Hooker Furniture Company
In 1925, four-year-old Clyde Hooker, Jr. pulled the cord on the steam whistle that signaled the first work day at Hooker Furniture. In his 40 years leading the company, Clyde's remarkable dedication to the pursuit of making stylish, beautiful, well-made furniture propelled the company to become one of the nation's premier manufacturers and importers of furniture.
In 2000, Clyde passed the torch of leadership to Paul B. Toms, Jr., grandson of the company's founder, making Hooker one of the few furniture firms still led by a member of the founding family. Today, Hooker is recognized as one of the nation's leading furniture companies.
At Hooker Furniture, our mission is to enrich the lives of the people we touch through innovative home furnishings of exceptional value. The core values we stand for as a company are: integrity, listening, caring, innovation, service, responsibility, citizenship and honesty.
For many years, Hooker has specialized in lifestyle-driven furnishings such as entertainment centers, home theater, wall units, home office furniture, accent items and console tables. The company is known for its leadership in offering the highest-quality furniture at the medium-to-upper medium price points.
In 2003, Hooker entered the home seating arena with its purchase of Bradington-Young, a Cherryville, N.C.-based specialist in upscale motion and stationary leather furniture (www.bradington-young.com). More recently, the company expanded its seating offerings with the purchase of Sam Moore Furniture, a Bedford, Va.-based specialist in quality occasional chairs with an emphasis on fabric-to-frame customization(www.sammoore.com). Later in 2007, Hooker entered the youth furniture market with the acquisition of Opus Designs, a specialist in functional, quality furnishings for children and teens. (www.opusdesigns.com).
The company operates and sources from multiple international manufacturing plants, including plants in North Carolina and Virginia, and has approximately 1,000 employees.
With sales of nearly $320 million, Hooker is ranked as one of the nation's top 10 publicly traded furniture resources, and its stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Capital Market under the symbol HOFT.
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The company is also committed to being environmentally responsible and a good corporate citizen. Hooker is actively involved in the Virginia and North Carolina communities where its employees live and work.
Hooker imports an extensive line of decorative accent furniture, dining, living room, bedroom and entertainment and office furniture from a network of factories throughout the Pacific Rim, Mexico and Central America. These imported furnishings are all designed by Hooker and conform to the company's high quality standards.
In addition to its administrative office in Martinsville, VA., Hooker also has a 580,000-square-foot Central Distribution Center and warehouse management system representing an $8 million investment. This investment has already resulted in a significant improvement in Hooker's delivery time to its retailers. Currently, about 80% of orders are shipped to customers in 30 days or less.
From the initial selection of material to final finishing and shipping, each step in the manufacturing of Hooker products is completed with precision and care that is evident in the quality and trouble-free nature of its products.
Hooker stands ready to solve the decorating challenges of consumers, meeting their needs, solving their problems and enriching their homes and lives.
The Hooker Furniture Theater features CineMuse high-definition digital short programs about science and nature. Video presentations of this quality greatly enhance the visitor experience by giving audiences the impression that they are looking through a glass window and experiencing, first hand, the events that occur on the screen. A new show, typically 15-30 minutes long, is shown in the Theater on a regular basis.
The theater seats 32 people, with open space for wheelchair seating. It also boasts a visible screen size nearly 10 feet wide and 5 feet high. Scroll down to view a listing of films shown, as well as our current screening schedule.
*View CineMuse programs at no extra cost - access to the Hooker Furniture Theater is included in the regular Museum admission charge.
Hooker Furniture of Martinsville, VA, recently reported net sales Net Sales
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(networking) mil - The top-level domain for entities affiliated with US armed forces. lion for the third quarter ended Aug. 51. This represents a 12.8% increase over the same period in 2003; company sales of $254 million for the first nine months ran 10.8% above last year. Paul Toms Jr., chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Hooker, said, sales have been buoyed by Hooker's 32% increase in shipments from leather upholstery upholstery, general term for household fittings, hangings, curtains, cushions, and covers. It refers to stuffed, padded, and spring-cushioned furniture, such as chairs and sofas, or to the usually decorative materials and fabrics that cover them. specialist Bradington-Young. He added, "Competitive pressures have caused continuing declines in Hooker's shipments of domestically produced wood furniture, leading us to the decision in August to close our Maiden, NC, production facility ... After we close the Maiden plant and increase work schedules at our three remaining wood furniture plants, we expect to see profit margins improve for domestically produced wood furniture."