Designer Brands Vendor Compliance Purpose Statement
Welcome, Vendor Partners! We're so glad to be working with you. At Designer Brands Canada, we recognize the important role our vendors play in achieving our goal of being the destination for fabulous brands at a great value every single day. We believe that the success of Designer Brands and the success of your company are intertwined. Maintaining strong partnerships with vendors helps us make sure that customers are happy and that expectations are met—for the success of our vendors as well as Designer Brands.
For these reasons, we developed our Vendor Relations program along with a revised Footwear & Accessories Logistics Guide to outline the necessary policies and procedures. This is your primary source of compliance information for Designer Brands Canada. Please use the documents found on this site when fulfilling orders for Designer Brands Canada.
Footwear & Accessories Logistics Guide
The information contained in this section defines the overall purpose of Designer Brands' Vendor Compliance program.
The information contained in this section outlines the vendor chargeback policy and procedures.
This section includes:
- General chargeback policy information
- Schedule of chargeback expense
- Documentation process
The information contained in this section outlines PO instructions and requirements for Designer Brands and the vendor.
This section includes:
- General PO instructions
- Transmission of vendor style and colour information
- Transmission of UPC data
- Procedures for receipt of vendor's approved PO
- PO Types (Packing Methods)
- PO Price Ticket Instructions
The information contained in this section outlines the Sample and Image requirements of Designer Brands.
This section includes:
- General sample/image instructions
- Image guidelines
The information contained in this section outlines vendor ticketing and labeling requirements.
This section includes:
- Footwear Vendor label specifications
- Accessory Vendor label specifications
- Ticketing instructions
- Preapproved ticket providers
The information contained in this section outlines general carton packing requirements based on the PO Type code.
This section includes:
- Requesting packing exceptions
- Non-standard (odd) carton pacing requirements
- Innercase and UPC tag placement of merchandise within a carton
The information contained in this section outlines carton construction and design requirements
This section includes:
- Recommended corrugate specifications
- Closure methods
- Labeling specification and placement requirements
- Label examples
Transportation Routing Requirements
The information contained in this section outlines transportation and routing requirements for Designer Brands and vendor controlled freight.
This section includes:
- General routing requirements
- Definition and responsibilities of Company and vendor controlled freight
- Routing request procedures
- Trailer loading requirements
- Shipment delivery requirements
Inbound Shipping Documentation
The information contained in this section outlines transportation shipping documentation.
This section includes:
- General Bills of Lading (BOL) information and requirements
- General packing list information and requirements
The information contained in this section outlines the electronic data interchange (EDI) requirements of Designer Brands. VCDS, LLC. does not require the use of EDI at this time and is not included in the VCDS, LLC. Footwear Guide.
This section includes:
- EDI system information and requirements
- EDI transactions sets used by Designer Brands.
- Contact information for system mapping documents
The information contained in this section outlines vendor payment processing requirements.
This section includes:
- General invoice information and requirements
- Bill to address
- Commercial invoice format
- Contact information for additional payment questions
Drop Ship Vendor Requirements
The information contained in this section outlines the basic vendor requirements as well as additional terms and conditions.
This section includes:
- DBC Basic Drop Ship Vendor Requirements
- DBC Additional Drop Ship Terms and Conditions
- DBC Drop Ship Data Processing Addendum
- DBC Drop Ship Vendor Chargeback Policy
- DBC Drop Ship EDI Requirements
- DBC Drop Ship Program Vendor FAQ
- DBC Drop Ship Program Post Launch Reminders
The information contained in this section outlines vendor payment processing requirements.
This section includes:
- Transportation
- Import/Export
- EDI
- Vendor Compliance
The information in this section outlines the common terms and definitions used in the logistics guide.