NEW YORK (Reuters)-
International furniture brand LimitedFBN.
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Manufacturers of Thomasville, Broyhill, Henredon and other furniture brands said the initiatives are expected to save about $13 million a year, but will charge 5 cents a share, evenly distributed in the second and third quarters.
Its stock rose 3% to $16.
Afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Furniture makers cut their profit forecasts, cut jobs and announced the closure of the plant as home sales slowed and grew year-on-year. over-
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Tickets for the past year.
In the first quarter of this year, Furniture Brands lowered market expectations, saying sales could drop by nearly 15%.
The layoffs announced on Friday include the reduction of about 80 administrative and administrative personnel;
Due to the closure of three manufacturing plants in North Carolina, 150 employees were fired;
And cut 100 additional jobs from other manufacturing operations.
As of December 31, the furniture brand had 13,800 employees, the spokesman said.
Furniture brand, planning to release its first-
The company said it will discuss \"these and other cost-cutting initiatives\" next week \".
