EXHIBIT 32.2

                           SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION*

         In connection with the Annual Report of DSW Inc. (the "Company") on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 28, 2006 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Douglas
J. Probst, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my
knowledge:

     (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
          material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of
          the Company.


Dated:  April 12, 2006          By:     /s/ Douglas J. Probst
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                                    Douglas J. Probst, Executive Vice President,
                                    Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer

*    This Certification is being furnished as required by Rule 13a-14(b) under
     the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and Section 1350
     of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code, and shall not be
     deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise
     subject to the liability of that section. This Certification shall not be
     deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities
     Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as otherwise stated in such filing.

     A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has
     been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and
     furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon
     request.