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Electrolux To Contest Washer Tariffs
The issue: $70 million in duties, over some late paperwork.
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GE, Electrolux Cook Up New Uses For Cameras
The companies' forthcoming kitchen devices will help keep an eye on things.
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True’s Got The Kitchen Blues
Luxury refrigeration resource True Residential has added new finishes to its customizeable kitchen collection.
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Electrolux Beefing Up U.S. Production
The appliance giant is investing $500M in a pair of kitchen appliance plants.
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Sharp Redefines Micro-WAVE
The era of hand-gesture control à la Tom Cruise in “Minority Report” is about to dawn in our kitchens.
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Samsung TV Ad Spotlights Appliances’ Place In Holiday Frenzy
A new TV spot from Samsung is focusing attention on the upcoming holiday season — and a 30-percent-off promotion on select home appliances. The...
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Get Smart: Bosch, Sharp Forge New Kitchen Connections
As the appliance industry revs up for home automation dominance, two leading lights in kitchen majaps have brought in app partners to help get...
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LG’s QuadWash Will Bring NYC Its 1st Waterpark At Citi Summer Streets
LG Electronics USA does things in a big way. Case in point: the company’s new QuadWash dishwasher platform, which doubles up on the category’s...
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Samsung, Whirlpool Bring New Kitchen Collections To Pacific Coast Builders Conference
With the builder channel becoming an increasingly important adjunct for appliance retailers — and a mainstay of majap manufacturers — the Pacific Coast Builders...
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Smeg USA Shows Its True Colors For Independence Day
It’s still not too late for appliance dealers and their customers to celebrate Independence Day in style. Kitchen majap manufacturer Smeg USA has waved...
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Sharp Butters Up Microwave Market With Orville Redenbacher Popcorn Setting
Updated!Sharp Home Electronics Company of America (SHCA) has sharpened its merchandising with a trio of stainless-steel countertop microwave ovens that feature dedicated settings for...
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These Are The 10 Top-Performing Refrigerator Brands Online
Quick, think of the top 10 refrigerator brands. Now guess which ones lead the pack online. They may not necessarily be the same. To...
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Zephyr Ventilation Turns 20, And Is Still Turning Heads
Happy birthday, Zephyr Ventilation. The premium range hood business, which melded fashion and functionality to help raise the category beyond its utilitarian roots, celebrates...
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Whirlpool To Acquire Yummly
Bolstering its commitment to the smart home, Whirlpool will acquire Yummly, an app and website that provides personalized recipes and cooking resources. Yummly, which...
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Magic Chef Heats Up The Urban And Outdoor Markets
Two prime areas of growth for major appliance marketers are the urban and outdoor segments. The former addresses the tight confines of city apartments...
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Coating Company May Have A Cure For Those Fingerprint Blues
For countless parents and Felix Ungers out there, fingerprints are the bane of today’s stainless-steel and touchscreen-based kitchen. As any homemaker, appliance retailer or...
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Electrolux To Buy Smart-Cooker Company Anova
Electrolux is stepping further into the connected kitchen with its pending purchase of Anova, which sources and sells a popular smart countertop cooker. Founded...
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Sharp Paints It Black With Stainless Microwave Drawer
Sharp Electronics Marketing Company of America (SEMCA) has introduced what it said is the first and only microwave drawer with a black stainless steel...
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DOE Backs Down From Tighter Dishwasher Regs
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has decided not to impose more stringent energy and water requirements for dishwashers following a year-long lobbying effort by...
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Samsung Enters Built-In Appliance Biz
Samsung Electronics is about to ship its first counter-depth appliances. The six-piece premium collection, which is set to hit sales floors next month, is...
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KitchenAid Shipping New Counter-Depth Fridge
Whirlpool’s premium KitchenAid brand is rolling out a new counter-depth French door fridge that boasts the first self-close freezer drawer in its class. Available...
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Ex-Dacor President Steve Joseph Resurfaces At SideChef After Leaving Family Business
Steve Joseph, former president of Dacor and a scion of the company’s founding family, is back on the appliance scene. An early advocate of...
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LG’s InstaView Fridge Sheds Light On What’s Inside
LG Electronics’ latest door-in-door fridge adds a novel twist: a glass blackout panel that reveals the contents with two quick taps. The peek-a-boo feature...
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Microwave Ovens: Maytag Microwave With Fingerprint Resistance
TWICE VIP Award 2016 Winner! The reliable over-the-range microwave, available in fingerprint-resistant stainless steel, is designed to get delicious to the table fast. Sensor...
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Dishwashers: Maytag Top Control Dishwasher
TWICE VIP Award 2016 Winner! When it comes time for cleanup in the kitchen, a consumer’s dishwasher should be doing the work. The Maytag...
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Is This The Refrigerator Of The Future?
Imagine a refrigerator with no compressor — hell, no moving parts at all, only a solid-state heat pump and natural refrigerant. Now picture this...
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LG Launches Luxury Signature Brand At Dwell On Design Show
Updated! LG Electronics returned to the influential Dwell on Design Los Angeles show last month, which served as the platform for its entrée into...
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Whirlpool Connects With Innit’s Automated Cooking Platform
Select Jenn-Air appliances from Whirlpool will soon be able to assess what’s in the oven and draw from a vast online gastronomic database to provide custom...
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Bosch Cops EPA Emerging Tech Award
Bosch’s 24-inch stainless steel and glass-door refrigerators have earned a 2016 Energy Star Emerging Technology Award for their use of an environmentally friendly refrigerant....
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LG Studio Range Wins Design Awards
LG’s Nate Berkus-inspired Studio slide-in gas range has copped two separate design awards. The model LSSG3016ST Studio range received gold awards from Appliance Design magazine,...
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Bosch Launches Lifestyle Blog
Bosch, the premium appliance brand, has launched a new lifestyle blog to help bring “inspired kitchen living” to both end users and the trade....
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LG Encouraging Fridge Flipping With Earth-Friendly Promo
LG Electronics is taking the Earth- and sales-volume-friendly “Flip Your Fridge” campaign to sales floors nationwide. The effort, initiated by the Environmental Protection Agency’s...
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GE Profile & Cafe Dishwashers Will Take A Shine To Silverware
We don’t know about you, but for us there’s nothing as disheartening in dishwashing as unloading racks of newly cleaned tableware only to find...
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Samsung Goes Wide With Family Hub Fridge
Samsung’s feature-rich and richly priced Family Hub refrigerator will make its formal marketplace debut across multiple retail channels on Mother’s Day. The nearly $6,000...
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Climatic Adds Smeg Kitchen Suite To Appliance Roster
National appliance distributor Climatic Home Products has added Italy’s Smeg line of premium kitchen majaps to its white-goods offering. The distribution partnership covers a...
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LG, Best Buy & Rachael Ray Want To ‘Flip Your Fridge’
LG and Best Buy are once again teaming up for the Earth-friendly “Flip Your Fridge” campaign, meant to motivate consumers to recycle old refrigerators...
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Sharp Heating Up Online Microwave Market: Report
When it comes to online sales of microwave ovens, Sharp is best positioned to succeed in what is becoming an increasingly important channel for...
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CES 2016: Here Comes The GoSun Grill
GoSun Stove at CES with its Innovation Awards Honoree GoSun Grill. This solar-powered solution can cook almost anything including, eggs, vegetables, fish, chicken, meats...
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CES 2016: Drink Up With Bartesian’s Home Cocktail Machine
After completing a successful Kickstarter campaign, Bartesian (exhibiting with HAX/SOSventures) is set to release what the company believes to be the world’s first cocktail...
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LG Signature Series Targets Luxury Appliance Market
LG Electronics on Tuesday unveiled at CES 2016 an ultra-premium Signature series of major appliances and OLED TVs aimed squarely at the luxury niche...
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Haier Hails Star Wars With R2-D2 Fridge
The Force will be with Haier America at CES next month when the company unveils a startlingly realistic R2-D2 compact fridge. The 1/1 scale...