What is Designer Brands's retail — marketing expense?

Designer Brands (DBI) reported retail — marketing expense of $36.38M in Q1 2026.

How has Designer Brands's retail — marketing expense changed year-over-year?

Designer Brands's retail — marketing expense increased by 4.7% year-over-year, from $34.75M to $36.38M.

What does retail — marketing expense mean?

Captures the total expenditure dedicated to advertising, promotional campaigns, and customer acquisition efforts within the retail segment. It is used to assess the company's investment in brand visibility and its ability to drive customer traffic.

Designer Brands DBI Retail — Marketing Expense

Other segment segments

Brand Portfolio

$4.15M+9.3%

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$2.15M+10.0%

GIIIRetail — Selling General And Administrative Expense Advertising

$3.16M-8.0%

HVTAdvertising

$10.89M+7.6%

FBPConsumer Retail Banking — Marketing And Advertising Expense

$2.53M+8.9%

ODCRetail and Wholesale Products — Advertising Expense

$1.55M-12.3%

BBWIReportable Segment — Marketing Expense

$51M+4.1%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$696.4M+1.4%

Gross profit$315.3M+7.1%

Operating income$18.9M+339%

Net income$1.2M+107%

EPS (diluted)$0.02+105%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$50.1M+8.9%

Total debt$1.2B-10.0%

Total equity$280.9M+6.6%

Total assets$2.0B-4.5%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$22.0M-8.2%

CapEx$9.9M+36.5%

Free cash flow-$31.9M-15.6%

Valuation

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Market cap$296.03M+151%

Enterprise value$1.47B+2.6%

P/E29×—

P/S0.1×+0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin44.1%+1.7pp

Operating margin1.2%+0.4pp

Net margin0.4%+0.2pp

FCF margin2.5%+1.2pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity3.8%+2.2pp

Debt / equity4.4×-0.8×

Current ratio1.3×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Designer Brands in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:MarketingExpense.

The official record: Designer Brands’s 10-Q, filed June 9, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Designer Brands's retail — marketing expense?: Designer Brands (DBI) reported retail — marketing expense of $36.38M in Q1 2026.
How has Designer Brands's retail — marketing expense changed year-over-year?: Designer Brands's retail — marketing expense increased by 4.7% year-over-year, from $34.75M to $36.38M.
What does retail — marketing expense mean?: Captures the total expenditure dedicated to advertising, promotional campaigns, and customer acquisition efforts within the retail segment. It is used to assess the company's investment in brand visibility and its ability to drive customer traffic.