Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. (BSET) announced today that its Board of Directors has increased the quarterly dividend by 14%, declaring a regular quarterly dividend of $0.16 per share of common stock, payable on August 26, 2022, to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 12, 2022.

Earlier this year BSET also paid a special dividend of $1.50 per share.

Bassett Furniture Industries is a retailer, manufacturer and marketer of branded home furnishings. The company's products are sold primarily through a network of company-owned and licensee-owned branded stores under the Bassett Home Furnishings name, with additional distribution through other wholesale channels including multi-line furniture stores, many of which feature Bassett galleries or design centers. The company was founded in 1902 and incorporated under the laws of Virginia in 1930. Bassett Furniture Industries initiated a dividend in 2011 and decided to defer its dividend in Q2 of 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.