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...Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, Ltd: ball and chain radio First produced in 1970, this colourful radio reflected Japan’s upbeat pop culture at that time....
...Samsung's flagship store features living room settings for its impressive TVs, a kitchen for its smart appliances, a café workspace, auditorium and giant ever-changing displays....
...The target audience for GE Appliances products in China would have been affluent consumers, such as former students in the US who had returned home, Mr Zhang said....
...Consumer goods have played a role, too....
...At this year’s CES, dealmaking has taken centre stage as tech companies, carmakers, appliance manufacturers, chip providers and start-ups race to strike alliances for the “internet of things” era....
...Perhaps more importantly, the company is also expanding components supply for electric vehicles such as GM’s Bolt....
...will continue throughout the year, with emphasis on product cost efficiency leveraging initiatives including modularization and automation, and launches of innovative premium products delivering great consumer...
...Haier, well known at home where it is the number two home appliance manufacturer, has a far narrower consumer base in the US....
...But a question remains about how much demand for “consumer” appliances such as air conditioners is tied to property....
...More than a dozen appliance makers, including General Electric and Samsung, have said they are to integrate Amazon’s Dash Replenishment Service into smart devices, such as washing machines, locks and water...
...It hopes to build chemicals into its next growth driver by adding on Samsung SDI’s value-added speciality chemical products that are used in cars or home appliances....
...In recent years, however, the Dutch group has shifted away from appliances and home entertainment to a sector that it believes offers far more scope for digital disruption: healthcare....
...“On our open platform model, the more consumers we have, the more attractive we are to developers,” said Alex Hawkinson, SmartThings’ co-founder and chief executive, in an interview....
...The online retail portal sells goods from motorbikes to mobile phones and kitchen appliances across most of the main countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), a 10-member bloc which...
...appliances such as freezers and air conditioners....
...“We believe that KKR’s sufficient capital and rich experience in international mergers and acquisitions will accelerate the integration of Haier’s global white electric appliance platform,” Tan Li Xia, vice-chairman...
...In contrast to past “fit and forget” arrangements, Gus allows new technologies to be used in a co-ordinated manner....
...By CLSA’s reckoning, the sector that contributed most to Japan Inc’s earnings growth in the first half was domestic-focused durable consumer goods, such as appliances and furniture....
...As they note, Chinese brands Haier (appliances) and Lenovo (PCs) are the biggest sellers worldwide in their respective industries....
...The company is also a leader in the field of low-energy appliances and has tried to market itself as providing products of value to ecology-conscious consumers trying to minimise the “carbon footprint” of...
...kitchen appliances....
...The unit, which has been adversely affected by lower demand for appliances from budget-conscious consumers, reported revenues down 9 per cent to £221m....
...Competition in the electric appliance sector reached price-war proportions earlier this year when online retailer Jingdong Mall, formerly known as 360 Buy, offered to cut its gross margin on appliances to...
...Change the channel: Japanese electronics household name promises a big turnround in lossmaking consumer businesses such as TVs....
...That earned it number one position in Euromonitor’s ranking for major appliances brands by unit sales....
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