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“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 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.

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
(Mar 3 2010 - 6:03pm) | Add Comment (1)

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
(Feb 27 2010 - 3:56pm) | Add Comment (1)

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
(Feb 25 2010 - 2:37pm) | Add Comment (11)

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
(Feb 23 2010 - 10:11am) | Add Comment (1)

The assets of Independent Inc.
(Feb 22 2010 - 2:04pm) | Add Comment (4)

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
(Feb 22 2010 - 1:45am) | Add Comment (3)

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
(Feb 16 2010 - 4:26pm) | Add Comment (6)

Vent-a-Hood announced today that it is pulling out of the 2010 Chicago KBIS.
Vent-a-Hood Press Release:
(Feb 16 2010 - 11:15am) | Add Comment (1)

A preliminary injunction was slapped on Viking for their use of red knobs.
(Feb 15 2010 - 11:18pm) | Add Comment (17)

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 (3)

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 (16)

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)