Well-heeled from its Q3 cash gains, Shoe Carnival announced on Dec. 3 it's snapping up independent shoe seller Shoe Station for $67 million in cash. Shoe Station has 21 retail outlets in the southeastern United States, along with what Shoe Carnival describes as "a comprehensive e-commerce site." The latter could help Shoe Carnival build out its e-commerce faster, along with its stated goal of rapidly expanding its brick-and-mortar retail footprint.