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Bigger companies, like Ethan Allen Interiors were able to slim down operations, getting core materials like wood from domestic suppliers while things like fabric and structural components come for cheaper from Asia.

Mr. Plemons, who has slimmed down to scarecrow dimensions to suit a character who has renounced all worldly pleasures, is one of those rare actors who never seem to be acting.

Sitting at one of the theater’s small tables, Coleman, with his slim build, silver hair and round glasses, looked much the same as he did when he said farewell in 2020.

He’s motivated by the slim chance that he might one day catch passes in the NFL, Miller said, not by the riches on offer through NIL sponsorship deals.

Other consumer-goods companies have also begun to slim down portfolios and home in on core categories.