April 2010 Newletter

A moment at the Kitchen and Bath Show in Chicago…..

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NEWS SUMMARY

• China Comes to KBIS: EXCLUSIVE
  As Chinese appliance manufacturers increase their success………
  
• Bosch to Best Buy: "Who the Heck is Siemens?"
  Clash of the Mental Titans, this is not.  Bosch introduced the………..
  
• Dacor to Sears: "Take Me… I’m Yours"
  Dacor products will now be on display and sold in ………..
   
• Dacor to Pacific Sales: "You’re Not Dead to Us"
  Dacor invented UMRP (Unilateral Minimum Retail Pricing)……..
  
• Sierra Selects True Luxury Charcoal: EXCLUSIVE
  What is luxury, what is the purest definition of luxury?…………
  
• Big Story Coming: Please CONTINUE to Stand By. EXCLUSIVE
  Following an Exclusive Big Story.  Should be ready for release any day now…….
   

• ASKO Rumors from Southern California
  Rumors that ASKO will be distributed in S. California by……..

  

• And Now Back to the Apocalypse, Already in Progress
  Good, we don’t have to return the kayak……
   
• Energy Star’s Enhanced Testing and Verification: Stake Holders Meeting: UPDATED
  At Energy Star, it’s no more fooling around.  It’s now all business with these changes that include……..
   
• Radio Goes Off the Air
  After 75 years.  But the worst part is the loss of the nicest guy in appliances……
   
• GAO Discovers Energy Star is an Optical Illusion: UPDATED March 30
  New product that will wake you up or burn your house down…….
   
• Fixed the Testing. Will They Ever Fix the Test?
  More from the continuing restructuring of Energy Star.
   
• Rumors of Distribution Testing in the Clean-Up Market
  Whole lot of interesting changes
  in distribution of dishwashers.  It’ll make you tingly too.
   
• Blomberg Cutting Ties to Some Distribution? Arçelik Says Not True. UPDATED 4
  News, refutations, press releases.  Just another day in the world of dishwashers
   
• A Product Placement Mystery: SOLVED
  We are nornally a fan, but this time, this product looks fantastic and solves a slew of problems….
   
• Part III: The People’s Army
  We need you to test the energy usage of your refrigerator.  Are you game?
   
• Part II: Refrigerator Efficiency: Trust but Verify
  What you can do if your anti-psychotics don’t kick in…….
   
• Team Whirlpool Slaps LG
  Same old same old in the continuing Whirlpool / LG fight
   
• Part I: Manufacturers Speak Their Mind About New Efficiency Rules: EXCLUSIVE
  “Do we need to carve our request into your forehead?”
  “YOUR BLOODY JOB IS TO BLOODY WELL FIGURE HOW TO GET OVER IT!”
  “you can just fix the bullet hole and go about your day………..have you considered that?”
  
• ASKO Not Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf
  ASKO cancels California distributor and gets back into bed with……….
   
• NKBA ROCKS & 40% Increase in KBIS Registrations
  You know we couldn’t be mad at you NKBA, come over here and get a hug!
   
• Abt and PC Richards Have "Needs", Now Satisfied by NATM Buying Group
  We’re not sure what it means, but lots of folks were excited about it……..
   
• UPDATED: 2011 Consumer Electronics Show to Add Space for Appliances
  Not everything it promised to be.

And there’s so other News you may have missed.