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Exhibit 23

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Nos. 333-60114 and 333-117231) relating to the 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan of Shoe Carnival, Inc., and the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 33-74050 and 333-44047) relating to the 1993 Stock Option and Incentive Plan of Shoe Carnival, Inc., and the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-80979) relating to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Shoe Carnival, Inc., and the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-82819) relating to the Outside Directors Stock Option Plan of Shoe Carnival, Inc. of our reports dated April 8, 2005, relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedule of Shoe Carnival, Inc. and subsidiaries (which report expressed an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the restatement described in Note 3) and to management’s report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Shoe Carnival, Inc. and subsidiaries for the year ended January 29, 2005.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Indianapolis, Indiana

April 13, 2005