Designer Brands Inc. is the parent company of Designer Shoe Warehouse (DSW). The corporation recently made a whopping $2 million investment into Pensole Lewis College of Business & Design to make history . The investment will establish the country’sootwear factory and solidify an “exclusisolidifyibution partnership” with the Detroit -based HBCU . Students attending Pensole Lewis College will get the opportunity to design shoes that, after being commercially manufactured in a New England factory , will exclusively be sold at DSW. “We see the footwear industry lacking effective representation by people of color, specifically [Black people], and this $2 million investment will address root causes to remove barriers,” Designer Brands CEO, Roger Rawlins, said. “[Black people] represent less than five percent of those across all design industries, thus lacking much-needed diversity. Designer Brands and DSW’s commitment with Pensole will create a U.S.-based shoe factory with the goal of...