US footwear chain Shoe Carnival, Inc. has announced increased sales and earnings for the second quarter ended July 30, 2005. Net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 increased 39% to $2.7 million compared with $1.9 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2004. Net sales increased 7.6% to $148.7 million from $138.1 million last year.

Mark Lemond, president and chief executive officer stated, "Our customers have responded well to the increased fashion content of our women's and men's non-athletic merchandise. Both of these categories have shown strong comparable sales increases for the second quarter and the year-to-date period. We are making significant progress towards our long-term goal of increasing our women's non-athletic sales to 28 to 30% of our total sales.”