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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 April 3, 2008 Rich Smith	Hooker Goes on a Diet This furniture retailer is a lean, mean cash flow machine.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 October 8, 2007 Rich Smith	Bassett Plays Alive Operating profit improved for the furniture manufacturer this quarter, but only due to a tax benefit. Investors, take note.
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 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 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 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 April 17, 2008 Rich Smith	Stanley Stumbles Reduced profitability on declining sales dropped earnings per share for the furniture manufacturer.
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 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 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 4, 2007 Rich Smith	Bassett Bays Investors largely seem to have looked at the 15% year-over-year decline in sales, noticed that it was smaller than the 16% to 18% that Bassett management had predicted one month ago, and decided the shares deserved to be bid up a bit.
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 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 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 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 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 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 November 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Natuzzi Impresses, Warns The Italian furniture company's profitability is better than expected. The real question for investors to ponder is whether the firm can maintain this performance.
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 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 January 17, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Relax With Ethan Allen Not all furniture makers are struggling. Even better for its investors, analysts have again set the bar low for Ethan Allen tomorrow.
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 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 March 27, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Bassett Bays Bassett Furniture is set to report its first-quarter 2007 earnings results. Investors, here is what you can expect to find.
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 November 17, 2004 Rich Smith	Natuzzi. Now, That's Italian! Year-to-date sales were almost absolutely flat for the Italian leather furniture maker. On a euro basis, quarterly sales were down nearly 5% year-on-year. Gross margins were essentially unchanged. Net profits fell 20%.
The Motley Fool September 4, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Hooker Back on the Street In advance of Q2 fiscal 2008 earnings reports, analysts think that Hooker Furniture may be headed in the right direction.
The Motley Fool June 29, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Bassett Is No Dog Despite being in the furniture business, Bassett is holding its own and paying a decent dividend.
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 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 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.