Breaking one of the longest exhibiting streaks in the industry, Dacor decided this week to pull out of KBIS.  Dacor had until this week reserved one of the largests booths at the Chi
(Feb 8 2010 - 1:42pm) | Add Comment (1)

The ApplianceAdvisor.com website will be closed for maintenance, upgrades, and fumigation on Saturday Feb 6.  We should be offline for a few hours.

Over the last 14 years, brands have come and brands have gone.  Trends have flourished only to be replaced by some newer shinier trend.  How many of you have ridden that sweet wave o
(Feb 2 2010 - 1:13am) | Add Comment (4)

AGA, a large outfit from UK with North American subsidiaries Northland, Marvel, Heartland as well as the French brand La Cornue has changed its name to: "
(Feb 1 2010 - 8:31pm) | Add Comment (2)

Do we ever know the full agenda of our new business partners or if we even fit into our partner's long term plans?  How many agreements are reached between two parties, both of which are negotiating in good faith?

Diva de Provence, a tiny appliance brand with a once big footprint, is exiting the mass market appliance business except for the custom-built French styled ranges Diva first started busin
(Jan 28 2010 - 4:38pm) | Add Comment (5)

Liebherr's 24" single door refrigerators are being recalled because their doors have been falling off! 
(Jan 27 2010 - 10:33pm) | Add Comment (3)

Daewoo Electronics, which as far as we can tell, has been in Korean bankruptcy for 11 years, (Yup!  Since 1999) is close to being acquired.  (It has been close to acquisition 4 times.....
(Jan 27 2010 - 12:29am) | Add Comment (1)

This is what we know:
(Jan 21 2010 - 9:53am) | Add Comment (12)

Know a person (or group) who has developed an innovation, or accomplished something fantastic for our industry?
(Jan 21 2010 - 12:00am) | Add Comment (1)

Are we there yet?  Is this the new normal?  How's your business is doing?  What does the future hold for the appliance industry and your place in it?

However bad we believe it to be, there are events which shake us from our self-centered miopia and reset our perspective.  An event of this kind has just occured.  Give to
(Jan 14 2010 - 9:07pm) | Add Comment (2)

Bernie’s Audio Video TV Appliance Co., a chain of 15 locations in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts is closing.  In 2008 Bernie’s sold $63 million in consumer electronic
(Jan 16 2010 - 12:18am) | Add Comment (1)

Indiana based appliance retailer HHGregg is marching north along the Atlantic coast towards Philidelphia.  HHGregg has swallowed up and converted Circuit City locations throughout Virgini
(Jan 11 2010 - 8:37pm) | Add Comment (12)

Marcone to buy AP Wagner.
That's absolutely all that we have at this time. 
AP Wagner
(Jan 7 2010 - 10:15pm) | Add Comment (0)