Dixons Strores Group International (DSGi), the owner of Currys and PC World, have made an annual loss of £140.4m after closing parts of its business and writing down the value of some of its firms. DSGi saw like-for-like sales slump in the year to 2 May as customers cut back on electrical g…
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Comet Announces £81 Million Loss
Kesa Electrical, the owner of Comet in the UK has announced today said Wednesday that it swung to a net loss of £111.4 million in the twelve months to April 30, after taking £150.9 million of exceptional costs. In the 15 months to April 30 2008, Kesa posted a profit of £119.6 mi…
Cooker And Oven Control Knobs
Control Knobs Cooker and oven knobs are a bit odd in many ways as there are a multitude of different colours, sizes, fittings and general styles. Because of this there are very few that are generic and will fit any old appliance, in fact, there’s really none that can. What we tend to …
Cooker Hood Grease And Carbon Filters
Cooker Hood Filters There are, in the main, two filters fitted to a cooker hood when they are new, a grease filter and a carbon or charcoal filter. We’ll look at both separately in a minute and explain more about them, but first of all it is important to understand that not all hoods …
Poor Extraction from A Cooker Hood
Cooker Hood Not Extracting A cooker hood not extracting correctly is a very common compliant that people have with these appliances and there is a number of simple things that you can do yourself to prove or disprove that there is a fault with your extractor. The first thing to realis…
Fridge And Freezer Thermistors
Fridge Freezer Thermistors On modern electronically controlled fridge freezers you will find that, instead of an old analogue thermostat that we now have small digital temperature sensors known as thermistors. These electronic sensors are also widely being used in other appliances as …
Haier Eyes Up More Acquisition Targets
Bloomberg has reported that Haier Group, the Chinese company that is now the world’s biggest refrigerator manufacturer, is seeking acquisitions or partnerships in an effort to build a global electronics brand. The company, which is buying 20 percent of New Zealand’s Fisher & Paykel Appliances…
DEFRA Say More Efficient Appliances Could Save £900 Million
Introducing minimum energy-efficiency levels on white household goods like washing machines and fridges could reduce prices from energy suppliers by £900 million. The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is taking part in a European consultation into how prices and…
KESA To Sell Off Swiss Retail Operation
Kesa has entered exclusive talks with Swiss electricals retailer FUST to sell its Swiss operation for CHF20m (£11.4m). The Comet owner said that a sale would not result in a loss and that negotiations will include obtaining certain approvals that should be completed in the coming weeks.
Baby ”Burned” By Ariel Gel
The Scottish Daily Record has reported that a baby has been badly burned by Ariel washing detergent. Taylor Mills, who is 17 months old, was hurt by Ariel Excel gel that failed to dissolve on a newly washed vest. The tot was in tears but parents Ryan and Gillian put it down to teething. And only …