In an enormous step in the direction of investing in Black-owned enterprise, Designer Shoe Warehouse has introduced that they are going to be investing within the first Black-Owned U.S. footwear manufacturing facility, JEMS by Pensole.
Taking to Instagram to announce the thrilling information, DSW expressed the significance of constructing such investments and why they determined to make the dedication they simply made writing, “Black individuals solely characterize 3% of designers within the footwear trade. This has to vary. Our objective at DSW is to extend variety throughout the footwear design world, beginning with our partnership with Dr. D’Wayne Edwards, President of Pensole Lewis School of Enterprise & Design.”
Except for supporting a Black-owned enterprise, the initiative might be placing some shine on the scholar designers from Detroit’s HBCU, Pensole Lewis School of Enterprise & Design the place Dr. Edwards isn’t simply the Principal of the faculty, but additionally it’s founder.
We don’t learn about y’all however we are able to’t wait to see what the expertise over at Pensole Lewis School of Enterprise & Design provide you with for DSW within the coming future. Will y’all be supporting their creations when the time comes? Tell us within the feedback part beneath.
