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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 April 3, 2008 Rich Smith	Hooker Goes on a Diet This furniture retailer is a lean, mean cash flow machine.
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 April 21, 2006 Jim Mueller	Stanley's Steaming Sputters The possible beginnings of a housing bubble collapse and inefficiencies affect Stanley Furniture. Investors, don't be surprised if Stanley lowers guidance again as the year progresses.
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 May 26, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Lazy La-Z-Boy The recliner specialist reclines after a soft close to its fiscal year.
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 July 19, 2005 Rich Smith	Easy Chairs, Hard Lessons Hooker loses to Stanley as a small-cap stock recommendation.
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 January 29, 2008 Anders Bylund	Stanley Swoons: Fool by Numbers The fast facts on Stanley Furniture's 2007 fiscal year results.
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 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 January 12, 2004 Seth Jayson	Mixed Bag for Bassett With its restructuring mostly over, Bassett Furniture Industries needs to focus on execution now.
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 October 25, 2007 Rich Smith	Ethan Allen Jilts the Jinx Year-over-year the furniture retailer reports a sales increase of 2.4%, despite uncertainty with respect to the economy and an overall softer retail environment.
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 July 6, 2007	Sagging Sales at Bassett Furniture: Fool by Numbers The furniture maker and retailer released earnings for the second-quarter 2007: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights...
The Motley Fool February 19, 2004 Rich Smith	Hooker's Free Trade U-Turn The furniture maker outsources a lot of its furniture production to China, then signed on to an American funiture manufacturers complaint about China selling bedroom furniture too cheaply in the US. Chine responds by threatening slow production of other goods.
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 January 25, 2008 Rich Smith	Ethan Allen Clears the Table Lowered expectations lead to a stock surge after the furniture retailer reports Q2 earnings.
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 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 October 26, 2006 Rich Smith	Ethan Allen Cracks One reason Ethan Allen didn't take much of a hit this week is the stock buyback program mentioned in its earnings release.
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 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 January 25, 2007	Ennui for Ethan Allen?: Fool by Numbers The furniture company released its second-quarter 2007 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights...
The Motley Fool February 11, 2004 Matt Logan	La-Z-Boy's Sales Recline Remain seated: These earnings are nothing to get up for.
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 April 28, 2005 Lawrence Meyers	Ethan Allen Takes a Seat Fine furniture doesn't translate to big stock returns.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2004 Rex Moore	One Stock to Get Hooked On Hooker Furniture is a family-run operation that was founded back in 1924, and it has all the things you like to see in a business, including a modest valuation.
The Motley Fool May 13, 2005 Rich Smith	Hooker's Sales U-Turn The furniture maker predicts declining sales next quarter. Hooker's stock currently trades for $15 a stub, making for the easiest of P/E ratio calculations: Hooker trades at a P/E of 10.
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 June 8, 2005 Nathan Parmelee	A Well-Assembled La-Z-Boy La-Z-Boy turns in a healthy quarter of free cash flow. Investors get a company with a solid balance sheet, a commitment to reducing its debt, share repurchases, and a juicy 3.2% dividend yield.
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 August 10, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	La-Z-Boy's Hazy Ploy The recliner specialist's stock is trading for half of what it peaked at two years ago.
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 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 February 2, 2004 Rich Smith	Hooker Skewers Chinese Partners Hooker Furniture accuses its own Chinese partners of "dumping" product on the U.S. market.
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 June 27, 2007 Rich Smith	Steelcase Scores Office furniture maker Steelcase reported a stunningly successful start to its fiscal year, however, its stock fell.
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.