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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.

Viking Remembers Liston

advisor — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:42:05 -0600

From Fred Carl: President of Viking Range Corporation

U-Line's Hiring: Are You?

advisor — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:06:39 -0600

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

From Best's Mouth

advisor — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:24:21 -0600

The industry is rife with rumors of Best by Broan's problems.
This is what we have been told by sources:

Fulgor Milano Heads back to Milano....CORRECTION Stays in USA

advisor — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:45:43 -0600

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

FIXED!!: Problem with our Manufacturers Links Page

advisor — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:38:22 -0600

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

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Alfresco in Bed with Viking

advisor — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:56:52 -0600

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.

ex-Appliance Executive Indicted in Appliance Scam EXCLUSIVE UPDATED

advisor — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:27:10 -0600

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

ALMO Snags Electrolux Executive

advisor — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:08:10 -0600

Electrolux Executive Jay Penney joins ALMO as VP of Business Development.

Sears and the American Dream

advisor — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:54:37 -0600

Sears is in trouble. No news there.

Panasonic to Enter North American Home Appliance Market

advisor — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:18:03 -0600

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

Bosch Pilots Online Sales System but Questions Remain

advisor — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:40:47 -0600

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

LG Said to be Re-Organizing All Distribution: CONFIRMED & UPDATED Dec 13.

advisor — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:01:50 -0600

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

Independent Rangehood Closed Forever

advisor — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:55:18 -0600

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