Article: Shoe Carnival Reports March Sales

EVANSVILLE, Ind., April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Shoe Carnival, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCVL), a leading retailer of value-priced footwear and accessories, today reported sales for the five-week period ended April 5, 1997 increased 4.0% to $25.2 million from sales of $24.3 million for the five-week period ended April 6, 1996. Comparable store sales increased 7.3% in March 1997. Due to store closings in 1996, the Company operated four fewer stores in March 1997, when compared to March 1996. Additionally, March 1997 includes one less day of sales due to Easter Sunday occurring in March of 1997 whereas Easter Sunday occurred on the first day of the fiscal month of April in 1996.

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