<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000895447-25-000032.txt : 20250613
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000895447-25-000032
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250612
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250613
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250613

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WEAVER WAYNE J
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001033310
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21360
		FILM NUMBER:		251046363

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TWO STAMFORD PLAZA
		STREET 2:		281 TRESSER BLVD P O BOX 1214
		CITY:			STAMFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06904-1214

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SHOE CARNIVAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000895447
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-SHOE STORES [5661]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	07 Trade & Services
		EIN:				351736614
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1800 INNOVATION POINT
		STREET 2:		5TH FLOOR
		CITY:			FORT MILL
		STATE:			SC
		ZIP:			29715
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8036504600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1800 INNOVATION POINT
		STREET 2:		5TH FLOOR
		CITY:			FORT MILL
		STATE:			SC
		ZIP:			29715
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        <issuerCik>0000895447</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SHOE CARNIVAL INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SCVL</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001033310</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>WEAVER WAYNE J</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>1800 INNOVATION POINT</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>5TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>FORT MILL</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>SC</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>29715</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD</officerTitle>
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    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2025-06-12</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>G</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>166666</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>4833178</value>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                    <value>by Spouse</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">The shares were gifted by Delores B. Weaver, the reporting person's spouse, to a donor-advised charitable gift fund as part of her estate planning.  The reporting person's spouse has no control over, and cannot direct the disposition of, the gifted shares by the charitable gift fund and has no pecuniary interest in the gifted shares.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: Patrick C. Edwards For: J. Wayne Weaver</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-06-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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