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Question: Budd Bugatch - Water Tower Research LLC - Analyst
: Iv, I wonder -- and congratulations on the improvement in the quarter, it's very heartening to see that. Iv, you mentioned that you think you're
starting to see bottoming in some parts of the residential industry, obviously, upholstery and mattresses are slightly different. Can you give us a
little bit more color of what you're hearing from your customers in terms of what they're seeing going forward and their confidence that we may
be at bottom in these areas?
Question: Budd Bugatch - Water Tower Research LLC - Analyst
: So it's really not -- it's not the fundamental demand, but as much as it is the fact that what was really hampering sales was the manufacturers
over-inventory position and really, I guess, extending down into their customers over-inventory that prevented them from adding new products
and new placements, that's the fair way to think about it?
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DECEMBER 05, 2023 / 4:00PM, CULP.N - Q2 2024 Culp Inc Earnings Call
Question: Budd Bugatch - Water Tower Research LLC - Analyst
: And do you have many more things to do in upholstery fabrics and CUF to get that, you've made some changes in sourcing and obviously, you
had to take your inventory medicine a couple -- in the quarter and previous quarters. So are there any initiatives that give you confidence that you
can actually improve the margins there?
Question: Budd Bugatch - Water Tower Research LLC - Analyst
: And mattress fabrics has been also a main topic, because your desire to get back to a double digit operating margin basis on a profitable basis.
Tommy, how are you seeing that? What's the timeframe to getting back to a double digit operating margin?
Question: Budd Bugatch - Water Tower Research LLC - Analyst
: You're talking gross margin?
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DECEMBER 05, 2023 / 4:00PM, CULP.N - Q2 2024 Culp Inc Earnings Call
Question: Anthony Lebiedzinski - Sidoti & Company, LLC - Analyst
: So first, just continued great job maintaining a strong balance sheet in this difficult operating environment. So first, I guess, my first question here
is as far as the ASP increases that you talked about at CHF, and you sort of -- can you guys maybe put a number on that as far as how much ASPs
drove the overall sales increase? And what is your confidence level in terms of being able to maintain these higher ASPs?
Question: Anthony Lebiedzinski - Sidoti & Company, LLC - Analyst
: And then, I guess, as far as this whole transformation process that's been taking place at the CHF. I guess, if we were in a kind of a baseball game,
what inning are we in as far as the process and what are some of the initiatives left to do?
Question: Anthony Lebiedzinski - Sidoti & Company, LLC - Analyst
: And then as far as the SG&A, I know you guys talked about that being up because of some higher business investments. Can you share with us a
little bit more details on how should we think about SG&A going forward?
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