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Domestic Appliance News
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Whirlpool’s new launches aimed at mass market
FROM being just called a `premium player,’ Whirlpool of India Ltd is now looking at being seen as a `mass player.’ Armed with a slew of launches across all product categories, at all price points, the company is looking at a 15 per cent increase in the total sales turnover from Rs 1,300 crore in …
Fagor Appliances appoints Jacky’s “˜Authorised Distributor’ for the UAE
Fagor a leading appliances brand in the European market has appointed Jacky’s Middle East LLC as its agents to market and distribute their entire range of free standing as well as built-in appliances in the UAE.
Dixons Group to Announce First Share Buyback
Dixons Group Plc, the U.K.’s largest consumer-electronics retailer, will announce a “substantial” share buyback program, its first, when it reports full-year profit on Wednesday, the Financial Times reported, without saying where it got the information.
Whirlpool aims 15 per cent sales growth
Home appliances firm Whirlpool of India, said today it aimed a 15 per cent rise in sales turnover this fiscal over Rs 1,300 crores last year, mainly helped by increasing sales of refrigerators.
Washing machine makers expect 7% growth this year
WITH the season for washing machines just beginning, the industry is anticipating a growth of about 6-7 per cent this year. It, however, remains to be seen if the players in the segment, besides competing with each other, are able to counter the threat coming from the easy availability of `domest…
Money, money, money… it’s a cheap workers’ world
How many Swedes does it take to make a toilet? It doesn’t matter because they cost too much to employ anyway. It sounds like an old joke but Sweden is losing jobs to cheaper areas such as Eastern Europe and China.
Fridge on the blink warrants little attention
LIKE most people, I have, over the years, gone through the ordeal of having to buy just about everything required to run a house. Be it a cooker, dishwasher, video camera or computer, I’ve negotiated the very tricky task of choosing the best one on the market at that time, taking into considerati…
Man in India invents earthen fridge
An Indian man has invented a refrigerator that runs without electricity, as he aimed to create one that’s affordable for the masses. Munshukhbai Prajapati made the refrigerator entirely out of clay, and the gadget uses no electricity.
Whirlpool, Ispat Inland Inc. Reach Agreement
June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Whirlpool Corp. and Ispat Inland Inc. today announced that they have reached a confidential agreement staying the litigation involving the two companies for 45 days while securing Whirlpool’s steel supply and allowing the temporary restraining order against Ispat…