Built in ovens or electric wall ovens as they are known in the US that were made by Electrolux and sold through Sears retailers Stateside are being recalled due to a risk of posing a fire hazard.
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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Whirlpool To Hike Prices
Whirlpool said on Friday said it would raise prices of its appliances in Britain and Russia to counter deteriorating currencies that are hurting the company’s profits.
Brexit Pushes Prices Up
We caught wind of this today, it’s hardly a shock and this website did say that price rises because of Brexit were probably inevitable if the Pound’s value against the Euro and the Dollar stayed low. It looks like that is now happening.
Washing Machine Anti-Dumping
Oh dear, LG, Samsung and Daewoo have been rapped yet again by regulators in the US for dumping washing machines into the US market at artificially low prices, lower than they cost to make so it is said.
Subscription Detergents
Procter & Gamble is testing a concept called the Tide Wash Club which is a subscription based service for laundry detergent delivered to your door that is similar to other such concepts available these days.
Energy Labels To Change
It looks like the EU are going to ditch the confusing and, in this website’s opinion frankly ridiculous energy label with their A+++ or whatever on them and go back to a good old A to G.
Fraudster Jailed
A Leeds based operator has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) recycling fraud.
Howdens Pricing Slammed
In an article in the Guardian over the weekend Howdens who sell the own label brand Lamona appliances has been slammed for their pricing for practices we keep warning people about with the appliances.
Hydrogen Gas Appliances
We have picked up on a report that current gas appliances including cookers, built in hobs and so could possibly be converted to use hydrogen gas rather than becoming obsolete as many have feared.
Another Beko Dryer Explodes
Okay hands up, the headline is a bit misleading as despite reports that we’ve seen in the media this was not an explosion at all. Not even close in our opinion.