Miele has been slammed by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over a magazine ad comparing the performance of one of its vacuum cleaners with a Dyson bagless cleaner.
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Comet stars for Kesa
Sales at electricals chain Comet jumped by more than 7% over Christmas and the New Year, outstripping the disappointing performance reported yesterday by rival Currys. Owned by Kesa, Europe’s third-largest electrical goods retailer, Comet trades from 250 stores and said it had enjoyed strong sale…
Italy puts the boot into Dixons’ gloomy Christmas
· Update wipes £420m off value of group · Restructuring pushes six-month profits down 25% DSG, formerly known as Dixons, surprised investors yesterday with worse than expected Christmas trading in Italy and France, poor sales at its core Currys chain and declining profit margins.
Lost your instruction manual?
Instruction Manuals Help to find instruction manuals online for free If you have lost your instruction manual or book for your washing machine, dishwasher or other appliance, here are a few sites you can obtain a copy online for download. Please bear in mind that many manufactu…
Tumble Dryer Buying Guide
Dryer Buying Advice Our guide to things to think about when shopping for a new tumble dryer For the most part tumble dryers are desperately simple devices, you have some thermostats, a heater, a drum, a motor, a timer and some other bits and bobs to make it all hang together. B…
Samsung To Launch A Water-Recycling Washing Machine
A washing machine that both recycles water and gives consumers the option to “air wash” clothes has been unveiled by Sanyo at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The AQUA Washing Machine, reports Yahoo! Tech, has been launched in Japan and uses a device called Aqualoop which recycl…
AGA considers US sale
AGA Foodservice, the oven and fridge manufacturer, announced today that it was considering the sale of its US business. The group said Domain, the US-based high-end home furnishings business it bought in 2002, made a loss of £2.8m in 2006. AGA said it was considering with local management a…
Smeg Streamlines the Order to Delivery Process with Maginus
Smeg, the Italian manufacturer, famous for its elegant and distinctive domestic appliances, has used Maginus solutions in its UK subsidiary since August 2005. Maginus has enabled Smeg to make significant improvements across sales, logistics and fulfilment. Smeg manufactures all of its products in…
Washing Machine Detergent And Skin Irritation
Over the past six months or so we have often opened up Word and started to write this article and, every time we have concluded that it wasn’t worth the hassle. This is such a contentious area that we would likley get lots of email telling us how wrong we are, regardless of what we actually said …
The Quality Of Appliance Spare Parts
Spare Part Quality It is our experience and, it is considerable with spares, that people seem to think that all parts are equal the only difference between one pump and another for example is the price tag. Sadly that is far from the truth of the matter. Just like many other industrie…