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Shoe Carnival Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2025 Results
FORT MILL, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Shoe Carnival, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCVL) (the “Company”), a leading retailer of footwear and accessories for the family, today
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[{"type":"text","content":" FORT MILL, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nShoe Carnival, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCVL) (the “Company”), a leading retailer of footwear and accessories for the family, today reported results for the first quarter ended May 3, 2025 and reaffirmed its previously issued Fiscal 2025 outlook.\n\n\nFirst Quarter Fiscal 2025 Highlights\n\n\n\nProfits outperformed market expectations by over 10 percent with $0.34 EPS achieved.\n\n\n\nRebanner strategy delivered double-digit comparable net sales growth and accretive margins.\n\n\n\nShoe Station banner net sales grew 4.9 percent while family footwear industry declined.\n\n\n\nAccelerated expansion plan: Shoe Station to represent over 80 percent of the store fleet by March 2027.\n\n\n\nBalance sheet strengthened with no debt and over 30 percent additional cash on hand compared to first quarter 2024.\n\n\n\n“Our first quarter results reflect the continued success of our strategic transformation, with profits outperforming expectations by approximately 10 percent despite the challenging macroeconomic and retail environment,” said Mark Worden, President and Chief Executive Officer. “The Shoe Station growth strategy is working exceptionally well, delivering industry-leading sales growth and accretive margins across diverse market types. This consistent outperformance versus both Shoe Carnival and industry trends across all footwear categories has given us the confidence to accelerate our rebanner initiative.”\n\n\nMr. Worden continued, “Today, we're announcing an ambitious expansion of our rebanner strategy, with Shoe Station now expected to represent over 80 percent of our store fleet by March 2027, up from our previous target of 51 percent. We're making these investments from a position of financial strength, with growing cash reserves and no debt. This is a pivotal moment for our company as we transform from a traditional family footwear retailer to a premium brand-focused national leader in footwear.”\n\n\nFirst Quarter Operating Results\n\n\nIn first quarter 2025, the Company's Shoe Station banner contributed a 4.9 percent increase in net sales compared to first quarter 2024. These industry-leading results were primarily driven by double-digit comparable stores net sales growth from the Company's rebanner strategy. The Company's Shoe Carnival banner contributed a net sales decline of 10.0 percent. First ...