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10 Major Appliances Straight From ‘The Jetsons’
Appliances of the future are on sales floors today
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Electrolux Halts Tennessee Expansion Amid Trump Metal Tariffs
Awaiting further details from the White House
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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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LG Raising Washer Prices 4-8%: Report
Cost increases + import tariffs = tougher sell at retail
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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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There’s Something In The Air, And Appliance Makers Are Onto It
New home-comfort entries from Friedrich ... and Amway?
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NutriBullet Brings Sensing Smarts To The Smoothie
Bluetooth blender lets users track nutritional info in real time
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When Trade Shows Collide
Concurrent CES and KBIS shows created headaches for the appliance biz.
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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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Hung Out To Dry Twice, Clarksville Stumped By Trump’s Tariffs
Penalties on imported washing machines may stunt the launch of a new LG factory under construction
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LG Raising Washer Prices, Moving Up U.S. Production Amid Tariff Tribulations
LG has plans in place to minimize the impact of harsh tariffs and quotas on its washers.
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Trump OKs Tariffs On Washers; Samsung And LG Cry Foul
Reactions from Samsung and LG were swift and understandably sullen.
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Trump Tax Cut Costing Whirlpool $425M
Whirlpool said changes to the federal tax code will cost it about $425 million for the fourth quarter of 2017.
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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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Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? Appliances Can
Smart appliances are moving to the head of the class.
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Whirlpool Wins Latest Round In Korean Washer Imports Case
Korean appliance makers Samsung and LG were dealt a major setback by the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) yesterday, when the regulatory body unanimously...
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Sonos One Seeks To Be The Speaker For All (Digital) Voices
Sonos continued its commitment to voice control with the launch of a new “platform-agnostic” speaker that will be compatible with Google Assistant, Alexa and...
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Roku Now Offers 5 Streaming Devices, Topping Out At $99.99
Roku is refreshing its hardware lineup and updating its operating system in order to better address the burgeoning — and wide-ranging — cord-cutter market....
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Samsung Teams With ADT For DIY Home Security Starter Kit
Samsung is partnering with ADT for a line of a DIY home-security solutions employing Samsung’s SmartThings platform. Two products will become available on Oct....
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Washer Import Case Brought Out The Big Guns In Washington
Some of the biggest names in the appliance industry converged on Washington this month as Whirlpool’s anti-dumping crusade against Samsung and LG came to...
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Pirch Slips From Its Perch
Pirch, the ultra-premium kitchen, bath and appliance chain, is retrenching after nearly a decade of aggressive growth. The business, widely lauded for its 10...
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Washer Import Case Brings Out The Big Guns In Washington
Updated! Some of the biggest names in the appliance industry converged on Washington yesterday as Whirlpool’s anti-dumping crusade against Samsung and LG came to...
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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 Breaks Ground On First U.S. Appliance Plant
LG Electronics took a ceremonial step closer to domestic manufacturing yesterday when dignitaries including U.S. Commerce Department Secretary Wilbur Ross and Tennessee Sen. Bob...
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Haier’s Kevin Dexter To Run Fisher & Paykel, Monogram Brands
Appliance industry veteran Kevin Dexter, who helped make Samsung a force in the U.S. appliance market, has been handed the keys to Haier/GE Appliance’s...
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Major Appliances To Lead Smart-Home Market By 2021: IHS
Following a false start with energy-aware smart-grid appliances, the white-goods industry is now on track to dominate the connected-home market in four years. That’s...
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Sears Stepping Up Its Kenmore Rollout To Amazon
Sears’ launch of Kenmore-brand appliances on Amazon is picking up speed. Four weeks after it began offering a limited assortment of private-label majaps to...
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Russound Moves Into The Backyard
Russound is shipping its first landscape speakers meant for use in outdoor audio environments. The new 70-volt/100-volt/8-ohm AW4-LS-BR speaker, with a suggested retail of...
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Bluetooth Mesh’s Debut Welcomed
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) new Bluetooth LE spec now supports mesh networking, making the wireless technology an option for largescale device networks....
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LG Unleashed From The Dog Days Of Summer
It’s been a busy summer for LG Electronics USA, which in quick succession introduced an innovative new dishwasher, released a new trio of robotic...
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5 Selling Points to Get Customers to Adopt Smart Home (The Easy Way)
Smart home technology is becoming increasingly mainstream, but there remains a significant segment of consumers who are still on the fence about whether they...
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Danby Appliances Entering Cannabis Biz
Danby Appliances is developing a new product line that is giving added meaning to “joint venture.” The Canadian majap maker is teaming up with...
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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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LG Tops In Customer Satisfaction In Kitchen & Laundry: J.D. Power
LG ranks highest in customer satisfaction in seven of 11 kitchen and laundry appliance segments measured by J.D. Power. The “J.D. Power 2017 Kitchen...
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June Appliance Shipments Up 14%: AHAM
Appliance dealers loaded up on inventory last month in advance of the key July 4th holiday shopping period. According to the latest vendor data...
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Majap Giants Court Builders
The builder channel is becoming an increasingly important adjunct for appliance retailers — and a mainstay of majap manufacturers. To underscore the point, the...
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Sears Goes To The Mattresses
Sears has opened a new-format specialty store devoted to appliances and mattresses. The freestanding showroom, located in the border town of Pharr, Texas, builds...
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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...