Furniture Brands International reports a $24.5 million net loss, 10 times higher than in Q3 2010. Sales fell 5.1 percent.

SunBelt Furniture Xpress has broken ground on a 17,000 square foot expansion of its Hickory NC cross dock facility with expected completion in November; and took delivery on 30 new trailers..

Furniture Brands International (NYSE: FBN), investing in SAP computer systems and off shore manufacturing, said sales rose $296.2 million, an increase of 2.3% versus the second quarter of 2010, but its net loss increased to $6.6 million.

ST. LOUIS -- Furniture Brands International (NYSE:FBN) reported that its fiscal 2010 sales are expected to total approximately $1.158 billion.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 11, 2011 -- Furniture Brands International (NYSE:FBN) today announced that the company expects net sales for the fourth quarter of 2010 to total approximately $274 million.

ST. LOUIS -- Furniture Brands International plans to develop an existing facility in Merida, on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, to provide cut-and-sew kits for its U.S.-based upholstery operations.

It wouldn't be the first time I added 2 and 2 and got 5, but the fact that Ashley Furniture is eyeing Furniture Brand's Thomasville RTA furniture plant in Virginia, makes me wonder if it is the unnamed company that had made a play for Mill's Pride's RTA cabinet plant in Ohio.

The old adage, "The bigger they come, the harder they fall," has been widely evidenced in the headlines of dozens of news stories posted on Woodworking Network over the past few months. From Chapter 11 filings and major restructurings to plant layoffs and facility shutdowns, the major players have pulled out all the stops to navigate through the "Great Recession."

Furniture Brands International says announced that it has taken several steps to broaden its sourcing options for casegoods customers that it serves in the contract and ready-to-assemble (RTA) businesses.

ST. LOUIS, MO -- Furniture Brands International announced it intends to close its Thomasville ready-to-assemble furniture and contract furniture plant in Appomattox, VA, early next year.