MFI has room to improve further

MFI Furniture has been one of the retail sector’s best performers of late, enjoying a surging run that has seen the shares double in the last six months and rise three fold in the past three years.

New Spares Forum

You may have noticed the new spares forum that’s been added in the past few days. This is a forum specifically aimed at spares enquiries for the trade.

Workers fears grow as Maytag jobs leave US

DES MOINES, Iowa “” First two parts plants, then a refrigerator plant have marched on to Mexico. Moving appliance production to countries with cheap labor has heightened concerns that Maytag may export even more jobs, fears fueled further by the company’s purchase of 62 acres in an industri…

50-year relationship between Candy SpA, V. Demajo & Bros

Salvatore Pepe, export area manager of Candy SpA, left Malta last Sunday after a week’s visit. Mr Pepe, who is also responsible for North Africa, Cyprus and Southern and Eastern Africa, was here on one of his regular visits for talks with Messrs V. Demajo & Bros of Paola, the agents of Candy …

Electrolux sets up sourcing division in India

Company press release, July 16, 2003 New Delhi AB Electrolux (ABE), today, announced the setting up of the first sourcing division of its International Purchasing Office in Gurgaon, India. The establishment of this division is a part of the ABE’s major expansion plan of sourcing raw materials, co…

Warranty remedies unsettle Dixons

By Carolyn Batt (Filed: 24/07/2003) Electrical retailer Dixons yesterday vowed to work with the Competition Commission to achieve “a sensible outcome” after the watchdog outlined proposed remedies to ensure a fair and transparent market for extended warranties.