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  0001195384
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001319947
  Designer Brands Inc.
  001-32545
  810 DSW Drive
  Columbus
  OH
  43219
  614-237-7100
  SONNENBERG HARVEY L
  Director
  Class A Common Shares, without par value
  Charles Schwab
  350 Millburn Ave.
  Millburn
  NJ
  07041
  16000
  169760
  58073011
  09/08/2023
  NYSE
  Class A Common Shares, without par value
  06/15/2023
  Stock grant
  Designer Brands Inc.
  N
  16556
  06/15/2023
  N/A
  Y
  09/06/2023
  /s/ Harvey Sonnenberg