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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...
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Bottom-Mount Refrigerators: LG 4-Door Refrigerator with Door-in-Door, CustomChill
LG’s 4-Door Refrigerator with Door-in-Door and CustomChill Drawer offers 30 cubic feet of capacity, allowing consumers to tailor the refrigerator to their storage needs....
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Here Are The Details On Haier’s Kitchen Suites
Updated! Details on Haier’s Urban Kitchen and Traditional Kitchen suites, including model numbers and suggested retails, follow: Freestanding Urban Kitchen Suite • 14.2-cubic-foot, four-door...
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Ovens/Ranges: Bosch Benchmark Wall Oven
The Bosch Benchmark Wall Oven with SideOpening door perfectly balances form and function. The sleek, modern design yields flush installation that allows the product...
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Dryers: Blomberg Arcelik A.S. DHP24412W
Fifty percent more energy-saving than compact air-vented dryers, Blomberg’s Ventless Heat Pump Dryer keeps clothes at their best by using a circulating air temperature...
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High-Efficiency Washers: Maytag MVWB855D
This Maytag Top Load Washer delivers powerful cleaning and is packed with features that make light work of heavy loads. The Power- Wash system...
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Bottom-Mount Refrigerators: Electrolux Frigidaire Gallery Top Freezer Refrigerator
Top freezer refrigerators, which represent 50 percent of the refrigeration market, have seen little innovation in decades. After extensive consumer research in this category,...
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True Intros Its First Full-Size Home Fridge
O’FALLON, MO. — Commercial refrigeration resource True Manufacturing has added its first fullsize residential refrigerator to its home appliance line. The True 42 is...
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Haier Holds Court At Nationwide Show
LAS VEGAS – The Nationwide Marketing Group’s PrimeTime show (see p. 42), held here earlier this month at The Venetian, was a coming-out party...
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Dishwashers: Bosch 500 Series Pocket Handle
With an emphasis on modern, European design, the dishwasher incorporates a pocket handle that integrates seamlessly into a kitchen for flush, harmonious installation. An...
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Whirlpool Recalls 41,000 Jenn-Air Ovens
BENTON, HARBOR, MICH. – Eight reported incidents, including one resulting in second-degree burns, have prompted Whirlpool to recall about 41,000 Jenn- Air single and...
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Bosch Updates Ascenta Dishwashers
IRVINE, CALIF. — Bosch has refreshed its Ascenta dishwasher platform with a new baseline for price and sound levels. The updated series carries a...
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Whirlpool Flexes Fridge Muscles
BENTON HARBOR, MICH. – Whirlpool has begun shipping what it described as its most flexible refrigerator ever. No, you won’t find this fridge touching...
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Lowe’s Tops In Major Appliance Satisfaction: J.D. Power
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIF. – Lowe’s has regained the top spot in J.D. Power’s 2015 Appliance Retailer Satisfaction Study. The home-improvement chain, which also ranked...
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June Majap Shipments Rise Nearly 6%
WASHINGTON – Factory shipments of major appliances were up 5.9 percent in June, to 7.6 million units, as dealers loaded up on kitchen wares...
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Haier Opens Indiana Tech Center
Evansville, Ind. – Haier America has cut the ribbon on its $2.8 million Technology and Design Center of Excellence here. The 30,000-square-foot R&D facility,...