Designer Brands Inc. · NYSE:DBI

Designer Brands — Corporate Update (July 2020)

37 slides from Designer Brands's corporate update, Jul 10, 2020

  1. Slide 1: Designer Brands Inc. Corporate Update July 2020

    DESIGNER BRANDS INC. Corporate Update July 2020

  2. Slide 2: Cautionary Statement Relating to Forward-Looking Information

    CAUTIONARY STATEMENT RELATING TO FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION Forward-Looking Statements Any statements in this presentation that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These

  3. Slide 3: Business Overview

    Business Overview 2

  4. Slide 4: Designer Brands

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  6. Slide 6: Who We Are: DBI At a Glance

    WHO WE ARE DBI At a Glance Key Highlights U.S. RETAIL BRAND PORTFOLIO ~13% +30M #1 Vertical Brands Loyalty Omnichannel Retailer(1) Penetration Members 500+ +20M $257M DSW Stores within FY 2019 Pairs Produced by 20 miles of ~70% of Normalized Adjusted the Camuto Group the U.S. Population EBITDA(2) $

  7. Slide 7: History of Growth & Innovation

    HISTORY OF GROWTH & INNOVATION 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2002 2005 2008 Company Growth Through Open-Sell Concept First DSW Opens in 100 DSW DSW Inc. DSW.com Founded as Leased Business Launched Dublin, Ohio Stores Goes Public Launched Shonac Shoes Loyalty Program Launched Special Make Ups (SMUs) Introd

  8. Slide 8: Highlights

    HIGHLIGHTS One of the Largest Players with ~12% Wallet Share of the Women’s Non-Athletic 1 Footwear Market in the U.S. and Canada, Poised to Gain Share Amidst Footwear Retail Sector Rationalization Award-Winning Omnichannel Platform with Full Suite of Superior 2 Capabilities 3 Best-in-Class Loyalty

  9. Slide 9: The U.S. Footwear Industry Is Large and Fragmented

    THE U.S. FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY IS LARGE AND FRAGMENTED ~$72B U.S. Footwear Market Growing at 3% Historically(1) Fragmented with Top 10 Players Commanding ~40% of Share (% Total market share) Kids (2) 7.9% (3) DBI ACCOUNTS FOR ~5% 6.9% OF TOTAL WALLET SHARE(5) 14% Zappos 40% (4) 3.8% 3.6% 3.5% 3.5% Amazo

  10. Slide 10: Well Positioned to Take Share as Market Consolidates

    WE ARE WELL POSITIONED TO TAKE SHARE AS MARKET CONSOLIDATES POST-COVID STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN DEPARTMENT STORE CHANNEL DRIVES CONTINUED RATIONALIZATION Select Bankruptcies Shrinking Footprint Others Online / Catalogs Dept Store / National Chains Shoe Store Chains Athletic Specialty/ Select Bankruptci

  11. Slide 11: How We Win: Our Business Strategy

    HOW WE WIN OUR BUSINESS STRATEGY Desirable Customer Base Differentiated Products Differentiated Experiences Attractive Market Potential 29 10

  12. Slide 12: Diverse and Healthy Core Customer Base

    DIVERSE AND HEALTHY CORE CUSTOMER BASE 80% WOMEN 14% MEN 6% KIDS Boomers+ Gen Z & Millennials 35% 33% 32% Gen X 62% Of Customers have ~29% Household Income Loyalty Member for >$75k +10 Years 11

  13. Slide 13: Exemplary Loyalty Program with Strong Customer Engagement

    EXEMPLARY LOYALTY PROGRAM WITH STRONG CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT One of the MOST INNOVATIVE LOYALTY PROGRAMS Exemplary $157 47% (SHOPIFY) Innovative Customer Demand per Member Loyalty Program(2) Active Member Margin %(3) +30M LOYALTY MEMBERS 54% RETENTION RATE ~90% OF TOTAL REVENUE +3% (1) Highest tier of

  14. Slide 14: Vendor of Choice with Superior Merchandising Capabilities

    VENDOR OF CHOICE WITH SUPERIOR MERCHANDISING CAPABILITIES STRATEGIC GOALS >50% PROPRIETARY, DIFFERENTIATED PRODUCT 50 Core Brands Making Up across Full-Price and Value / Discount 70% PRODUCT MIX Ability to FAST INVENTORY AINTAIN FULL CHURN Enabled by M Opportunistic Buying PRICE INTEGRITY and Pricin

  15. Slide 15: Award-Winning Omnichannel Platform & Capabilities

    AWARD-WINNING OMNICHANNEL PLATFORM & CAPABILITIES STORES RECONCEPTUALIZED TO FUEL ECOMMERCE GROWTH 500+ DSW stores within 20 miles of 70% of the U.S. population ▪ Higher online sales in regions with store presence, benefitting from brand halo ▪ Stores as online fulfillment centers providing faster s

  16. Slide 16: Enhanced In-Store Experience to Drive Traffic and Ticket

    ENHANCED IN-STORE EXPERIENCE TO DRIVE TRAFFIC AND TICKET STRONG VENDOR RELATIONSHIPS DESTINATION FOR IN-STORE SERVICES ▪ Strong relationships with key national brands to showcase premiere brand ▪ Enhance customer engagement with services located in front and back of the experience and assortments bo

  17. Slide 17: Brand Builder with Exceptional Vertical Capabilities

    BRAND BUILDER WITH EXCEPTIONAL VERTICAL CAPABILITIES ▪ Track record of creating leading brands offering high quality products at exceptional value ▪ Higher margin: DBI retains full vertical margins (~500 bps vs. 3rd party agent and ~1,500 bps vs. balance of assortment) EXCLUSIVE BRANDS SALES & PENET

  18. Slide 18: Growing Canada Through Excellent Execution and The Shoe Company Acquisition

    GROWING CANADA THROUGH EXCELLENT EXECUTION AND THE SHOE COMPANY ACQUISITION Overview of The Shoe Company #1 Dominant Kids 118 Women’s Footwear Retailer in Category Stores(1) Canada 5M 7.2% #1 Loyalty Members Comparable Sales (2) In eComm Growth(3) ~20k ~5k Store Size sq. ft. Deliver differentiated e

  19. Slide 19: ~12% of Women's Non-Athletic Shoe Purchases Are Designed, Sourced or Sold by DBI

    ~12% OF WOMEN’S NON-ATHLETIC SHOE PURCHASES IN THE U.S. & CANADA ARE DESIGNED, SOURCED OR SOLD BY DBI AFFILIATED BUSINESS GROUP % Source: Company management and NPD. 18

  20. Slide 20: Market Share Opportunities

    MARKET SHARE OPPORTUNITIES GROW CAMUTO PRODUCED BRANDS EXPAND KIDS PIVOT TOWARDS GROWTH CATEGORIES ▪ Drives traffic and incremental sales: customers with RECENT OPPORTUNITY IN ATHLETICS kids make more trips and spend $75 more per year ▪ Drives attachment and shop rate lift: +50% of rewards customer

  21. Slide 21: Recent Developments

    RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 20

  22. Slide 22: COVID-19 Pandemic Response

    COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE ▪ Continue to evaluate additional inventory ▪ As of March 18, 2020, all North American retail discipline, liquidity management, and Stores stores were temporarily closed Operating Expenses reductions to expense and capital expenditure plans ▪ The Company has removed all gu

  23. Slide 23: COVID-19 Operational Impact

    COVID-19 OPERATIONAL IMPACT PRE-COVID COVID IMPACT / OUTLOOK ($M) +2.2% (62.3)% ▪ Over the last three years, March- $1,016 April has accounted for nearly 20% of annual sales and over 30% of annual operating profit ▪ The Company's leading $383 omnichannel capabilities Total Demand Total $313 $320 pos

  24. Slide 24: Update on Store Reopenings

    UPDATE ON STORE REOPENINGS ▪ Management decision to reopen stores is based on: – Guidance from local authorities – Overall assessment of environmental safety at each location – Actions of peers in neighboring vicinity, as well as proximity of other DSW retail stores (likely to reopen in clusters / m

  25. Slide 25: Sequential Improvement in Demand

    SEQUENTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN DEMAND ▪ Beginning with April Week 4, reopened stores are realizing an average weekly improvement of +8% in demand; the chart below shows demand through June Week 1 – Demand improved +8% during 4th week of May vs. the prior week ▪ Demand comp has improved +30% since the end

  26. Slide 26: Resilient Business Model

    RESILIENT BUSINESS MODEL Business Model Better Positioned to Weather a Downturn… Sales 2x $3.5B 2x 2016(1) 2019 $1.5B ~13% EMAND D CALE ~25% S IGITAL ~87% ~75% 2008 2019 D Stores 298 666 % Camuto Produced Exclusive Brands Members ~3x >60% +30M RANDS B USTOMERS C ~10M ERTICAL 0% V OYALTY L 2008 Today

  27. Slide 27: Resilient Business Model: Secular Tailwind

    RESILIENT BUSINESS MODEL … With Secular Tailwind Permitting Further Share Gain RETAIL BANKRUPTCIES STORE CLOSURES SHIFT HOLESALE W SHARE Hunt for Value Took Off During a Recession… …With Appeal Cutting Across Income Groups % who shop at discount retailers 90% ISCOUNT 89% 88% / D 89% U.S. adults shop

  28. Slide 28: Illustrative "COVID 2.0" Scenario

    ILLUSTRATIVE “COVID 2.0” SCENARIO ▪ Illustrative “COVID 2.0” analysis assumes a stress case scenario with: – Cash & equivalents of $251M and $393M outstanding under the revolver and $5M in letters of credit issued, resulting in $2M available for borrowings and $253M of liquidity (as of quarter ended

  29. Slide 29: Financial Overview

    FINANCIAL OVERVIEW 28

  30. Slide 30: Annual Financial Performance

    ANNUAL FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Sales Adjusted EBITDA (% Margin) (2) ($M) $3,493 $3,178 $301 $2,806 $284 $288 $278 $2,620 $2,713 $257 6.1% 11.5% 10.5% 10.3% 0.8% (0.4%) 0.8% 8.8% 7.3% (3.0%) FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 (1) Sales % Comparable Sales Adj

  31. Slide 31: Strong Free Cash Flow Generation and Healthy Balance Sheet

    STRONG FREE CASH FLOW GENERATION AND HEALTHY BALANCE SHEET Last 10 Years of FCF Cumulative: ~$1,900M ($M) Average Yearly: ~$190M $229 $232 $223 $213 $201 $197 $196 $179 Strong $125 $138 Free Cash Flow (1) FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 0.8x 0.6x Low G

  32. Slide 32: Key Drivers for Adjusted EBITDA Margin Decline

    KEY DRIVERS FOR ADJUSTED EBITDA MARGIN DECLINE Over the last several years, management have strategically re-invested Adjusted EBITDA Margins to drive long-term growth Investment in Digital & Omnichannel ▪ Always negotiating shipping costs Capabilities ▪ Partner with other digital platforms for excl

  33. Slide 33: Q1 2020 Performance

    Q1 2020 PERFORMANCE Q1 2020 Revenue ₋ For the three month period ended May 2, 2020, net sales decreased 44.7% to $483M (1) (vs. $873M during the same period last year) ₋ U.S. Retail segment comparable sales decreased 42.4% (vs. +3.0% in Q1 2019); Digital demand net sales in U.S. Retail was better re

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  35. Slide 35: Camuto Group Acquisition Transforms Our Business

    CAMUTO GROUP ACQUISITION TRANSFORMS OUR BUSINESS OVERVIEW AND STRATEGIC RATIONALE BENEFITS ◼ In Nov. 2018, DBI acquired 100% of Camuto Group’s operations for � Immediate scale and market share gain $166M and 40% of Camuto’s brands for $57M via a joint venture with � Fully captured vertical margin th

  36. Slide 36: Appraisals of Certain Assets

    APPRAISALS OF CERTAIN ASSETS REAL ESTATE ASSETS APPRAISED COLLATERAL VALUE Home Office Distribution Center Appraised Asset ($ in M) Value DSW Home Office $42 DSW Distribution Center 46 Total Real Estate Appraised Value $88 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / BRANDS DSW / The Shoe Company Retail Banner Names (In

  37. Slide 37: Non-GAAP Reconciliation

    NON-GAAP RECONCILIATION ($M) Fiscal Year Q1 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2019 2020 Reported Operating Income / (Loss) $213.6 $200.0 $125.1 $59.0 $127.3 $44.0 ($324.0) Depreciation & Amortization 73.6 82.8 80.9 79.0 86.6 21.4 23.1 EBITDA $287.1 $282.8 $205.9 $138.1 $213.9 $65.4 ($300.8) Stock Based Compe

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