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2015: The Year In White Goods
All in all, the appliance industry fared well in 2015 as consumer and housing demand drove solid if not stellar sales. To help foment...
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Whirlpool Charges Samsung, LG With Predatory Pricing
Says Koreans avoided penalities by moving production to China Whirlpool has filed an antidumping petition with the U.S. Commerce Department and the U.S. International...
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LG Appliances Attain New Heights. Literally.
The sky was the limit for LG Electronics last night, when it showcased its new family of black stainless steel kitchen appliances on the...
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Middleby Buys Lynx Grills
The Middleby Corp., a maker of commercial and residential kitchen appliances, has acquired Lynx Grills, the premium outdoor cooking vendor. No sale price was...
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It’s Official: GE-Electrolux Deal Is Dead
Electrolux paid GE a $175 million termination fee yesterday, formally ending its planned acquisition of the conglomerate’s appliance business. The break-up fee was a...
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GE Calls Off Electrolux Acquisition
GE Appliances has called it quits on its planned acquisition by Electrolux amid staunch buyout blowback from federal regulators. In a terse statement this...
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LG, Samsung Tops In Online Performance Of French-Door Refrigerator Brands
BrandView rates effectiveness of online sales efforts across common retailers The online shopping experience can be hampered by numerous factors: products not returning in...
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Electrolux/GE Update: Decision Expected By January
Electrolux, which is battling the Justice Department in court for the OK to acquire GE’s appliance business, expects a ruling as early as next...
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Hydroponic Garden Cops Top Prize In Electrolux Design Contest
First prize in Electrolux’s annual Design Lab student competition went to “Bloom,” a mini-hydroponic garden created by Jordan Lee Martin of the United Kingdom....
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Electrolux/GE Merger Hits Snag As 2 Sides Meet In Court
Electrolux’s proposed $3.3 billion acquisition of GE’s appliance business faces a critical roadblock, with the Department of Justice (DOJ) digging its antitrust heels in...
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T’is The Season: Retailers Break Their Black Friday Promos
Two of the biggest names in major appliance retailing — Sears and The Home Depot — are preparing a gangbuster cluster of doorbuster sales...
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Electrolux/GE Merger Hits Major Snag: Reports
Electrolux’s proposed $3.3 billion acquisition of GE’s appliance business may be facing a critical roadblock as the Department of Justice (DOJ) digs its antitrust...
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Haier Hailed By ‘This Old House’
Haier America’s new Serenity room air platform has been lauded by the folks at This Old House magazine. Specifically, the super-silent AC series edged...
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WOULD YOU HAVE THAT IN A SIZE 8?
At press time, LG Electronics was busy preparing for its Nov. 3 Broadway debut. That’s when Emmy Award-winning choreographer Josh Bergasse will present professional...
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Sept. Majap Shipments Up 6%: AHAM
The majap industry’s September song was music to manufacturers’ ears. That’s because factory shipments of white-goods rose a respectable 5.9 percent year-over-year to 6.8...
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Whirlpool, Electrolux Enjoy Solid Third-Quarter Results
Acquisitions and a strong performance in North America respectively helped Whirlpool and Electrolux post solid numbers in the third quarter. Boosted by last year’s...
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Samsung Adds Black Stainless Finish To Kitchen Platform
Black is most definitely back in the kitchen. The latest adherent: Samsung Electronics America (SEA), which, just in time for the holidays, has introduced...
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Forget Wait-And-See; The Smart Kitchen Has Already Arrived
I’ve read numerous articles recently suggesting that consumers aren’t rushing to embrace the technology of the connected kitchen, and that many manufacturers have adopted...
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Samsung’s Outlook Is Black (For Kitchen Appliances)
Black is most definitely back in the kitchen. The latest adherent: Samsung Electronics America (SEA), which, just in time for the holidays, has introduced...
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hhgregg Trying Majap Vignettes, Samsung Sections In Florida Stores
hhgregg is taking a different merchandising tack in the Orlando and Tampa markets. Instead of the “wall-to-wall product stacks” common to big-box chains, the...
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GE & DOJ Turn Up Cooking Category Heat
GE Appliances is boosting production at its LaFayette, Ga., oven plant despite an activist U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) that’s already wary of its cooking...
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Bud Light Has The 1st Smart Beer Fridge
Drinking beer and watching football is hard. Bud Light wants to make it easier. Bud Light has launched what it’s trumpeting as the first...
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Bud Light’s Bud-E Fridge Is The 1st Smart Beer Fridge
Drinking beer and watching football is hard. Bud Light wants to make it easier. Bud Light has launched what it’s trumpeting as the first...
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GE Appliances Turns Up The Heat At Cooking Plant
GE Appliances’ cooking products plant in LaFayette, Ga., is heating up. Two years after the vendor announced an $88 million investment there in new...
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Fire Hazard Prompts BSH Recall Of Bosch, Thermador, Gaggenau, Kenmore Dishwashers
Select dishwashers by industry leader Bosch are being recalled to replace a defective power cord that has caused at least five fires. The voluntary...
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Haier Does Dwell; Redesigns Website
After launching its Urban Kitchen collection of small-space appliances at Dwell on Design Los Angeles last spring, Haier America is in New York this...
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Q&A With Haier America’s Chief Exec Adrian Micu
Haier is probably the biggest appliance brand that U.S. consumers don’t know. And Adrian Micu is out to change that. For years the business...
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GE-Electrolux Antitrust Case Coming To Court
Prospective GE Appliance purchaser Electrolux will have its first day in court later this month. There, the No. 2 majap maker will mount a...
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Court OKs Weber Infringement Suit Against Sears
A U.S. district court has given Weber the green light to sue Sears over certain Kenmore Elite gas grills that bore a strong resemblance...
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How The Connected Home Market Is Changing
Demand for home-automation products is rising in the DIY and custom-install channels, marketers agree. In fact, 54 percent of U.S. consumers ages 25 and...
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What Does The Future Hold For The Smart Home?
TWICE: How do you see consumer interest in home automation changing in the next five to 10 years? Brad Hintze, C4: The proliferation of...
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Apple HomeKit: A Big Deal?
TWICE: Did Apple’s HomeKit technology bring anything new to home automation? Describe its potential impact on the market. Brad Hintze, C4: Not just yet...
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Smart-Home Awareness, Confusion Are Challenges
TWICE: What are the biggest challenges facing DIY home automation Brad Hintze, C4: The biggest challenge is that a lot of home owners don’t...
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The Trouble With Multiple Standards In Smart Homes
TWICE: Is the variety of wireless home-automation standards sowing confusion among consumers and preventing the market from growing faster? Brad Hintze, C4: We would...
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The Impact Of Do-It-Yourself In Smart Homes
TWICE: With awareness for home automation and smart homes growing, what is the value proposition of custom-installed home-automation systems? Brad Hintze, C4: There’s a...
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Smart Appliances’ Heyday On Its Way, Just Not Quite Yet
Much has been written – and engineered – around the concept of smart home appliances. But while manufacturers envision, and have already demonstrated, a...
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Majap Biz Ablaze This Summer
The heat was clearly on for the major appliance industry this summer, which enjoyed robust double-digit factory shipments in response to blistering demand for...
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Haier Joins Plated, MasterCard On 9-City Tour
Haier America has hit the road for a nine-city product tour aboard an Airstream travel trailer to dramatically demonstrate its small-space Urban Kitchen Living...
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Whirlpool Pursuing AGA
Whirlpool is considering adding AGA Rangemaster to its global portfolio of majap brands. In a federal filing today the world’s largest appliance manufacturer confirmed...
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Whirlpool Adds Chicago-Area DC
Benton Harbor, Mich. — Whirlpool has opened its twelfth regional distribution center this week with a new facility in Channahon, Ill., to serve the...
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GE, Haier Expand U.S. Production
Majap powerhouses GE Appliance and Haier America are expanding their manufacturing footprints in Kentucky and South Carolina, respectively. For GE, plans call for a...
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Ovens/Ranges: Dacor Discovery iQ Wall Oven
The Discovery iQ Wall Oven features all of the functionality of a state-of-the-art seven inch Androidpowered touch screen, which can allow consumers to remotely...