23 Apr 2009
| by Staff
LONDON - BrightHouse, which rents electronics goods and household appliances to customers who have...in the sale of home electronic and domestic appliances, household furniture and related products, on a rent ...
20 Sep 2010
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
EDF Energy, the UK energy supplier, is launching an energy monitor and appliances controller with a...The EcoManager allows consumers to switch off household appliances remotely, monitor the energy ...
consumers to "say goodnight" to their appliances remotely instead of switching off plugs individually ...
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The device works by plugging appliances that users wish to control into transmitter plugs ...
10 Sep 2009
| by Fiona Ramsay
LONDON - Comet is running a scrappage scheme for domestic appliances, offering 20% off large...-fareast-language:#0400;
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Customers need to take their old appliance into store ...
07 Jul 2011
| by Jane Bainbridge
Household-paper brands are holding firm against own-label, but heavy discounting is an issue when...for manufacturers. Justifying added-value benefits on items such as toilet tissue when household budgets are being ...
in facial tissues.
In 2010, household paper sales reached 1.74bn according to Mintel, but much ...
has lifted sales - 23% of households have more than one bathroom, up from 21% in 2006. Three in 10 ...
25 Sep 2009
| by Staff
LONDON - Shower radios, electric candles and electric nailfiles were voted the worst household...;}
The shower radio has come top of the list of worst household gadgets, cited by 49% of in a random survey ...
that recommendations from friends or family had enticed them into buying many of their most useless household gadgets ...
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Top 20 Worst Household Gadgets ...
18 Jan 2011
| by Jane Bainbridge
entertaining at home, such as dinner parties, has helped boost household-cleaner sales.
Over the past five ...
householders are averse to devoting long periods of time to tidying up, more than three-quarters of adults care ...
products as essential buys. In the same way as many FMCG sectors, however, the household-cleaners market ...
28 Jan 2009
| by Jane Bainbridge
The entrance of a wealth of innovative and eco-friendly products to the household freshener sector...household fresheners remain the fastest-growing sector within the household care market, there are issues ...
% of households). According to Mintel, in 2008 value sales growth was halved to 3.8% with total sales estimated ...
to light up in public places, more people are smoking at home, thus creating greater demand for household ...
15 Sep 2009
| by Jane Bainbridge
for household chores continues to fall mostly to them. The way in which people clean their homes has changed ...
. The recession has also affected the household cleaning sector. This year its value has dropped to an estimated ...
household fresheners. Consumers looking for quick-fix solutions could be hoping to mask the lack of genuine ...
09 Feb 2010
| by Joe Thomas
Mrs Moore' TV ads, which featured animated household appliances such as washing machines and stereos ...
02 May 2012
From the outset, the kitchen-appliance brand has combined utility and reliability with a strong...and amateur cooks alike, and has become the flagship product of the domestic appliance company that gives ...
who worked on radar systems during World War II. Wood set out to produce domestic appliances ...