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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 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 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 July 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Very Same Furniture Brands The furniture maker reports its second-quarter earnings tomorrow morning. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?
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 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 June 6, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: New & Improved Hooker The furniture company is set to report its first-quarter 2008 earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to find.
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 July 16, 2007 Rich Smith	Bassett Leaves a Present For its fiscal second quarter, Bassett reported a 14% decline in sales, and a $0.20-per-share loss -- quite a reversal from the $0.24 per share in profit that Bassett fetched this time last year.
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 February 20, 2007 Rich Smith	Earnings Twofer: Hooker & La-Z-Boy Here is a look at the earnings reports from these two furniture companies to see whether the whole of their news makes up more than the sum of its parts. Investors, take note.
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 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 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 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 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 3, 2008 Rich Smith	Hooker Goes on a Diet This furniture retailer is a lean, mean cash flow machine.
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 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 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 June 14, 2007 Rich Smith	Motley Furniture News Furniture Brands investors got a rare bit of good news last night, as the company released a sales update suggesting that things aren't quite as bad as they were looking last month.
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 September 27, 2007 Rich Smith	Disassembling Furniture Brands For the second time in one week, the furniture maker announces that it will shutter one of its factories.
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 October 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Marking Furniture Brands The furniture maker reports its third-quarter 2006 earnings. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?
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 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 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 August 21, 2008 Rich Smith	More of the Same From La-Z-Boy The fiscal first quarter of 2009 saw sales continue sliding, down 7% this time around. Losses from continuing operations again amounted to $0.17 per share, the same as last year.realtors
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 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 5, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Constellation Bottles Another Quarter: Fool by Numbers The producer and marketer of wine and other alcoholic beverages released fiscal second-quarter 2007 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights...
The Motley Fool January 26, 2006 Tim Beyers	A Q2 Sun Burn: Fool by Numbers Sun Microsystems released second-quarter earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights*...
The Motley Fool August 6, 2004 Rich Smith	Reed Elsevier's Fine Print European publisher illustrates how pro forma accounting knows no borders.
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 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 January 7, 2004 Rex Moore	Constellation Brands Shines On The pieces are falling in place for the world's largest wine producer.
The Motley Fool August 5, 2005 Rich Smith	eCollege Opens its Books Financials become more transparent, and the company looks like a better investment because of it.
The Motley Fool July 18, 2006 Seth Jayson	Stanley Sits a Spell: Fool by Numbers Stanley Furniture released second-quarter 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights...
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 June 30, 2005 Seth Jayson	Fool by Numbers: Hooker Furniture Q2 2005 The furniture maker released second quarter 2005 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Balance Sheet Highlights... Margin Checkup... Cash Flow Highlights...
The Motley Fool March 15, 2007 Rich Smith	La-Z-Boy Gets Busy The furniture maker announced a further round of restructuring aimed at aligning its production capacity with the tastes of the American consumer. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2005 Seth Jayson	Hooker Furniture Getting Bloated? Great results bode well for investors, but keep an eye on inventories.
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 July 20, 2005 Rich Smith	American Standard vs. the Street's Standard Sometimes, even "great" isn't good enough. Investors in this home fixture maker, take note.
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 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 August 23, 2005 Rich Smith	La-Z-Boy's Latest, Greatest Excuse The company reports a good quarter but invents a whopper of an excuse for falling shy of expectations. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 18, 2005 Seth Jayson	Fool by Numbers: Mattel Q2 2005 The toy-maker posts second quarter earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights...
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.