Rumor has it that some of the people behind Independent Rangehood are promising to rebuild the catalog, evidently under a new name. 
(Jan 26 2012 - 3:17am) | Add Comment (1)

From Fred Carl:  President of Viking Range Corporation

(Jan 22 2012 - 12:42pm) | Add Comment (1)

U-Line is hiring Technical Support Training Reps. (See Jobs).
Is anyone else hiring?

The industry is rife with rumors of Best by Broan's problems.
This is what we have been told by sources:
(Jan 20 2012 - 12:24pm) | Add Comment (0)

Effective January 1, Fulgor Milano has pulled up stakes and left North America.  Fulgor Milano is a brand unknown to most of you.  It may be better known in its many other iterations, suc
(Jan 16 2012 - 9:45pm) | Add Comment (0)

UPDATE:  Should be fixed.  If it ain't fix, complain to us again.

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(Jan 10 2012 - 8:38pm) | Add Comment (0)

Alfresco BBQ has switched nearly all of its distribution to Viking's distributors, effective January 1, 2012.  One should assume that Viking was not surprised by the move.

(Jan 9 2012 - 12:56pm) | Add Comment (2)

UPDATED JAN, 7 2012:  According to the Office of the US Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Danilo (Donny) Danti (ex-president of defunct distributor Oakton) was indicted December 1
(Jan 6 2012 - 12:27am) | Add Comment (2)

Electrolux Executive Jay Penney joins ALMO as VP of Business Development. 
(Jan 4 2012 - 11:08am) | Add Comment (1)

Sears is in trouble.  No news there.
(Jan 3 2012 - 5:54pm) | Add Comment (0)

Refrigerators and Washers and Air Conditioners they say.
Hmmm, we'll see.

Following up the many tips and insights of our readers, ApplianceAdvisor.com contacted Bosch to dig deeper into the onlines sales program.  We were particularly interested in the experiences o
(Dec 13 2011 - 12:40am) | Add Comment (0)

All regional 2-step distributors are rumored CONFIRMED to be released by LG on a 90 day notice which starts December 12 and ends March 13.  To be replaced by two multi-regiona
(Dec 10 2011 - 10:01am) | Add Comment (2)

Reno based, luxury and custom rangehood maker, Independent Rangehoods has shut its doors forever.  The long arm of the banking industry locked their doors and took possession of its assets.&nb
(Dec 6 2011 - 3:55pm) | Add Comment (0)

There is news in our industry, but we are unable to investigate or report it.
This editor has suffered an unexpected loss and will leave the reporting to you this week.