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Shoe Carnival Inc – ‘10-K’ for 2/1/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Tuesday, 3/31/20, at 11:19am ET   ·   For:  2/1/20   ·   Accession #:  1564590-20-14433   ·   File #:  0-21360

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/31/20  Shoe Carnival Inc                 10-K        2/01/20   86:10M                                    ActiveDisclosure/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML    905K 
 2: EX-4.D      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     46K 
 3: EX-10.C     Material Contract                                   HTML     33K 
 4: EX-10.S     Material Contract                                   HTML     60K 
 5: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     24K 
 6: EX-23       Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     24K 
 7: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 8: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 9: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
10: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
38: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     87K 
82: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    101K 
52: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     33K 
32: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML     76K 
39: R5          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML     93K 
83: R6          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML     26K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
53: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    115K 
30: R8          Organization and Description of Business            HTML     27K 
42: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    199K 
41: R10         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML     61K 
29: R11         Revenue                                             HTML    152K 
55: R12         Property and Equipment and Hosted Cloud Computing   HTML     55K 
                Arrangements                                                     
81: R13         Accrued and Other Liabilities                       HTML     50K 
40: R14         Debt                                                HTML     30K 
28: R15         Leases                                              HTML     74K 
54: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML    192K 
80: R17         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     47K 
37: R18         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    155K 
31: R19         Share Repurchase Plan                               HTML     28K 
60: R20         Business Risk                                       HTML     27K 
69: R21         Litigation Matters                                  HTML     28K 
44: R22         Quarterly Results (Unaudited)                       HTML    114K 
18: R23         New Accounting Pronouncements                       HTML     27K 
59: R24         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     29K 
68: R25         Schedule Ii - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     55K 
43: R26         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    252K 
                (Policies)                                                       
17: R27         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    159K 
                (Tables)                                                         
61: R28         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML     60K 
67: R29         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML    138K 
84: R30         Property and Equipment and Hosted Cloud Computing   HTML     54K 
                Arrangements (Tables)                                            
57: R31         Accrued and Other Liabilities (Tables)              HTML     49K 
26: R32         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     68K 
35: R33         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    194K 
85: R34         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML     40K 
58: R35         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    151K 
27: R36         Quarterly Results (Unaudited) (Tables)              HTML    113K 
36: R37         Organization and Description of Business            HTML     25K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
86: R38         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     53K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
56: R39         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     74K 
                (Schedule of Net Income per Share) (Details)                     
70: R40         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Schedule of    HTML     33K 
                Financial Instruments Measure at Fair Value on                   
                Recurring Basis) (Details)                                       
63: R41         Revenue (Schedule of Revenue Disaggregation by      HTML     65K 
                Product Category) (Details)                                      
22: R42         Revenue (Narrative) (Details)                       HTML     36K 
47: R43         Property and Equipment and Hosted Cloud Computing   HTML     42K 
                Arrangements (Details)                                           
71: R44         Property and Equipment and Hosted Cloud Computing   HTML     41K 
                Arrangements (Narrative) (Details)                               
64: R45         Accrued and Other Liabilities (Details)             HTML     39K 
23: R46         Debt (Narrative) (Details)                          HTML     44K 
48: R47         Schedule of Lease Related Costs (Details)           HTML     34K 
72: R48         Schedule of Other Information Related to Leases     HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R49         Undiscounted Cash Flows to Operating Lease          HTML     48K 
                Liabilities on Consolidated Balance Sheet                        
                (Details)                                                        
50: R50         Lease - Additional Information (Details)            HTML     48K 
79: R51         Income Taxes (Schedule of the Provision for Income  HTML     59K 
                Taxes) (Details)                                                 
34: R52         Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     44K 
25: R53         Income Taxes (Schedule of Reconciliation of         HTML     56K 
                Statutory Income Tax Rate) (Details)                             
49: R54         Income Taxes (Schedule of Deferred Income Tax       HTML     58K 
                Assets/Liabilities) (Details)                                    
77: R55         Employee Benefit Plans (Narrative) (Details)        HTML     71K 
33: R56         Employee Benefit Plans (Schedule of Stock-based     HTML     32K 
                Compensation Expense) (Details)                                  
24: R57         Employee Benefit Plans (Schedule of Stock-based     HTML     28K 
                Compensation Expense) (Parenthetical) (Details)                  
51: R58         Stock Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details)      HTML     96K 
76: R59         Stock-Based Compensation (Summary of Restricted     HTML     58K 
                Stock Awards Transactions) (Details)                             
46: R60         Stock-Based Compensation (Schedule of Stock-based   HTML     35K 
                Compensation Expense for Stock Options, Restricted               
                Stock, Performance Stock and SARs) (Details)                     
20: R61         Stock-Based Compensation (Summary of SARs           HTML     48K 
                Activity) (Details)                                              
66: R62         Stock Based Compensation (Schedule of SARs          HTML     49K 
                Assumptions) (Details)                                           
75: R63         Share Repurchase Plan (Narrative) (Details)         HTML     39K 
45: R64         Business Risk (Narrative) (Details)                 HTML     33K 
19: R65         Quarterly Results (Unaudited) (Details)             HTML     54K 
65: R66         Subsequent Events (Narrative) (Details)             HTML     36K 
73: R67         Schedule Ii - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
21: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    153K 
74: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     90K 
11: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- scvl-20200201                       XML   2.77M 
13: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- scvl-20200201_cal               XML    178K 
14: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- scvl-20200201_def                XML    395K 
15: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- scvl-20200201_lab                     XML   1.14M 
16: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- scvl-20200201_pre              XML    852K 
12: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- scvl-20200201                         XSD    154K 
78: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001564590-20-014433-xbrl      Zip    159K

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