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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 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 14, 2004 Rich Smith	Hooker Takes a Hit Restructuring costs at the furniture maker crimp quarterly profits.
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.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2005 Rich Smith	Furniture Maker in the Hot Seat Hooker Furniture has some bright spots, but it's not out of the woods yet. The furniture maker missed earning estimates again and suffered a year-over-year quarterly earnings decline.
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 January 12, 2006 Rich Smith	Hooker Furniture Marked Down Bad news and more bad news for the embattled furniture maker. 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 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 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 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 September 30, 2005 Rich Smith	Bassett Tracks Hooker Bassett Furniture follows in Hooker Furniture's consolidating footsteps. The company received a pat on the back for its performance, with its stock having risen more than 5% for the day yesterday.
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 3, 2008 Rich Smith	Hooker Goes on a Diet This furniture retailer is a lean, mean cash flow machine.
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 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 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 June 11, 2007 Rich Smith	Hooker Punished Optimism over the firm's new business model -- importing furniture made by others -- and the high-margin sales it offered gave way to disappointment when those margins failed to make an appearance in the first quarter of a new and improved fiscal 2008. Investors, take note.
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 June 21, 2004 Rich Smith	Hooker Latches on to Profits Hooker Furniture decides that free trade is a good thing after all.
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 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 July 28, 2005 Rich Smith	Siren's Song Remains the Same Marine Products retells last quarter's tale. Once again, the most obvious results of the boat maker's operations last quarter have left the average investor seriously confused.
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 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 April 5, 2007 Seth Jayson	How YOU Doin', Natuzzi? A slowdown in the Italian furniture maker's biz may make for a good buy.
The Motley Fool July 7, 2004 Rich Smith	Four-Dimensional Stocks Einstein would understand how a stock whose price has risen can still be cheap.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2005 Rich Smith	Strike Three for Hooker The furniture manufacturer announced that that it will close its third plant in as many years. Investors are less than eager to stick around to see how its latest plan plays out.
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 11, 2004 Matt Logan	La-Z-Boy's Sales Recline Remain seated: These earnings are nothing to get up for.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2006 Rich Smith	Hooker's Stinky Perfume If third-quarter profits were so good, why is the stock down 2%?
The Motley Fool August 23, 2005 Nathan Parmelee	Cost Plus Piles Up the Inventory Cost Plus needs to get its balance sheet under control. The underlying company does have potential and the shares are not expensive.
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 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 July 1, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	One for the Couch Potato Last night, Hooker Furniture announced its 10th consecutive quarter of year-over-year sales growth as margins widened to produce even stronger earnings.
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 March 1, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Unearthing a Bargain? Mine Safety has a strong quarter but misses analysts' earnings projections. The stock is now trading at 21 times trailing earnings.
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 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 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 March 23, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Bombay Heads South Investors get more of the same from Bombay.
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 23, 2005 Mike Cianciolo	Fossil: Great Discovery or Old Rock? The maker of watches and accessories sets a record but predicts a slowdown.
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 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 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 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 March 26, 2004 Seth Jayson	Natuzzi: Italian Furniture on Sale? Its low P/E ratio and strong brand make Natuzzi look like a bargain; is it a value trap?
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 June 2, 2005 Matt Thurmond	Quality Systems or Not? Quality Systems' growth prospects were trading at a discount back in 2003. Those days are gone. But does that mean you shouldn't buy?