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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 26, 2006 Rich Smith	Steelcase Full o' Profits Last week, office furniture specialist Steelcase reported gangbuster second-quarter 2006 profits, and its stock rocketed nearly 9% in response.
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.
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 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 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 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 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 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 September 16, 2004 Phil Wohl	Herman Miller's Sleek Success The office furniture maker is producing impressive growth overseas.
The Motley Fool June 29, 2007 Mike Cianciolo	Herman Miller Can't Afford to Relax After reporting strong results, investors dump the furniture retailer. Go figure.
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 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 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 December 21, 2006 David Meier	A Cushy Quarter for Herman Miller: Fool by Numbers The furniture designer and manufacturer released its earnings for the second quarter 2007: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights...
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 August 11, 2010 David Meier	Hooker Furniture: Deflation Fighter Compared to competitors La-Z-Boy and Furniture Brands, Hooker Furniture is better prepared to handle a deflationary environment.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Drilling Down on Herman Miller The furniture company is set to report its third-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool December 20, 2007 Rich Smith	Herman Miller's Magic Trick Office furniture manufacturer Herman Miller blew away earnings estimates in their quarterly report, turning a 1.4% sales increase into a 20% boost in profits.
The Motley Fool September 25, 2007 Rich Smith	Is Steelcase's Strength in Positive Thinking? Comparing recent earnings reports from office furniture manufacturers Steelcase and Herman Miller show two very different industry outlooks.
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 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 May 25, 2007 David Lee Smith	Natuzzi's Not So Natty Now With housing woes weighing it down, the furniture maker swings to a loss for the quarter. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 2, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	3 Stocks That Blew the Market Away Beat the market and the world will beat a path to your door. Constellation Brands... Steelcase... Herman Miller...
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 April 3, 2008 Rich Smith	Hooker Goes on a Diet This furniture retailer is a lean, mean cash flow machine.
The Motley Fool August 2, 2007 Rich Smith	Furniture Brands Stands Up Against all odds, Furniture Brands turns in a quarter better than all analysts, and themselves, predicted.
The Motley Fool September 24, 2007 Rich Smith	Seeing the Future at Apogee Glassmaker Apogee's second quarter revenue is up 20% over last year, and earnings improve by 50%. Investors take note, the future may not be as clear.
The Motley Fool June 25, 2009 Daniel Harrison	What a Bunch of La-Z-Boys The furniture retailer is using the same tricks it always has -- even though history shows they don't work.
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 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 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 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 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 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 September 17, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: It's Herman Miller Time In advance of the office furniture specialist's first-quarter 2008 earnings results, analysts are expecting an increase in sales, although at a slowing pace.
The Motley Fool February 5, 2007 Rich Smith	Furniture Brands Struggles But the news wasn't all bad -- just mostly bad. Investors in this furniture company, take note.
The Motley Fool October 26, 2006 Anders Bylund	Furniture Brands Is No Firebrand: Fool by Numbers The furniture designer and distributor released third-quarter 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights...
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 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 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 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 December 17, 2004 Mike Cianciolo	Getting Comfy With Herman Miller The maker of office furniture generates solid growth. Net earnings came in at $15.4 million, or $0.22 per share, an increase of 69.2%.
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 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 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 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.