Hooker Furniture Corporation reported net sales of $56.8 million for its fiscal 2013 third quarter, a 4.8%, or $2.6 million, increase over the same period a year ago. Net income rose 7.7%, or $175,000, to $2.4 million, or $0.23 per share compared to $0.21 per share in last year's third quarter.

Fortune Brands Home & Security, parent of MasterBrand Cabinets, named Chuck Elias senior VP, strategy & corporate development. He'd been with SuperValu and Ridgefield Capital.

Herman Miller Inc. announced results for its second quarter ended December 1, 2012.

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc announced Chuck Elias has joined the company as senior vice president, strategy & corporate development.

In the latest sign of a burgeoning recovery in U.S. housing markets, the number of metropolitan areas on the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI) rose for a fifth consecutive month to 242 in January.

Smith Phillips Building Supply Inc. is pleased to announce a new strategic business partnership with Olde Towne Specialty Sales LLC of Wilkesboro, North Carolina.

Custom Woodworking Business January 2013 Digital Edition

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