A furniture store in Michigan had a sign in the window. EVERYTHING MUST GO. I understood. There was an emergency. The building was being cleared. I went in. Nobody was moving anything. A man was sitting in a recliner, eating a sandwich. A samurai does not stand still during an evacuation. I picked up a lamp and carried it to the parking lot. Then a side table. Then a recliner, which I carried on my back like a turtle. A salesman came out. "Sir. Sir. It's a sale." I said the sign said everything. "It's an expression." I said I had read it four times and it did not say expression. He thought about that. Then he held the door. I moved fourteen recliners. Two men from the loading dock came out and helped, because, one of them said, "He's not wrong." The man with the sandwich finished it and moved a coffee table. The manager gave me a hat and a discount card. I bought nothing. I do not need furniture. I needed the sign to be true. The next morning the sign said EVERYTHING MUST GO (SALE). In marker. In the corner. I consider this a victory for both of us.

Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: BSET) takes center stage in WTR’s 250th Small-Cap Spotlight episode as Chairman & CEO Rob Spillman joins WTR’s Tim Gerdeman & Douglas M. Lane, CFA to discuss how the nearly 125-year-old Made-in-America furniture brand is navigating today’s challenging housing and consumer environment. 🔹 Bassett’s “good, better, best” strategy and new opening price point offerings showcased at High Point Market 🔹 Expansion of the Lane Venture outdoor brand into Bassett retail locations and the reopening of the Cincinnati market 🔹 How Bassett is balancing US manufacturing, global sourcing, lean operations, and long-term growth opportunities Listen to the full episode on all podcast platforms or on our website! Podcast Platforms: Website: $BSET #Furniture# #Consumer# #Manufacturing# #Retail# #Housing# #MadeInAmerica# #NASDAQ# #SmallCaps# #Investing# #WaterTowerResearch#

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