Bugatch sees a model for La-Z-Boy in Ethan Allen Interiors, another one of his favorites.
Shares of furniture retailer Ethan Allen fell nearly 3% after the company reported substantial declines in January and February.
When the bottoms dropped out of the housing and stock markets, publicly traded Ethan Allen Interiors (NYSE:ETH) felt the effects.
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Hoping to license his designs--they evoke Shaker austerity, with a whiff of Frank Lloyd Wright--Green approached giants like Ethan Allen and Masco.
"There are really pretty Ethan Allen and Pottery Barn houses that anybody could step into and live, " said Molly Wellik, a neighbor.
The problem with Ethan Allen, according to Del Vecchio, is the furniture company's practice of importing more of its inventory from contractors in Asia.
First Union Securities analyst John Baugh likes the firm's business model in that shoppers will only find Ethan Allen products in Ethan Allen stores.
Now, my comment is that Ethan Allen is a 77-year-old company.
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Bugatch sees a model for La-Z-Boy in Ethan Allen Interiors (nyse: ETH - news - people ), another one of his favorites.
Led by Farooq Kathwari, chairman of Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.
Teaming up with Intava, Ethan Allen has installed touchscreens in select locations that allow customers to combine photos of their homes with images of Ethan Allen products to more easily visualize design layouts.
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Analyst John Del Vecchio shared with us a couple of his short ideas: General Motors (nyse: GM - news - people ) and Ethan Allen Interiors (nyse: ETH - news - people ).
"Joe customer thinks he's getting Ethan Allen quality stuff at a great price, when in truth, any importer can get the same furniture, " says Del Vecchio, who points out that the company sells at a 25% premium to its competitors.
Well, this last year -- I refer it to like a tsunami hitting the economy -- has given us more opportunity to reinvent in the last seven or eight months than I've seen in the last 25 years that I've been president of Ethan Allen.
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Woody Allen, Ethan Coen and screenwriter Elaine May have written three one-act plays to be shown together on Broadway later this year.
Liam Neeson plays Ethan, with Joan Allen as his shrewish wife, Zeena, and Patricia Arquette as Mattie Silver, who tempts him into tragedy.
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