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Appliances
Whirlpool’s New Slimtech Insulation Cuts A Striking Figure
SlimTech insulation to launch in 2024 on select JennAir 30 in. Column refrigerators
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Whirlpool Brand Cleans Up With The Industry’s First 2 In 1 Removable Agitator Washer
For more than 100 hundred years, Whirlpool brand knows its way around home appliances—and how to design them to improve how families give and...
Appliances
Whirlpool Unveils Industry-First Top Load Washer With 2 in 1 Removable Agitator
The removable agitator offers an enhanced laundry experience
Home Automation
New Smart Appliances & Home Theater For The 2019 Connected Home
A walk through the modern day smart home
Appliances
Major Appliances Reclaim Their KBIS Turf
White-goods vendors are back with new finishes and functionality.
Appliances
10 Major Appliance Movers & Shakers In 2018
Once upon a time, the major appliance business was boring.
Appliances
October Surprise For Core Appliance Categories: AHAM
Shipments for the big six fell 4 percent
Appliances
Whirlpool’s Sam Abdelnour Lauded By BrandSource On Eve Of Retirement
The popular sales VP received a first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award for 40 years of service.
Home Automation
Smart Home Stroll: In The Laundry Room & Bathroom
How much smarter can you clean up?
Appliances
Whirlpool Opens Consumer Experience Center
Whirlpool has opened its Chicago showcase facility to consumers.
Appliances
GE Appliances Aiming For Top Spot In U.S. Majap Market
GE Appliances has thrown down the white-goods gauntlet.
Appliances
Whirlpool Simplifies Voice Commands For Google-Connected Appliances
The enhancements were revealed at this week's Google I/O developer's conference.
Appliances
JennAir Rejuvenated With ‘Rebellious’ Rebranding Campaign
The days when Whirlpool’s premium JennAir badge would conjure up images of upper middle-class contentment appear to be numbered.
Appliances
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.
Appliances
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.
Appliances
Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? Appliances Can
Smart appliances are moving to the head of the class.
Product Spotlight
Amazon Cooking Up More Feats For Alexa
The virtual assistant can now control microwave ovens by voice.
Appliances
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...
Appliances
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...
Keeping Current
Sears, Whirlpool Win $2M Windfall
A class-action lawsuit that resulted in a $4.7 million judgement against Whirlpool and Sears for making and selling defective washers has been reduced to...
Appliances
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...
Industry
Changes At The Top: Whirlpool’s Jeff Fettig And GE Appliances’ Chip Blankenship Stepping Down
The CEOs of two of the world’s largest major appliance manufacturers are handing off the reins. In back-to-back announcements, Whirlpool’s Jeff Fettig and GE...
Appliances
Whirlpool Petitions Feds To Pursue Samsung And LG
Updated! No. 1 global majap maker Whirlpool is looking to limit its competitors’ ability to evade anti-dumping laws by shifting production from country to...
Appliances
Whirlpool, LG Join The Google Assistant Parade
Turns out two other Top Five major appliance manufacturers – Whirlpool and LG Electronics – have just joined GE in hitching their smart appliances...
Appliances
Whirlpool To Acquire Yummly
Bolstering its commitment to the smart home, Whirlpool will acquire Yummly, an app and website that provides personalized recipes and cooking resources. Yummly, which...
Appliances
Samsung, LG Tops In U.S. Appliance Sales: Stevenson
Samsung and LG Electronics dominated the U.S. major appliance market in the first quarter. According to The Stevenson Company’s latest TraQline sales data, the...
Appliances
Whirlpool Cleans Up In Q1
Whirlpool ended its first quarter of the year on a head of steam locally, with sales in North America up 7 percent, to $2.6...
Industry
Wells Fargo, Whirlpool Extend Financing Pact For Independent Dealer Support
Wells Fargo Commercial Distribution Finance (CDF) has extended an exclusive dealer financing program with Whirlpool to offer independent retailers access to longer terms to...
Appliances
Whirlpool Earnings Flat In Q4
Despite a solid performance in North America, unfavorable currency fluctuations, acquisition-related transition costs and the impact of Brexit kept Whirlpool‘s fourth-quarter profits flat at...
Keeping Current
Whirlpool May Face Setback In Samsung/LG Trade Suit
A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel is questioning the U.S. Commerce Department’s methods in calculating the stiff import duties being imposed on certain South...
Keeping Current
Whirlpool Providing Clean Laundry For At-Risk Kids
Whirlpool, through its Care Counts program, is donating laundry pairs to public schools so transient students can have clean clothes to wear. Teachers are...
Buying Groups
Whirlpool To Sponsor Nationwide NeXtGen Event
The Nationwide Marketing Group’s next NeXtGen millennial gathering, to be held at the upcoming PrimeTime show in Nashville, will be sponsored by Whirlpool. NeXtGen,...
Appliances
Me, No Me: LG, Whirlpool Compete On Clothes Dryer Standard
It was a case of dueling announcements. Within minutes of one other, LG Electronics and Whirlpool claimed clothes-dryer compliance with the category’s first-ever voluntary...
Industry
At Whirlpool, Jim Peters To Succeed Larry Venturelli As CFO
Jim Peters, Whirlpool’s VP, corporate controller and chief accounting officer, has been tapped to succeed Larry Venturelli as chief financial officer on Aug. 1....
Appliances
Whirlpool Connects With Innit’s Automated Cooking Platform
Select Jenn-Air appliances from Whirlpool will soon be able to assess what’s in the oven and draw from a vast online gastronomic database to provide custom...
Appliances
12,000 Tee’d Off At Whirlpool Over Trump PGA Tourney
Whirlpool CEO Jeff Fettig is the target of nearly 12,000 petitioners who are urging the company to change the venue of next year’s KitchenAid-sponsored...
Appliances
Whirlpool Brews Up Beer-Making Vessi Via Indiegogo
Hey, where was Whirlpool over the holiday weekend when we needed it? This morning the world’s largest appliance manufacturer announced the launch of a...
Appliances
Whirlpool Charges Samsung, LG With Predatory Pricing
Says Koreans avoided penalities by moving production to China Whirlpool has filed an antidumping petition with the U.S. Commerce Department and the U.S. International...
Industry
Whirlpool’s Bitzer Named President/COO
Marc Bitzer, who ran Whirlpool’s North American and European businesses as vice chairman, has been promoted to president and COO of the company and given...
Appliances
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...