Most Recent News

Part I: Manufacturers Speak Their Mind About New Efficiency Rules: EXCLUSIVE

advisor — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:13:51 -0600

“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

advisor — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:38:14 -0600

ASKO canceled its California and Hawaii distributor Waters Inc. ASKO has appointed Sub-Zero and Wolf distributor for Northern California, Riggs Distributing. A little bit strange.

NKBA ROCKS & 40% Increase in KBIS Registrations

advisor — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:03:03 -0600

After a long conversation with the NKBA today about exhibitors, attendees, Las Vegas, Chicago, the weather, the industry, we were told that some in our industry have said that "ApplianceAdviso

The Third Floor Walk-up

advisor — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:14:00 -0600

Abt and PC Richards Have "Needs", Now Satisfied by NATM Buying Group

advisor — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:56:23 -0600

Abt left NATM (in a huff we imagine) 7 years ago to join Progressive Retailers Association (curves in all the right places), but today left Progressive to rejoin the NAT

UPDATED: 2011 Consumer Electronics Show to Add Space for Appliances

advisor — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:37:24 -0600

Dealerscope reports today that CES will include a section in the 2011 show devoted to major appliances. Dealerscope reported that a CES spokesman said, "The decision to give ap

Dacor Seeks Promised Land: UPDATED WITH DACOR RESPONSE

advisor — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:11:36 -0600

Dacor is moving its corporate headquarters 30 minutes south (if driven in the weee hours of the morning when traffic is light), from Diamond Bar, California to the Plaze Tower in Costa Mesa, CA, ha

Independent Now Dependent

advisor — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:04:20 -0600

The assets of Independent Inc.

Sub-Zero Just Another Brand Now

advisor — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:45:11 -0600

On March 1, 2010, Sub-Zero will cross the threshold from Pull to Push marketing, effectively redefining the luxury appliance segment in general, and the Sub-Zero brand specificall

KitchenAid: Maims, Bludgeons, But Does Not Kill Internet Sales

advisor — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:26:13 -0600

Effective January 1, 2010, KitchenAid has instituted a new sales policy which bans dealer sales to ship points greater than 150 miles from the dealer. Could this have any effect on any dealer

Vent-a-Hood Pulls Out. U-Line Pull Out Confirmed. DCS/F&P Confirm 2B Showing. Jennair Showing & Whirlpool Off Site

advisor — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:15:37 -0600

Vent-a-Hood announced today that it is pulling out of the 2010 Chicago KBIS.
Vent-a-Hood Press Release:

Wolf Wins Injunction Against Viking On Knobs

advisor — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:18:26 -0600

A preliminary injunction was slapped on Viking for their use of red knobs.

Dacor Pulls Out of KBIS

advisor — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:42:55 -0600

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

Site Maintenance Sat Feb 6: Site Offline For Day

advisor — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:11:21 -0600

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

KBIS Exhibitor Analysis 1997 - 2010 EXCLUSIVE: UPDATED

advisor — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:13:33 -0600

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

AGA Name Change

advisor — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:31:30 -0600

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: "read more

LG's Secret Recipe

advisor — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:19:16 -0600

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 Exiting Induction and Most of Appliance Business: EXCLUSIVE

advisor — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:38:07 -0600

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

Liebherr Recall: alot less important than Toyota's

advisor — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:33:33 -0600

Liebherr's 24" single door refrigerators are being recalled because their doors have been falling off!

News You May Have Missed.....We Did

advisor — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:29:18 -0600

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.....