In a giant 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 creating such investments and why they determined to make the dedication they only made writing, “Black folks solely signify 3% of designers within the footwear trade. This has to vary. Our aim at DSW is to extend range throughout the footwear design world, beginning with our partnership with Dr. D’Wayne Edwards, President of Pensole Lewis Faculty of Enterprise & Design.”
Other than supporting a Black-owned enterprise, the initiative will probably be placing some shine on the scholar designers from Detroit’s HBCU, Pensole Lewis Faculty of Enterprise & Design the place Dr. Edwards isn’t simply the Principal of the faculty, but additionally it’s founder.
We don’t find out about y’all however we will’t wait to see what the expertise over at Pensole Lewis Faculty of Enterprise & Design give you for DSW within the coming future. Will y’all be supporting their creations when the time comes? Tell us within the feedback part beneath.
