DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse

DSW in Braintree is rather new and renovated, yet still one of the worst in the area.
Yeah, it’s improved since opening to at least comparing to the other locations, but I have some MAJOR issues with this location.
a) The store is very dim, dark, and doesn’t seem to have a great atmosphere.
b) It’s in a basement, and not on street level or mall level, and therefore, makes using shopping carts difficult and really a drag
c) Staff aren’t ever around and therefore, are not able to help customers if they are looking for something
d) Selection is truly hit or miss
e) Clearance section isn’t bad, yet also isn’t great. For some weird reason, prices seem higher in clearance than in clearance sections of other stores.
f) Tough to be in and out of as parking is horrible (during almost always), and almost is impossible to find a close spot.
It’s newer, but not great. Lots of work for DSW Braintree…
For now, I’m not feeling it… 2 stars.

The default width is M, which is too narrow, and hurts the feet of most women.
There are a few Wide Widths, with a special sticker, red /​pink rectangle. Very few.
The few that are are usually wide width /​wide calf. Grandma does not have wide calf.
So these brick and mortar stores moan that they get their clock cleaned by Amazon and Zappos. Maybe that is because they only have boots for slender calf little kids, not real women. Wtf.

I’ve used this outlet store for years. One must look hard to find good deals here, but they do have good deals when you find it. What else I like about here is if you can’t find your size they can check their warehouse and ship it to your house at no cost. There was many sales people walking around willing to help. The store was clean, ended up getting pair of booths for next winter. I left a horrible mess from all the booths I had tried on, but the sales associate assured me that’s okay and it gives her something to do. Now that’s very nice.

This is located on the lower level of the South Shore Plaza. On the wing near Nordstrom and Target. The selection, as all of their stores are, is huge. Staff is very friendly, and its clean in there. My only complaint is that it is dark and you feel like you are in a basement, not a shoe store. But, they have great deals and a good clearance section as well.

I’m very happy that DSW has taken over the space Filene’s Basement previously occupied in South Shore Plaza.
I love the selection of DSW but didn’t like that I’d have to drive to the North Shore or take the T into Boston to visit them for shoe shopping.
This store is one floor, but still houses a lot of shoes for both men & women. The prices are reasonable and there are often sales for DSW rewards members. (It’s free to join the rewards program and I recommend doing son.)
There is a clearance section in the back of the store divided by sizes, so sometimes you can find a gem there.
The one problem with this location is there is no cell reception or internet service, so your cell phone battery can drain searching for a signal while you browse. They also ran an offer on Facebook to promote their store opening ($ 5 off) but you could not pull the offer up on your phone in the store due to the cell phone dead zone. However, the sales associate who checked me out took the $ 5 off with no problems, completely understanding why I couldn’t pull up the offer on my phone.
So, make sure you print coupons that aren’t stored on your rewards card before heading to the store.
I’m looking forward to lots of future shopping trips here.

This newest addition to the South Shore Plaza occupies the old Filene’s Basement location.
This store is pretty big.
Aisles upon aisles of shoes for Women & Men
They also have a Clearance section already in place
Super excited to do all my one stop shopping in one location!
Plenty of associates on the floor to help with any needs!