Employee Benefit Plans	12 Months Ended
Jan. 29, 2022
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]
Employee Benefit Plans	Note 12 – Employee Benefit Plans Retirement Savings Plans Our Board of Directors-approved Shoe Carnival Retirement Savings Plan (the “Domestic Savings Plan”) is open to all employees working in the continental United States who have been employed for at least one year, are at least 21 years of age and who work at least 1,000 hours in a defined year. The primary savings mechanism under the Domestic Savings Plan is a 401(k) plan under which an employee may contribute up to 20% of annual earnings with a matching Company contribution up to the first 4% at a rate of 50%. Our contributions to the participants’ accounts become fully vested when participants reach their third anniversary of employment with us. Our Board of Directors-approved Shoe Carnival Puerto Rico Savings Plan (the “Puerto Rico Savings Plan”) is open to all employees working in Puerto Rico who have been employed for at least one year, are at least 21 years of age and who work at least 1,000 hours in a defined year. This plan is similar to our Domestic Savings Plan, whereby an employee may contribute up to 20% of his or her annual earnings, with a matching Company contribution up to the first 4% at a rate of 50%. Contributions charged to expense associated with these plans were $949,000, $851,000 and $818,000 in fiscal years 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Deferred Compensation Plan We have a non-qualified deferred compensation plan for certain key employees who, due to Internal Revenue Service guidelines, cannot take full advantage of the employer-sponsored 401(k) plan. Participants in the plan may elect on an annual basis to defer, on a pre-tax basis, portions of their current compensation until retirement, or earlier if so elected. We voluntarily match a portion of the employees’ contributions, which is subject to vesting requirements. The compensation deferred under this plan is credited with earnings or losses measured by the rate of return on investments elected by plan participants. Compensation expense for our match and earnings on the deferred amounts was $1.3 million for fiscal 2021 and $2.0 million for both fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2019. The total deferred compensation liability at January 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021 was $14.6 million and $16.4 million, respectively, of which $3.7 million and $393,000 was classified as accrued and other liabilities at January 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021, respectively.

Employee Benefit Plans

12 Months Ended

Jan. 29, 2022

Note 12 – Employee Benefit Plans

Retirement Savings Plans

Our Board of Directors-approved Shoe Carnival Retirement Savings Plan (the “Domestic Savings Plan”) is open to all employees working in the continental United States who have been employed for at least one year, are at least 21 years of age and who work at least 1,000 hours in a defined year. The primary savings mechanism under the Domestic Savings Plan is a 401(k) plan under which an employee may contribute up to 20% of annual earnings with a matching Company contribution up to the first 4% at a rate of 50%. Our contributions to the participants’ accounts become fully vested when participants reach their third anniversary of employment with us.

Our Board of Directors-approved Shoe Carnival Puerto Rico Savings Plan (the “Puerto Rico Savings Plan”) is open to all employees working in Puerto Rico who have been employed for at least one year, are at least 21 years of age

and who work at least 1,000 hours in a defined year. This plan is similar to our Domestic Savings Plan, whereby an employee may contribute up to 20% of his or her annual earnings, with a matching Company contribution up to the first 4% at a rate of 50%.

Contributions charged to expense associated with these plans were $949,000, $851,000 and $818,000 in fiscal years 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Deferred Compensation Plan

We have a non-qualified deferred compensation plan for certain key employees who, due to Internal Revenue Service guidelines, cannot take full advantage of the employer-sponsored 401(k) plan. Participants in the plan may elect on an annual basis to defer, on a pre-tax basis, portions of their current compensation until retirement, or earlier if so elected. We voluntarily match a portion of the employees’ contributions, which is subject to vesting requirements. The compensation deferred under this plan is credited with earnings or losses measured by the rate of return on investments elected by plan participants. Compensation expense for our match and earnings on the deferred amounts was $1.3 million for fiscal 2021 and $2.0 million for both fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2019. The total deferred compensation liability at January 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021 was $14.6 million and $16.4 million, respectively, of which $3.7 million and $393,000 was classified as accrued and other liabilities at January 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021, respectively.