---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-008530"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BSET"
cik: "0000010329"
company_name: "BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T08:50:03.822459+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bassett Furniture Q1 sales down 8.7% to $107.7M; operating income falls to $2.7M

## Summary
- Consolidated sales $107.7M vs $117.9M prior year, down 8.7%; operating income $2.7M (2.5% of sales) vs $6.5M (5.5%).
- Wholesale sales down 16.3% to $69.9M; retail sales up 1.4% to $65.0M; retail operating profit fell to $1.5M.
- Reduced production schedules and manufacturing employment by 11% through attrition; wholesale inventories down 15%.
- Club Level imported motion inventory margin degradation of 250 bps; expects improvement by Q3 at current sales levels.
- Repurchased $1.8M of stock in Q1; plans to continue active buybacks while stock is undervalued.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-008530
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BSET
- cik: 0000010329
- company_name: BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10329/000143774923008530/0001437749-23-008530-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10329/000143774923008530/bset20230329_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC reported first quarter ended February 25, 2023 results: revenue $ 107.7.
  - Period: first quarter ended February 25, 2023
  - Revenue: $ 107.7
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: BSET) announced today its results of operations for its first quarter ended February 25, 2023. Fiscal 2023 First Quarter Highlights of Continuing Operations (Dollars in millions) Sales Operating Income (Loss) 1st Qtr Dollar % 1st Qtr % of 1st Qtr % of 2023 2022 Change Change 2023 Sales 2022 Sales Consolidated (1) $ 107.7 $ 117.9 $ (10.2 ) -8.7 % $ 2.7 2.5 % $ 6.5 5.5 %
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10329/000143774923008530/0001437749-23-008530-index.htm

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