered it my lucky day! So $ 30 for four pairs of shoes — not bad at all. I got lucky that time, but the sales are still really great if you take the time to look around. And since this is such a big store, you will need lots of time to get your shopping done.
DSW also sells socks and panty hose and lots and lots of bags and purses. Sometimes they have sales on that stuff, but they usually aren’t near as good as the shoe sales. But they do also have gift sets, like purse gifts or journal sets and things like that. So it might come in handy if you had some gift buying to do. It’s a fun store, and a great place to spend the afternoon if you have some shoe shopping to do. it’s definitely big enough that if you want to look at everything you’ll need a few hours.