MARTINSVILLE, Va., March 20, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Hooker Furniture Corporation (Nasdaq:HOFT) will present its 2008 fourth quarter and annual financial results via teleconference and live internet web cast on Thursday morning April 3, 2008 at 9:00 AM Eastern Time. The dial-in number for domestic callers is 877-604-9665, and 719-325-4844 is the number for international callers.
Due to a change in Hooker Furniture's fiscal year, the Company's 2008 fiscal year began January 29, 2007 and ended February 3, 2008. The Company is comparing its operating results for its
-- 53-week 2008 fiscal year with its twelve-month 2006 fiscal
year that began December 1, 2005 and ended November 30, 2006,
and
-- fiscal 2008 14-week fourth quarter that began October 29, 2007
and ended February 3, 2008 with the 2007 two-month transition
period that began December 1, 2006 and ended January 28, 2007
(the "2007 transition period").
The call will be simultaneously web cast and archived for replay on the Company's web site at www.hookerfurniture.com in the Investor Relations section.
Ranked among the nation's top 10 largest publicly traded furniture sources based on 2006 shipments to U.S. retailers, Hooker Furniture is an 84-year-old residential wood, metal and upholstered furniture resource. The Company's principal customers are home furnishings retailers who are broadly dispersed throughout North America. Major wood furniture product categories include home entertainment, home office, accent, dining, bedroom and bath furniture sold under the Hooker Furniture brand, and youth bedroom furniture sold under the Opus Designs brand. Hooker's residential seating companies include Cherryville, N.C.-based Bradington-Young, a specialist in upscale motion and stationary leather furniture, and Bedford, Va.-based Sam Moore Furniture, a specialist in upscale occasional chairs with an emphasis on cover-to-frame customization. Please visit our websites at www.hookerfurniture.com and www.bradington-young.com and www.sammoore.com and www.opusdesigns.net.
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