| Furniture Brands International Takes Steps to Reduce Operating Costs ST. LOUIS, Dec. 11, 2008 -- Furniture Brands International announced today that the company is reducing its workforce to reflect continuing soft retail market conditions. topix.com |
Hooker Furniture has net loss of $456,000 in first quarter MARTINSVILLE, Va. a ' Hooker Furniture swung to a net loss of $456,000 from a profit a year earlier as the case goods and upholstery source's sales declined 26.7% to $52.1 million in the fiscal first quarter, ended May 3. In the same quarter last year, the company had earned $2.6 million on sales of $71 million. topix.com |
Bassett speaks out at AEP hearing Speaker after speaker passionately, pleadingly or sometimes testily implored the Virginia State Corporation Commission last Thursday to take action that current state law is unlikely to allow - that they fully reject or drastically reduce another rate increase proposed this year by Appalachian Power Co. topix.com |
Living space is 'Movin' on out' Outdoor decorating and design seem to be more a question of attitude than anything else this year. topix.com |
Share info, Azan urges furniture industry players Omar Azan, president of the Jamaica Manufacturing Association,is urging players in the furniture industry to share information, make use of clustering, and to be aggressive in their marketing to survive a tight economic climate. topix.com |