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SAN ANTONIO-Koblenz is a primary brand for floor care in Mexico. If Andy Windisch has his way, it will become a household name in the United States, and for more [...]

BURLINGTON, Mass.-The American market for robotic vacuum cleaners presently consists of one model, but it's not likely to be that way for long. Eight months after Roomba arrived at three [...]

SAN ANTONIO-Some companies have split personalities. They're identified with certain products in one country and entirely different categories elsewhere. It's probably no coincidence that a few of these combinations involve [...]

This story is part of a series that examines changes in the industry. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.-Broadening its line of upright and stick vacs and growing its core line of deep [...]

Ask any owner of a vacuum-cleaner specialty store if he competes with big-box retailers and he'll reply the two don't sell the same products. 'Mass merchants sell price points. Vac [...]

Bernina of America Inc., a division of Bernina in Switzerland, is considering expanding U.S. distribution of its vacuum cleaners, which are now distributed through the same channels as its sewing machines. The company feels that its good retail sales make it plausible to sell its three models of upright vacuums to a wider list of retail stores. The upscale models sell for $499., AURORA, Ill.-Pleased with sales generated so far by its first entries in the vacuum-cleaner market, Bernina is considering moving its three- model line into wider U.S. distribution. 'When Bernina entered [...]

COLOGNE, Germany-There is a trend among consumers to trade up in floor- care products, according to manufacturers showing at Domotechnica here. 'High-end vacuum business is growing,' said Mark J. Bissell, [...]