LG is to launch it’s upmarket and very pricey range of Signature appliances in the UK it has been confirmed and they should be available to buy sometime this month.
Category: Domestic Appliance News
Domestic Appliance News
All the latest general news from the domestic appliance industry that we find all over the world, and stories that are of interest to the trade and public, often with our own unique non-politically correct spin on it.
We cover almost anything interesting to do with appliances or that affects the industry, including new product releases, scandals, recalls, mergers, takeovers and all the other juicy appliance news from around the world.
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The Return Of Rental?
We picked up on an interesting article this week being as we’re a bit geeky and watch the tech news that Dixons Carphone, better known to we peasants as Currys, wants to take on Amazon and it has a plan.
Electrolux Buys Anova
Electrolux, the world’s second largest appliance company, will buy the precision cooker manufacturer Anova Culinary for $250 million, the companies have announced.
Beko Moves Into Smalls
Like a number of other traditionally large kitchen appliance manufacturers Beko has introduced a range of small kitchen appliances.
Samsung Mulls US Plant
Its been reported that Samsung may build a U.S. plant for its home appliances business, a person familiar with the matter said, the latest company to respond to criticism about imports from new President Donald Trump.
Argos Fridge Funeral
This is just brilliant, a classic British comedy moment when undertaker Rafael Learmonth returned a dead fridge freezer to Argos with all the trimmings of a funeral.
Panasonic Ends US Vacs
Panasonic, another company that doesn’t really appear to be doing terribly well, has said it will end its vacuum cleaner development business in North America at the end of March.
Arctic Gets State Aid
Most readers won’t have heard of the appliance manufacturer Arctic as its a Romanian company that produces mostly refrigeration products we believe, until now.
Samsung Breaking Rules
Oh dear, can it get any worse for Samsung we’ve been asking and apparently, yes it can get worse as they are apparently not following the rules on their own recall.
UK Washer Sales Double
We got a tip a while back that washing machine sales in the UK are set to break the three million units barrier this year which is more than double the amount sold in 2004/5.