Fleetwood announced on May 3, 2007, preliminary sales for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended April 29, 2007

You can read the full press release here, but the following are some key aspects, particularly about their RV business:

• Sales for the 2007 fiscal fourth quarter were approximately $505 million, down 16 percent from $603 million last year
• On a segment basis, quarterly sales for the RV Group declined 12 percent to $379 million
• The 12 percent decline in the fourth quarter recreational vehicle sales reflects difficult market conditions that particularly impacted both travel trailers and folding trailers. Travel trailer revenues fell 49 percent to $81 million, or by 35 percent excluding last year's FEMA sales of $33 million. Folding trailer revenues were down by 13 percent to $20 million. Backlogs for both towable divisions continue to be down significantly from last year
• Motor home revenues increased by 12 percent to $278 million and backlogs for this division are currently 35 percent higher than at this time last year
• "The beginning of the spring selling season in the RV industry has been softer than we had expected," said Elden Smith, Fleetwood's president and chief executive officer
• "We have taken additional steps to reduce our travel trailer manufacturing capacity" - see details here
• "We continue to work toward consistent profitability, although the headwinds in both of our industries during the past two years have caused some delays in realizing our goals. While the first quarter will still be impacted by some of these factors, particularly in the travel trailer division, we expect the Company to report year-over-year improvement in revenues and operating results."

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