Reports are surfacing this morning that the OpCapita bid for Comet may be gaining traction with help from an unexpected source, John Clare the former boss of Dixons Retail, Comet’s long time nemesis in electrical retailing.
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Domestic Appliance News
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Whirlpool Look To LG To Pay Them $16 Million
Bloomberg reports that Whirlpool asked a jury to award it $16.2 million in damages from South Korea’s LG Electronics for infringing a patent for refrigerator icemakers.
Whirlpool & Panasonic Executives Charged With Price Fixing
Former executives from Japanese company Panasonic and Brazilian subsidiaries of Whirlpool and Tecumseh were indicted Tuesday on charges of price-fixing, the US Justice Department have said.
Fridge Blamed For House Fire That Kills Six
A Beko fridge was incorrectly being blamed for a fire in Neasden, North West London that has sadly claimed the lives of six members of the family that lived in the home.
Glen Dimplex Group Acquires Valor
The Glen Dimplex Group has acquired the long established Valor gas fire business from BDR Thermea. Established in 1890 and based in Birmingham, Valor says it is the leading manufacturer and supplier of gas fires in the UK.
Best Buy Plans To Pull Out Of UK?
Fox News and other sources are reporting that Best Buy is likely to abandon its British megastores next year, retreating from an overseas expansion plan that has been stymied by a global recession and cultural differences in how people like to shop.
Latest Comet Rumblings
The Independent reports at the weekend that Comet’s parent company, Kesa, is thought to be planning to pick up the tab for the Comet pension fund to ease a sale of the struggling business.
Samsung Fridge Now With Leather
If you see a completely barmy appliance idea, chances are, it will be LG or Samsung that come up with it and not to disappoint us Samsung have come up with a leather clad American side by side fridge freezer.
LG Moves Into Commercial Laundry
LG Electronics has opened a self-service laundry in New York equipped with only its products as it pushes to expand business-to-business sales in the United States.
BrocklebankPenn Appointed To Relaunch Servis
In a press release, Turkish appliance manufacturer Vestel syas that it has appointed the BrocklebankPenn agency to relaunch the Servis brand in the UK.