Comet are offering incentives of up to £200 to swap their old white goods for new ones under a scheme designed to mirror the government’s car scrappage scheme, widely reported as being a “cash for clunkers” scheme. Comet has teamed up with manufacturer BSH Home Appliances to offer customers…
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Whirlpool To Cut A Further 1100 Jobs
Whirlpool says it will cut 1,100 jobs and close a refrigerator factory in Evansville, Indiana in the USA. The jobs will be eliminated in mid-2010.
Comet Shows Signs Of Recovery
Kesa Electricals said like-for-like sales fell 3.9% as a return to growth at its Comet stores in the UK was offset by weakness in France. Comet stores saw a 0.3% rise in like-for-like sales in the three months to July 31, after an improvement in the sale of fridges and other whitegoods.
Fisher & Paykel Removed From Top 15, Sells Premises
Chinese appliance manufacturing giant Haier’s 20% buy-in to Fisher & Paykel Appliances has led to it being removed from the stock exchange’s top 15 companies list, to be replaced by Freightways. Shares in F&P Appliances yesterday traded flat, around 75c, while Freightways’ shares opened a…
Sharp Introduce New French Door Fridge Freezers
Sharp has added two new models in its French door refrigerator range. The new SJF602SPBK is a 602-litre fridge with a black stainless steel finish while the SJF653SPSSL is a 653-litre stainless steel fridge. According to Sharp, improved cosmetic features include a stylish silver trim on the tempe…
Maytag Introduce New American Fridge Freezer
Maytag has launched an American-style fridge freezer as part of its new refrigeration range. The Maytag MS20 CIII4 stainless steel side-by-side fridge freezer will cost around £2,000 and shops are currently taking deliveries.
Maytag USA -v- Blogger – Blogger Wins
Last month, blogger Heather Armstrong, who writes for the immensely popular parenting blog Dooce in the US, gave the appliance giant Maytag a public relations scare after she asked her million or so followers to boycott the brand after her recently purchased $1,300 washing machine stopped working…
REPIC Ordered To Pay £1M Costs
The WEEE compliance scheme REPIC which acts on behalf of a consortium of manufacturers has been ordered to pay full costs, which could be as much as £1 million, to the defendants in the judicial review that the company unsuccessfully pursued this year. It has emerged that the company was to…
Dixons Investigates Comments On Facebook Group
The Dixons Stores Group (DSGi, which owns Currys & PC World) has launched an investigation into staff caught insulting customers on social networking site Facebook. The unofficial Facebook group, “DSGi Employees”, which says it is for people who work or have worked for the company, has around…
Currys & Comet Under Fire Over Pay
The Mail has reported that Comet electricals owner Kesa are expected to face shareholder rebellions over the generosity of proposed pay schemes at annual meetings this week. The criticisms follow a rise of complaints over pay awards, with fashion chain Next and DSG International, owner of the Cur…