While many high-street retailers are resorting to big discounts to drum up trade in the last shopping week before Christmas, John Lewis, has bucked the trend – breaking sales records and taking more than £100m in a week for the first time. Sales were up 7.7% compared with last year. The dep…
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Poor Service Levels For Baumatic Reported
Baumatic service engineers taking 2 weeks plus to call out to cust in lots of areas. Engineers leaving company and agents poor service cust product faith poor due to service and response times.
Cooker And Oven General Buying Guide
Oven & Cooker Buying Help Our general guide of things to look out for when buying built in ovens and cookers Ovens and cooking appliances in general are something of a passion for me as I like to cook and over the years I’ve experienced some good and some bad cookers, a couple of …
Electrolux’s Spennymoor Factory To Close
It has bee confirmed this mornign by various sources that the Electrolux cooker factory in Spennymoor, County Durham, confirmed that at least 200 jobs would go. As we reported in October Electrolux said it would conduct a two-month investigation into the future viability of the loss-making s…
Bodelwyddan factory jobs axed
Sixty seven workers are to be laid off from a washing machine factory in a demoralising pre-Christmas blow. Indesit has told its employees it wants to shed 45 production workers and 22 office staff at its Bodelwyddan factory at Kinmel Park next year. Some of them are temporary employees.
John Lewis bucks trend with tills ringing to a record tune
While many high street retailers are struggling to drum up sales from cautious consumers and showing signs of stress with pre-Christmas discounts and profit warnings, John Lewis last week rang up record weekly sales. The 26-store chain said yesterday it had raked in £96m in the seven days t…
Electrolux urges EU to offer cash for buyers of green white goods
Electrolux, the Swedish home appliance maker, is calling on the EU to offer consumers cash and fiscal incentives to dispose of their “gas-guzzling” fridge-freezers, washing machines and dishwashers and switch to more energy-efficient models as part of its ambitious plans to combat climate change….
Electrolux Discovers Colours
Electrolux has expanded on the recent trend by LG and others by announcing its Color Passion range of kitchen and laundry appliances in a number of “vibrant” colours.
Hoover Candy Group Increase Spares Prices
Candy have announced that as of Friday 29th February 2008 the prices of all the group’s spares will rise by 4.1%. New pricing information will be sent to agents and spares suppliers in the week of the price increase.
New washers ‘can break down within a year’
Consumers looking to purchase a new kitchen appliance could be prompted to consider securing a warranty, following the results of a new study. According to the survey, a number of new products such as washing machines and vacuum cleaners are likely to break down within the first year of ownership…