Shoe Carnival Inc. provides earnings guidance for the fourth quarter ending February 1, 2014. The company expects fourth quarter net sales to be in the range of $203 to $205 million with a comparable store sales decrease of up to 1%. Earnings per diluted share in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 are expected to be in the range of $0.03 to $0.06.

In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, net sales were $205.7 million, comparable store sales increased 0.5% and the company earned $0.13 per diluted share. The company expects comparable store sales for the month of January ending February 1, 2014 to be flat to down 4% compared to the four weeks ended February 2, 2013.