EVANSVILLE, Ind., June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Shoe Carnival, Inc.
(Nasdaq: SCVL), a leading retailer of value-priced footwear and accessories,
today reported sales for the four-week period ended May 29, 1999 increased
20 percent to $26.8 million from sales of $22.4 million for the four-week
period ended May 30, 1998. Comparable store sales were flat in May 1999. In
May 1998, comparable store sales increased 9.2 percent.
Sales for the first four months of 1999 increased 19 percent to
$104.9 million from sales of $88.1 million for the first four months of 1998.
Comparable store sales increased by 2.6 percent for the seventeen-week period.
Shoe Carnival is a chain of 118 footwear stores located in the Midwest and
mid-South. Combining value pricing with an entertaining store format, Shoe
Carnival is a leading retailer of name brand and private label footwear for
the entire family. Headquartered in Evansville, IN, Shoe Carnival trades on
the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol SCVL. Shoe Carnival's press releases
and annual report are available on the Company's website at
http://www.shoecarnival.com/ .
SOURCE Shoe Carnival, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Mark L. Lemond, President and Chief Executive
Officer, or W. Kerry Jackson, Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of Shoe Carnival, Inc., 812-867-4034
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