Category: Appliance

Woolworths will be relaunched as an online store after the brand was bought by Shop Direct Group owners the Barclay brothers. The Barclay brothers have also bought Woolworths’ childrenswear brand Ladybird from the administrator, which will be sold on a new dedicated website woolworths.co.uk from …

The North American DIY market has taken a blow with the news Home Depot plans to cut 7,000 jobs. The chain, the world’s largest DIY retailer, will makes the cuts by axing its loss making Expo Design Centers in the US.

Homebase set to axe hundreds of jobs Senior staff across 300 of DIY chain’s stores are at risk of redundancy following a 10% decline in sales over the Christmas period. According to reports by The Sun, senior staff were called to meetings last week to be informed of a ‘restructuring’ that is like…

Focus employees nearly 5,000 people in the UK DIY firm Focus says credit insurers have almost completely pulled the cover offered to the retailer- one of the biggest in the UK. Focus says less than 5% of its stock is now being covered by credit insurers.

As we reported on Monday evening, Empire Direct fell into administration after a poor Christmas for most stores selling televisions and washing machines and the situation further aggravated further by the loss of credit insurance. KPMG who are the appointed administrator to the company said the “…

It would appear this evening that internet retailer “Empire Direct” has entered administration. The website’s homepage has been altered to display only a short message from the receiver which reads as detailed below.

US electronics and electrical retail giant Circuit City said on Friday that it is to liquidate the business in the States closing all its remaining stores.

A babysitter has been charged with murder after putting a baby in a tumble drier so she could watch television undisturbed. Arielle Smith, 19, has been told she faces a second degree murder charge after the horrific incident in Harvey near New Orleans, Louisiana.

Royal Mail is launching an overnight parts distribution service, following a year-long pilot with white goods manufacturer Indesit Company. The service is based on a specialist network which delivers parts to field service engineers at their homes, business or vehicle by 8am, with real-time track…

Only in America… Would someone hack into an ancient toploader, install a network connection and associate electronics, a dodgy looking PSU to power that lot and then a switch to detect the state of the machine and then a big illuminated sign as well as reporting the wash was done on “Twitter”!