Appliances

LOS ANGELES — LG Electronics has introduced its first built-in refrigerator. LG said the 26.5-cubic-foot sideby- side has the largest capacity of any refrigerator...

HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — Kmart will no longer staff its appliance departments with dedicated sales associates. The Sears Holdings division pink-slipped about 700 appliance...

DALLAS – Walmart is expanding its test of instore GE appliance shops to upwards of 26 discount supercenters by July. The shops, dubbed The...

REGGIO EMILIA, ITALY – Bertazzoni, the 129 year-old family-owned Italian manufacturer of super premium cooking majaps, has launched a new built-in oven, cooktop and...

FAIRFIELD, CONN. – GE’s first quarter report stated its home & business solutions unit had higher sales and earnings in the first quarter ended...

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – Price promotions, soft sales and high raw materials costs led to a 43-percent decline in Electrolux’s earnings during the first quarter...

WASHINGTON — Factory shipments of major appliances rose 6.5 percent in February as retailers snapped up available inventory in advance of April’s planned vendor...

New York – The nation’s two largest buying groups, BrandSource and Nationwide, are forecasting moderate gains for major appliances in the second half of...

MINNEAPOLIS — Best Buy has upped the whitegoods stakes by offering free delivery and 18-month no-interest financing as standard on all purchases over $429....

LG Maintains Top Slot In Front Load: Stevenson ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. — LG Electronics lead the U.S. market in residential front-load clothes washers during...

NEW YORK — Major appliance retailers had mixed reactions to a round of planned April price hikes announced by the industry’s largest manufacturers. The...

NEW YORK — Whirlpool and Haier Group have separately forged respective partnerships with Tendril and Honeywell to create a smart-appliance infrastructure and develop energy-...

LAS VEGAS — Major appliance manufacturers demonstrated at International CES that they are ahead of the curve on “smart” home appliances, even though that...

LAS VEGAS — Samsung, like Korean competitor LG, comingled a wide selection of major appliances with its CE introductions at International CES earlier this...

SAN ANTONIO — Friedrich Air Conditioning has moved its headquarters into 22,000 square feet of space at the Union Square II Building at 10001...

DIAMOND BAR, CALIF. – Premium kitchen appliance manufacturer Dacor has added the company’s new Distinctive dishwasher to its Love You Back Bonus promotion. The...

HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — Sears’ private-label Kenmore appliance brand took home no less than three prizes in the Consumer Electronics Association’s (CEA) International CES...

NEW YORK — Black Friday is no longer the bastion of electronics, toys and apparel alone. For the past three years major appliances have...

NEW YORK — Haier America has introduced a line of built-in dual drawer refrigerators that were designed with today’s integrated kitchens in mind. Available...

BENTON HARBOR, MICH. — The world’s largest appliance manufacturer is turning 100 next year and celebrated the milestone by starting work on a new,...

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — Keith McLoughlin will succeed Hans Straberg as president/CEO of Electrolux, effective Jan. 1. McLoughlin joined Electrolux from Du- Pont in 2003...

BENTON HARBOR, MICH. — Rampant discounting has come to major appliances, and the industry’s two largest manufacturers are feeling the pinch. Whirlpool and Electrolux...

WASHINGTON — Manufacturers will have to increase the energy efficiency of most new refrigerators by 25 percent beginning in 2014 under new standards set...

LOUISVILLE, KY. — A new generation of smart appliances that can save consumers money by communicating with and reacting to the energy grid will...

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – Samsung said it is aiming to surpass No. 1 majap maker Whirlpool in global sales by 2013. The company is...

LAS VEGAS — Brand Source held its final fall convention and buy show at the Paris and Bally’s hotels here earlier this month (the...

Franklin, Mass . – The Boston Group, one of five chapters of the NECO Alliance buying confederation, was planning for a big weekend Aug....

Royal Leamington Spa, U.K. – A half-dozen premium appliance dealers and their Aga Marvel distributor, Eastern Marketing, visited the cooking and ventilation vendor’s Rangemaster...

HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — Appliances are the focus of two separate nationwide contests this month by LG Electronics and Sears’ independent Hometown Stores. LG’s...

NEW YORK — Room air sales have finally reignited following three seasons of tepid weather and weak demand. But this year’s early heat, which...

WASHINGTON — The springtime spike in factory shipments of major appliances began to wane in May as the federally funded “cash for appliances” rebate...

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. — Retail sales of major appliances were up by the double digits in both dollars and units for the first five...

SAN ANTONIO — Friedrich, the 127-year-old premium room air maker, has launched a new AC platform called Kühl that features interchangeable front panels in...