Ashley gives Jennifer a hand

Jennifer Convertibles on Broad Hollow Road in Farmingdale. (Newsday File Photo/Karen Wiles Stabile)

Most sales growth for Jennifer Convertibles Inc. came from its new Ashley Furniture HomeStores division, the company disclosed in an unaudited earnings report this week.

Delisted from the Amex stock exchange in March, the Woodbury-based sofa maker Jennifer Convertibles on Tuesday reported that in the second quarter of its fiscal year, ending Feb. 27, it sold more merchandise — but lost more money — than in the same quarter last year.

Jennifer opened its fifth Ashley Furniture store last quarter, in Brooklyn; and plans to add one more in Brooklyn and another in Manhattan within the next six months.

The company also disclosed that during the quarter it closed four Jennifer Furniture stores — two in New York, one in Arizona and one in California.

For the second quarter the company’s unaudited report shows a net loss of $6.4 million compared to a loss of $2.3 million in the year-ago quarter. That came on revenues of $25.2 million for the quarter, compared to $22.7 million in the same quarter last year.