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Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. (HVT) Q1 2026 Earnings Call
Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. (NYSE: HVT) Q1 2026 earnings conference call, held 2026-05-05. Replay captured from the company's public earnings webcast.
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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:02.031 During 00:00:02.376 -- 00:00:07.766 the quarter, we saw traffic down low single digits despite the disruptions that we experienced 00:00:07.766 -- 00:00:12.816 with weather in January over a 10-day period in the beginning of Operation 00:00:12.816 -- 00:00:15.097 Epic Fury. 00:00:39.400 -- 00:00:43.162 Special order business rose 10.1% to 34.5% 00:00:44.406 -- 00:00:49.812 of our upholstered business, driven by our continued success in design. 00:00:49.812 -- 00:00:54.578 Having the ability to offer a customer a choice of over a thousand fabrics with different 00:00:54.578 -- 00:00:59.744 styles, patterns, and colors creates opportunities for our sales and design 00:00:59.744 -- 00:01:04.530 teams to ensure our customers are getting their desired selection. 00:01:04.530 -- 00:01:09.080 Our merchandising and supply teams continue to focus on bringing in the latest trends 00:01:09.080 -- 00:01:11.283 to meet customer demand. 00:01:11.283 -- 00:01:15.748 The Merchandising team has become more nimble in assortment planning, enabling us to 00:01:15.748 -- 00:01:19.112 get newer products to the floors faster. 00:01:19.112 -- 00:01:24.538 We are in the fashion business, so updating our products with fresh new looks 00:01:24.538 -- 00:01:30.725 creates excitement not only for our sales and design teams, but for our customers. 00:01:30.725 -- 00:01:36.103 From a category perspective for the quarter, occasional was up double digits, Upholstery 00:01:36.103 -- 00:01:38.987 and dining room were up mid single digits. 00:01:38.987 -- 00:01:43.994 Mattresses were up low single digits. Bedrooms were flat and accessories were 00:01:43.994 -- 00:01:46.157 down slightly. 00:01:46.157 -- 00:01:50.483 Inventories increased 10.7 million to 106.9 00:01:5...