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Shoe Carnival Reports November Sales; Total Sales Increase 21.6 Percent

    EVANSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 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 November 28, 1998
increased 21.6 percent to $21.7 million from sales of $17.9 million for the
four-week period ended November 29, 1997.  Comparable store sales increased
2.4 percent in November 1998.
    Sales for the first ten months of 1998 increased 12.6 percent to
$232 million from sales of $206 million for the first ten months of 1997.
Comparable store sales increased by 3.8 percent for the 43-week period.
    Shoe Carnival is a chain of 112 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 1997 annual report are available on the Company's website at
http://www.shoecarnival.com/.


SOURCE Shoe Carnival, Inc.




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