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Farooq Kathwari

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53 total appearances

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Bloomberg Talks
Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari Talks Tariffs, Cautious Consumers

It's a pleasure.

Bloomberg Talks
Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari Talks Tariffs, Cautious Consumers

Not really.

Bloomberg Talks
Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari Talks Tariffs, Cautious Consumers

Because of the fact, as we mentioned, it has created more of a positive perspective for us.

Bloomberg Talks
Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari Talks Tariffs, Cautious Consumers

Although, interestingly, in North America, the only place where we do have some significant tariffs are 25% in Mexico.

Bloomberg Talks
Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari Talks Tariffs, Cautious Consumers

Now, Mexico, when we went about 20 years back south of the border to Mexico, to Honduras, it was under the North American treaty.

Bloomberg Talks
Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari Talks Tariffs, Cautious Consumers

No tariffs.

Bloomberg Talks
Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari Talks Tariffs, Cautious Consumers

With all kinds of political issues and everything else, there are tariffs in Mexico.

Bloomberg Talks
Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari Talks Tariffs, Cautious Consumers

But for us, the impact is less because we operate and own the plants.

Bloomberg Talks
Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari Talks Tariffs, Cautious Consumers

So we today have manufacturing in Vermont.

Bloomberg Talks
Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari Talks Tariffs, Cautious Consumers

That's where we started.

Bloomberg Talks
Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari Talks Tariffs, Cautious Consumers

You know, we started 94 years back.

Bloomberg Talks
Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari Talks Tariffs, Cautious Consumers

with manufacturing in Vermont and then went manufacturing from New Hampshire through all the way to California.

Bloomberg Talks
Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari Talks Tariffs, Cautious Consumers

But 20 years back, we said, no, manufacturing was going away.

Bloomberg Talks
Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari Talks Tariffs, Cautious Consumers

We said, what do we do?

Bloomberg Talks
Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari Talks Tariffs, Cautious Consumers

We said, no, we'll maintain manufacturing in North America, but we'll go to Mexico and Honduras.

Bloomberg Talks
Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari Talks Tariffs, Cautious Consumers

We operate those.

Bloomberg Talks
Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari Talks Tariffs, Cautious Consumers

And in fact, it's interesting that today, 20 years later, a customer does not know if a piece of furniture is made

Bloomberg Talks
Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari Talks Tariffs, Cautious Consumers

in Vermont or made in Mexico or in Honduras.

Bloomberg Talks
Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari Talks Tariffs, Cautious Consumers

The level of quality, everything is the same.

Bloomberg Talks
Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari Talks Tariffs, Cautious Consumers

No, that's absolutely.

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