Category: Appliance

Dust bunnies of America: Your days are numbered! There’s a new dynamic domestic duo in town, and they have soap, water and pristine cleaning rags. And they aren’t afraid to use them. Actually, dust bunnies are the least of the worries facing Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie as these imports from …

A new generation of washing machines promises to do bigger loads — even quilts and comforters — and save on energy and water. Many of the new machines have an interesting feature — less aggravation by using a different type of agitation.

Our industry is about to enter the toughest 5 year period of the last 20. We are about to have legislation stuff down our throats until it makes some of us sick.

Widely reported in the media today is that UK fuel prices are set to soar by some considerable margin which may make more energy efficient appliances a benefit to many consumers.

Energy suppliers’ moves into the home services domain was put firmly back into the spotlight last week as Centrica [CNA.L] was tipped to bid for Dyno-Rod and Powergen announced its tie up with Domestic and General. Bolstered by its successful sell-off of the AA, Centrica is in a good position to …

A RETIRED naval officer was killed as he tried to repair his wife’s washing machine, an inquest heard. Lieutenant-Commander John Lister, 67, a retired Royal Navy officer, died at his home in St Andrew’s Road, Knodishall, near Leiston, on August 4.

LEVER Brothers, manufacturers of famous household products such as Breeze, Lux and Lipton Tea, will soon be changing its name and logo. Shawn Samad, corporate communications officer of Lever Brothers, told the Express this change was in process because the parent company, Unilever, aimed to bring…

Iceberg RM Ltd., a local company, has won an investment tender for the sale of shares of the Baku Chinar Refrigerators Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) held by the Ministry of Economic Development (MED).

On the face of it, the huge spread of contract manufacturing is one of the best things to happen to India’s corporate sector in recent times. A cover story published in The Strategist section of this newspaper yesterday shows how contract manufacturing helps companies such as Hindustan Lever and …

Samsung Corp., Procter & Gamble Co. and Colgate-Palmolive Co. are gaining popularity in China, while Sega Corp., Nintendo Co. Ltd. and Daewoo Corp. are losing ground, according to a survey by advertising company Euro RSCG.