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Shoe Carnival Announces CEO Transition and Full Year Fiscal 2025 Preliminary Results
FORT MILL, S.C., February 25, 2026--Shoe Carnival, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCVL), a leading retailer of footwear and accessories for the family, announced today that Cliff Sifford, the Company’s current Vice Chairman of the Board, has been named the Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective February 24, 2026. Mr. Sifford succeeds Mark Worden, who departed from his position as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and resigned as a member of the Board of Director
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