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Infiniti Retail, the Tata Group company that operates Croma chain of consumer electronics and durables stores, is planning to introduce high-end private label items. As a part of its initiative, [...]

Bosch, the leading German home appliances maker, has entered the Indian home products market - the company has launched a range of premium products including washing machines, dishwashers, refrigerators and [...]

Reckitt Benckiser (RB) is planning to introduce more global brands in India. The company is marketing brands like Harpic, Lizol and Mortein in India. RB has launched a dishwasher detergent, [...]

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND | Teknek plans to open a US facility in Charlotte, NC, this year to house sales and service as well as a North American fulfillment center and consumable [...]

Dyson is seeking a top marketer to head its growing corporate sales and marketing team. The new division will support the company's continued expansion into the corporate sales sector. The […]

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 [...]

Coin-Op Enterprises says that it has formed Western Equipment Co., a new operation that will cover all aspects of laundry and drycleaning businesses. Along with sales of coin-op, OPL and [...]

It's hard to imagine doing laundry in a 10-ton washer with a 2,000-pound load capacity. Yet, for restaurants, hotels or hospitals--where employee uniforms are dirtied by the dozen--laundry equipment weighing [...]

Checking the power door switch is necessary For all you operators who enjoy keeping everything running, American Coin-Op offers this maintenance column. The columns are written for all operators, whether [...]

New Hampshire operator benefits from using energy-saving device In recent years, there has been a growing interest in technologies that recover heat and recycle it for energy and money savings. [...]

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 [...]

DOWNTOWN -- Hallmark/Tassone Inc., Pittsburgh's second-largest advertising agency, isn't among the candidates for longtime client Hoover Co.'s $25 million-national broadcast ad account. But CEO Bill Binstock is serving as a [...]

Electrolux, Maytag design leaders challenge industry. Today's consumers want, make that expect, lots of choices. For appliance companies, that means customization capabilities are going to be big, really big, says [...]

PROFILE Kaivac Cleaning Systems www.kaivac.com Revenues: $15 million Headquarters: Hamilton, Ohio Product: No-touch cleaning systems Robert Robinson: 'We are the leader of the restroom cleaning equipment category.' Robert Robinson's mission [...]

Oculus Innovative Sciences plans to put its wound-cleaning Microcyn solution to work in a wide new market with a unique automated monitoring and cleaning system. The company has filed for [...]

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, [...]