Appliances

When it came to waving the LG laundry flag in print, Best Buy’s circulars devoted the lion’s share of the ink. According to data...

They said it couldn’t be done. But in the three short years since LG Electronics debuted its tech-heavy white goods line at the Kitchen/Bath...

Following unusually strong demand during the early part of the year, the major appliance industry now finds itself facing seesawing sales, a 15 percent...

Fueled by seasonal demand for room air conditioners, along with robust sales of laundry and kitchen cleanup products, factory shipments of major appliances rocketed...

Maytag has undertaken a sweeping corporate restructuring designed to resuscitate its ailing floor-care business, streamline operations, cut costs and position major appliances for further...

As VP/general merchandise manager for Sears home appliances, Tina Settecase is arguably the most powerful woman in white goods. Which helped explain the packed...

Floor care once again proved to be the problem child in majaps, as the category dragged down earnings for at least two of the...

In years past, Maytag Appliances president Bill Beer spoke prophetically of a time when consumers would no longer wait until their commodity appliances broke...

Three Kitchen/Bath Industry Shows have passed since LG Electronics, then known stateside for its Zenith brand CE and Goldstar commodity ACs and microwaves, introduced...

Sharp Electronics, whose white goods offerings had been limited to microwave ovens and other small majaps, has entered the full-size appliance arena with its...

NATM Buying Corp. returned to the Westin La Cantera Resort here last month for its annual spring conference. In addition to strategic powwows and...

Microwave oven makers attending last month’s International Housewares Show here at McCormick Place turned up the exhibit floor heat with new, upscale looks and...

Whirlpool has filed a second infringement suit against LG Electronics, claiming the Korean CE and majap conglomerate violated its patents for a novel clothes-washing...

BSH Home Appliances Corp. has completed a $200 million, 400,000-square-foot expansion of its production facilities here, where the German supplier manufactures dishwashers and cooking...

In a spate of trans-Pacific OEM announcements, Maytag said it has forged a strategic alliance with Korean appliance rival Samsung, while Whirlpool has struck...

Pleased with the trial performance of white goods within select Sears Hardware stores, the company now plans to add majaps throughout most of the...

Riding the wave of a revived economy and big-TV mania, the Nationwide Marketing Group (NMG) steamrolled into the Superdome here earlier this month to...

It’s been nearly two years since Samsung caused industry jaws to drop by establishing itself in the U.S. majap market with a one-two punch...

New dishwashing, refrigeration and cooking appliances helped Maytag boost fourth quarter sales 12.8 percent in the company’s major appliances segment, hitting $1.2 billion, up...

Factory shipments of major appliances rose 6 percent for the five weeks ended Dec. 31 to 6.9 million units according to the latest vendor...

Although CES concluded earlier this month, consumer electronics will continue to share space with major appliances at the Las Vegas Convention Center this week,...

Best Buy has added BSH Home Appliances’ premium Siemens brand to its assortment in a move that’s blurring and re-defining the traditional channels of...

Factory shipments of major appliances hit a plateau in November following several months of significant gains. According to the latest data from the Association...

While consumer electronics retailers slogged it out during much of 2003, dealers whose assortment portfolios were balanced with major appliances found the going considerably...

Factory shipments of major appliances rose 12.4 percent year-over-year for the four weeks ended Oct. 25, mirroring retailers’ reports of robust demand for white...

Bloomington, Ill. – Armed with a new management team and the return of its corporate nameplate, Electrolux’s U.S. floor care subsidiary Eureka is making...

Perhaps confirming the start of the long-awaited economic recovery, but also reflecting last year’s stagnant market, factory shipments of major appliances rocketed 15.2 percent...

Electrolux celebrated the 85th anniversary of its Frigidaire brand last month by throwing a gala birthday bash at the posh Plaza Hotel here for...

Sears said that its August same-store sales of 3.9 percent tracked ahead of expectations due largely to renewed strength in its core major appliance...

BSH Relocates Southern California Plant Huntington Beach, Calif.— BSH Home Appliance Corp. announced last month that it would relocate manufacturing from its Vernon, Calif.,...

Factory shipments of major appliances rose 10.2 percent in July, compared with the year-ago period, according to the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM)....

AVB/Brand Source members heard all about the fruits of their collective labor, namely making Brand Source a well-known brand name in electronics/appliance retailing, during...

General Electric will not be exiting the major appliance business anytime soon, according to its chairman/CEO Jeff Immelt, who was the keynote speaker at...

AVB/Brand Source has created a new warehousing and extended warranty programs for its members that was outlined during its annual convention, here. Its Expert...

Washington — Factory shipments of major appliances soared 16 percent in June, spurred by late-in-the-season sales of room air conditioners following the first stretch...

A premium product making a Top 10 best sellers list? Despite a hefty price point, which no doubt contributed to its seventh-place dollar volume...

It was just over a year ago at the Kitchen/ Bath Industry Show in Chicago when Samsung, a name long associated with consumer electronics...