shoe zone said tuesday that pretax profit fell in the first half of its fiscal year as business suffered inflationary pressures the uk footwear retailer posted a pretax profit of 153 million pounds 191 million for the 26 weeks ended april 1 from gbp306 million in the yearearlier period revenue rose to gbp7539 million from gbp6986 million the prior year the company said despite trading out of 52 fewer stores compared with a year earlier shoe zone delivered a robust and positive performance in the period against a backdrop of consumer uncertainty and macroeconomic volatility it said the board proposed an interim dividend of 25 pence a share in line with the previous year