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The Motley Fool October 18, 2005 Jeremy MacNealy	Is It Time to Cozy Up to Stanley? Stanley Furniture sees a tougher sales environment ahead. A clean balance sheet, a nice dividend, and leadership that is doing a good job of keeping inventory levels in check are all reasons for investors to have some peace of mind.
The Motley Fool February 17, 2005 Rich Smith	The Furniture's Piling Up What's with the inventories at furniture makers? Five of the major furniture makers are seeing inventory growth outstripping sales growth by wide margins. Investors need to keep an eye on this trend.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2007 Rich Smith	Stanley Still Short The tool maker's first-quarter was bad, and things will get worse before they get better. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2005 Nathan Parmelee	Stanley's Furniture Piles Up Inventory levels at Stanley Furniture are still a concern. It's not a pretty result for this quarter, but Stanley is not dearly priced.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2007 Rich Smith	Stanley Steeped in Sorrow Despite all its woes, Stanley remains ever-so-slightly free-cash-flow positive for the year to date. Eventually, people will start buying houses again, and furniture to fill 'em. Then the sun can come back out for Stanley.
The Motley Fool September 18, 2006 Rich Smith	Stanley Sneezes After Stanley Furniture announced declining sales, shares opened 9% lower before paring their losses to just 4%. Other furniture stocks followed.
The Motley Fool April 17, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Stanley Survives Though others in this space have suffered a downgrade, it seems investors have enough confidence in the first quarter 2006 earnings news that Stanley Furniture will report tomorrow that they're willing to give the company the benefit of the doubt here.
The Motley Fool November 10, 2004 Alyce Lomax	A La-Z-Boy Letdown The company lowered third-quarter guidance down to $0.11 to $0.14 per share; the consensus estimate was previously $0.25 per share. Given the variables, it's no wonder investors soured on the stock today.
The Motley Fool February 8, 2005 Rich Smith	Street Spurns Stanley's Sweet Talk Furniture maker's solid quarterly numbers came with some baggage that may have unnerved potential suitors.
The Motley Fool September 14, 2006 Rich Duprey	A Threadbare Furniture Market Investors, the retail furniture industry is apparently having the stuffing beat out of it these days. A convergence of trends is making the industry look a little ragged.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Searching for Stanley Stanley's management said all the right things in its earnings release three months ago. Now shareholders need to make sure that management's deeds continue to match its words.
The Motley Fool October 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Reading Stanley's Signals The furniture maker is holding its own in a slowing industry. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 18, 2006 Seth Jayson	No Surprise at Stanley Sales and earnings are flagging at furniture maker, but there might be a decent value here.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2005 Nathan Parmelee	Another Dent at Hooker Furniture Inventory levels and sliding sales of domestically produced furniture continue to plague the company. Should prices dip back toward the lows of a couple months ago, the shares would offer a very attractive opportunity to investors who can afford to be patient.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2005 Rich Duprey	Hooker Furniture Gets Scratched Furniture maker misses estimates on weak domestic sales and flat future. But there may yet be opportunities to get Hooker at even better prices.
The Motley Fool October 12, 2004 Phil Wohl	Stanley Furniture Gets Comfortable The wood furniture maker uses a niche strategy to work around industry problems. Shares are trading at an attractive 14 times the 2004 earnings estimate of $3.12 per share, which is at a steep discount relative to the 30%-plus growth expected this year.
The Motley Fool April 3, 2008 Rich Smith	Hooker Goes on a Diet This furniture retailer is a lean, mean cash flow machine.
The Motley Fool January 29, 2008 Anders Bylund	Stanley Swoons: Fool by Numbers The fast facts on Stanley Furniture's 2007 fiscal year results.
The Motley Fool November 17, 2006 Rich Smith	A Prescient but La-Z-Boy Enough with playing Wall Street's earnings game. La-Z-Boy won; Wall Street lost; case closed. What about the big picture?
The Motley Fool April 17, 2008 Rich Smith	Stanley Stumbles Reduced profitability on declining sales dropped earnings per share for the furniture manufacturer.
The Motley Fool November 12, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: La-Z-Boy Unstuffed In advance of earnings reports, analysts expect the furniture manufacturer to show a slide in sales and a slight rise in profits.
The Motley Fool January 29, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Uncomfortable Furniture Brands The furniture company is set to release its fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings results. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	What's Hounding Bassett? The furniture company is retooling to take advantage of lower-cost imports, but will that be enough to kick-start growth? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2005 Rich Smith	Easy Chairs, Hard Lessons Hooker loses to Stanley as a small-cap stock recommendation.
The Motley Fool September 7, 2007 Lawrence A. Rothman	Hooker Furniture Hooks a Profit Profits got a boost at Hooker Furniture, despite sluggish sales from the challenging environment, due to improved margins and lower expenses.
The Motley Fool December 13, 2006 Rich Smith	Furniture Gone Fishin' Broyhill's not the only firm to announce production cutbacks; what's more, it's not even the latest. That title belongs (temporarily, until the next shoe drops) to: Stanley Furniture, which announced last evening that it, too, needs to downsize.
The Motley Fool July 17, 2007	Stanley Furniture Still Uncomfortable: Fool by Numbers As a result of deteriorating business conditions in the industry, management at Stanley Furniture lower sales and earnings guidance. Charts show the story.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	Ethan Allen Looks Solid Is the furniture industry turning around, or is Ethan Allen's success unique? Breaking with tradition, the furniture maker stated that it will achieve 8.5% earning growth in its third quarter, and it agrees with analysts estimates for its fourth quarter.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Furniture Branded a Likely Loser For the first time in its entire reporting history, Furniture Brands is expected to post a loss. Was its second-quarter really that bad? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2007 Markos Kaminis	Ethan Allen's Masterful Q4 Decor Despite a difficult operating environment, Ethan Allen masterfully managed costs and inventory to preserve EPS in spite of a revenue decline.
The Motley Fool July 13, 2004 Seth Jayson	Stanley Furniture Gets Comfy Stanley Furniture's stock jumps on strong revenue and earnings, and it may keep climbing.
The Motley Fool August 18, 2006 Rich Smith	Unstuffing La-Z-Boy The furniture make disappointed investors this week. In response, shareholders dropped the stock 4% after the earnings report. Was it an over-reaction?
The Motley Fool May 31, 2005 Seth Jayson	Hooker Loses Respect on Street The furniture maker's shares have been punished in the wake of a sales slowdown. Is the pain over?
The Motley Fool November 3, 2006 Rich Smith	Way Too Much Furniture Brands Inventories grow far too fast at this furniture furnisher. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Ethan Allen Sees Green Will new homeowners get home-furnishing-happy? Ethan Allen hopes so.
The Motley Fool March 23, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Bombay Heads South Investors get more of the same from Bombay.
The Motley Fool November 15, 2007 Rich Smith	La-Z-Boy Unstuffed The CEO of La-Z-Boy comments on the company's reasonable profit margins, looking for anything he can to make this quarter look good.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Will Ethan Allen Crack? For four quarters running, the furniture retailer has beaten not just its analysts' best profits guesses, but its year-previous records as well. Will it streak come to an end when it reports fiscal first-quarter 2007?
The Motley Fool November 17, 2006 Rich Smith	Haverty Lounges in Style Investors, here is how the furniture retailer has done on average over the last three quarters.
The Motley Fool May 7, 2007 Rich Smith	Furniture Branded Better break out the hide-a-bed, furniture investors. It's going to be a long, cold night.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Furniture Struggles With Its Brands Furniture Brands may be just like any other struggling furniture firm these days. Discerning the winners from the losers almost always comes down to certain investing basics, such as following the cash flow.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2007 Rich Smith	It's Bad When Sales Decline, Right? Furniture Brands, the company behind Broyhill, Lane, and Thomasville, reported yet another quarter of declining sales.
The Motley Fool September 22, 2005 Jeremy MacNealy	Herman Miller Sits in High Style The office furniture company's robust growth could continue through 2006. The company's stock has doubled in value over the last few years.
The Motley Fool August 16, 2007 Rich Smith	La-Z-Boy Gets a Whippin' La-Z-Boys sales, like its trademark chairs, are soft. Latest quarterly reports show a 13% decline in sales, which management blames on the continuing challenging furniture environment.
The Motley Fool August 7, 2008 Rich Smith	Furniture Brands: Some Reassembly Required Bad as it seems, if you look closer, Furniture Brands quarterly report wasn't so bad.
The Motley Fool January 7, 2008 Rich Smith	Time to Dive Back In? It's been years since investors in the retail furniture industry have seen anything much resembling "good news." But, maybe it is darkest before the dawn.
The Motley Fool April 25, 2007	Ethan Allen Loses Style in Q3: Fool by Numbers The furniture company released earnings for the third-quarter 2007: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights...
The Motley Fool September 21, 2007 Rich Smith	Quick Take: What's Furniture Brands' Game? Furniture Brands warns that sales will decline in Q3, but will the actual numbers come in better than expected, as they did in Q2?
The Motley Fool January 26, 2007 Rich Smith	Ethan Allen's Earnings Potpourri The furniture maker and retailer missed both analysts' earnings target and their revenue goal -- the latter by a whopping 5%.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2008 Rich Smith	What Language Is Hooker Speaking? A lot of the things furniture manufacturer Hooker said in their second quarterly report don't mean what Hooker seems to think they mean.