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News and Rumors from the Chicago 2012 Tent Sale (kbis)

advisor — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:32:41 -0500

The Wait Finally Ends! The Caloric Brand Returns

advisor — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:01:56 -0500

Who has not been pining for the return of the Caloric brand to the American appliance scene? Who of you have not lived lives of quiet desperation since Caloric was terminated? These was

Viking Dishwashers Recall / Annual Sales Estimate

advisor — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:38:07 -0500

Viking is recalling all 2000+ dishwashers built between May 26, 2010 and September 15, 2010, for problems associated with shorts and fires. There have been 21 fires, and 5 which resulting in

Jobs in Texas

advisor — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 14:08:24 -0500

A new job in Texas!!! Yippee!!
Go to Jobs area, and read all about it.

Windcrest's Southern Strategy: Breaks for O'Rourke

advisor — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:19:05 -0500

Windcrest departs Pinnacle for O'Rourke Distribution in the way down southern states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Eastern Tennessee. O'Rourke is the distributio

Appliance Humor from the Outside

advisor — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:18:53 -0500

Parental Guidance Suggested:

ASKO is De Riggeur

advisor — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:13:49 -0500

ALMO takes over distribution of ASKO products from Riggs Distribution in Northern California, Northern Nevada and Hawaii.

Hadco Signs Letter of Intent for Delia

advisor — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:31:28 -0500

Viking Southeast Distributor Hadco has signed a Letter of Intent for the aquisition of Delia, Viking's New England Distributor.

Vintage BBQ Sold

advisor — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 13:39:04 -0500

BKE Distribution has sold the Vintage BBQ line to Northeast (and midwest) distributor Signature Marketing effective January 2012. Signature claims that Vintage nearly matches the Alfresco lin

Blue Star re-Launches Independent Hoods......but Questions Persist UPDATED

advisor — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:11:52 -0500

Blue Star has launched the Prizer Hood line (Prizerhoods.com) and website using the same products and product photographs still to be found on the Independent Hood website (Kitchenhoods.com).

Basil Larkin Resigns from Viking

advisor — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:55:03 -0500

Basil Larkin resigned from his position at Viking as VP of Sales and National Sales Manager, effective February 2012, confirming the hot tip from Appliancecarguy in the Forums section.

Terim, Maker of Fratelli Onofri Cooking Appliances in Cash / Bankruptcy Crisis

advisor — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 11:36:29 -0600

Italy based Terim, maker of Fratelli Onofri brand appliances, which are widely distributed in North America, has shut down its 2 Italian factories and layed off 400 employees. Other sources i

Class Action Against Energy Star Fibbers

advisor — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:25:58 -0600

Lawyers are now sitting by their phones trawling for consumers to join in a Class Action against a myriad of appliance manufacturers who have "allegedly" marked their appliances as Energy

Unmitigated Disaster / Train Wreck: 1.7 Million Bosch Coffee Machines Recalled

advisor — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:21:36 -0600

These are not major appliances. These are counter-top appliances, but they have punched above their weight class, in this the largest appliance recall in our memory.

hhgregg Linked to Spam Attack on ApplianceAdvisor.com

advisor — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:29:54 -0600

ApplianceAdvisor.com has been the victim of comment spammers, who integrate internet hyperlinks inside comments upon the news. Recently we have noticed several comments linked to the hhg

Costa Concordia

advisor — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:41:53 -0600

Cartoon

News Tidal Wave: Dishwasher Fires

advisor — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:17:07 -0600

The Scripps TV Station Group is riding a wave of dishwasher fire stories at all of its USA stations. Have you been asked by a prospective shopper about the risk of appliance fires?

Two Eagles > One Lynx

advisor — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:20:55 -0600

High End BBQ maker Twin Eagles reports that recently promoted Lynx Sales and Marketing Director Brian Eskew has resigned (even more recently) from that position to join Twin Eagles as Marketing Man

Sub-Zero Cancels American Dream for 100 Families

advisor — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:03:44 -0600

Sub-Zero lived up to its name today, when it closed its Madison factory, shifted the work to Arizona, and threw 100 employees out into the street........in winter, reports the Wisconsin State Journ

Independent Rumored to be Rising from Dead

advisor — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:17:31 -0600

Rumor has it that some of the people behind Independent Rangehood are promising to rebuild the catalog, evidently under a new name.