Appliances
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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Keeping Current
Sharp Steps Ups Its Assault On Hisense
Sharp is turning up the legal heat in its attempt to regain control of its brand and TV business from Hisense, which licensed both...
Industry
Sharp Promotes Michael Kelly To Top U.S. Manufacturing Post
Michael Kelly, who joined Sharp in 1984 as a mechanical design engineer, has been promoted to senior VP of Sharp Manufacturing Company of America...
Appliances
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...
news
Sharp To Hisense: Gimme Back My Brand
Two years into a five-year licensing deal, Sharp is looking to reclaim its premium TV badge from Hisense and has filed suit in two...
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10 Top Majap Debuts That Deliver Big Dividends
Related: 11 Dealers Leading The Appliance Charge Sharp Black Stainless Microwave DrawerSharp’s next-gen product becomes the first, and we believe only, microwave drawer available...
Industry
Marty Tindall Joins Sharp As Southeast Sales Director
Marty Tindall has joined Sharp as its sales director for its Southeast territory, Tindall will be tasked with maintaining and expanding Sharp’s business relationships...
Industry
Jim Sanduski Heading New, Broader Sharp Electronics Division
Sharp Electronics has combined its marketing, manufacturing and services units into a single new division headed by longtime industry exec Jim Sanduski. Previously president...
Appliances
Sharp Paints It Black With Stainless Microwave Drawer
Sharp Electronics Marketing Company of America (SEMCA) has introduced what it said is the first and only microwave drawer with a black stainless steel...
Industry
Sharp Electronics Corp. Promotes Mike Marusic & Moonsun Park
Sharp Electronics Corporation (SEC), the U.S. subsidiary of Sharp Corporation, announced two more executive promotions. Mike Marusic has been promoted to COO of the...
Industry
Doug Albregts Named Sharp Electronics President/CEO
Sharp Corporation has appointed Doug Albregts as president/CEO of Sharp Electronics Corporation (SEC), its wholly owned subsidiary in charge of the Americas business. Albregts...
Financial
Foxconn Completes Deal For Sharp
Foxconn Technology Group’s acquisition of Sharp Electronics is finally official. The $3.8 billion deal for the Tokyo-based electronics maker closed earlier this month with...
Industry
Sharp Electronics Brings Kirk McIlraith On Board
Former Panasonic sales manager Kirk McIlraith has joined the ranks of Sharp Electronics Marketing Co. of America (SEMCA) as national accounts sales director. In...
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Sharp Rolls Out Its First 4K TVs For 2016
The first five Sharp-brand 4K Ultra HD TVs marketed by Hisense USA rolled out with Open HDR support in 43- to 65-inch sizes at...
Industry
Sharp Taps Todd MacGregor, Jae Park For Sales Team
Sharp Electronics Marketing Company of America (SEMCA) has sharpened its appliance focus by adding industry veterans Todd MacGregor and Jae Park to its sales...
Industry
Doug Kern Named Brand Marketing Director For Hisense, Sharp TV
Hisense USA tapped former Panasonic and Sharp executive Doug Kern to the newly created position of brand marketing director for the Hisense and Sharp...
Financial
Foxconn To Push Sharp Into OLED-Panel Manufacturing
Foxconn will use 52 percent of its $3.49 billion investment in Sharp to develop OLED display technology to complement Sharp’s LCD-display manufacturing, market research...
Financial
Foxconn Agrees To 66% Stake In Sharp
Foxconn will purchase a 66 percent stake in ailing Sharp for about $3.5 billion under a new agreement between the Foxconn and Sharp boards....
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Hisense: Foxconn Deal Doesn’t Affect Our Use Of Sharp Brand
Hisense’s five-year licensing agreement to use the Sharp brand on TVs in North and South America doesn’t change with Foxconn’s plans to buy a...
Appliances
Architectural Digest Show Brings Out The Best In Luxury Appliances
Dealers, decorators and interior designers are descending on the Architectural Digest Design Show in New York today, in search of the finest in fabrics,...
Appliances
Sharp Heating Up Online Microwave Market: Report
When it comes to online sales of microwave ovens, Sharp is best positioned to succeed in what is becoming an increasingly important channel for...
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Hisense To Double Mexico Production To 3 Million TVs Per Year
Hisense is investing $30 million to update and expand the Mexico factory that it purchased from Sharp as part of an effort to double...
Keeping Current
Sharp Races to Save Foxconn Deal
Sharp is likely anxious to close the deal, having recently reported a quarterly loss that was more than double the prior-year period. “Taiwanese electronics...
news
Hisense, NASCAR Take Another Spin
Hisense is returning as a NASCAR sponsor this year as title sponsor of this year’s Xfinity Series Hisense 300 race in Charlotte, N.C., and...
Financial
Sharp: We’re Still Deciding On A Buyer
Financially ailing Sharp Electronics of Japan will make a decision on selling itself to either Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) or Taiwan’s Hon...
Industry
Jodi Sally, Kara Glynn Join Hisense
Hisense USA has added two new executives to strengthen the marketing efforts of its consumer electronics brands. Jodi Sally has been named director of...
news
CES 2016: Hisense & Sharp Announce 47 New TV Models
Now that Hisense has licensed the Sharp name for branding TVs, the No. 1 TV brand in China aims to become the No. 3...
news
HDR, Quantum Dots, Come To Sharp-Brand TVs
The Sharp TV brand is making its CES debut under Hisense USA management with the launch of its first Ultra HD TVs with high-dynamic...
Industry
Viken Leaves Sharp For Hisense
Industry veteran Mark Viken is leaving Sharp Electronics Marketing Company of America (SEMCA) to become Hisense USA’s marketing VP to oversee the company’s product...
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Hisense Outlines Plans For Sharp TV Brand
Hisense USA is expanding its sales, marketing, service, and sales operations as it prepares for the Jan. 6, 2016, takeover of Sharp’s North and...
Financial
Hisense Eyes U.S. Market With Sharp TV Acquisition
QINGDAO, CHINA — Chinese TV manufacturer Hisense will gain a stronger foothold in the Western markets with its acquisition of Sharp America’s TV assets....
CES-2016
Haier Adds Its First Roku TVs
Wayne, N.J. – Haier America joined the list of companies incorporating the Roku TV operating system and Roku streaming services in select TVs. The...
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Sharp Ships Expanded UHD TV Lineup
New York – Sharp began shipping two more series of Ultra HD 4K TVs, expanding the company’s 4K selection to nine SKUs, launching the...
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Sharp Drops UHD TV Opening Price To $799
Mahwah, N.J. — Sharp’s first two UHD LED TVs at less than $1,000 are among the four UHD TVs that the company has begun...
Industry
Sharp Taps Weedfald As Senior Sales VP
Mahwah, N.J. – In another in a series of executive shifts at Sharp Electronics Marketing Company of America (SEMCA), Sharp has appointed long-time CE...
CES-2016
Sharp Joins Roku TV Program
Saratoga, Calif. — Roku expanded its Roku TV program to include select Sharp TVs, which will soon join select models from TCL and Hisense....
Audio
Sharp Outlines Audio Plans For Custom Channel
New York – Sharp is using its high-resolution Blu-ray/SACD/networked music player to establish a beachhead for the launch of a series of high-performance audio...
Financial
Sharp Confirms Layoffs In U.S.
New York — Several weeks after a Nikkei report outlined upcoming staffing reductions at Sharp Electronics in Japan and the United States, the company...
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Sharp Rolls Out Aquos Full HD Smart TVs To Retail
Mahwah, N.J. – Sharp’s Aquos Full HD Smart TV series is now available nationwide. The new Aquos LE653/LE654 line is available in six screen...
Industry
Viken Takes On Additional Tasks At Sharp
Mahwah, N.J. – Mark Viken of Sharp Electronics Marketing Company of America (SEMCA) has added product marketing responsibilities to his brand-marketing duties, the company...
news
Sharp Splits Pixels To Go Beyond 4K
LAS VEGAS – Sharp executives revealed here Monday that they are not only expanding their 4K Ultra HDTV assortment for the 2015 they are...