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Organization and Description of Business	12 Months Ended
Organization and Description of Business	Jan. 28, 2012
Business Description And Basis Of Presentation [Abstract]
Organization and Description of Business	Note 1 – Organization and Description of Business Our consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Shoe Carnival, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries SCHC, Inc. and Shoe Carnival Ventures, LLC, and SCLC, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SCHC, Inc. (collectively referred to as “we”, “our” or “us”). All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. Our primary activity is the sale of footwear and related products through our retail stores in 32 states within the continental United States in addition to our e-commerce site, which we launched in the third quarter of fiscal 2011.