“Switzerland definitely has a future as a production location,” says Andreas Albrecht when talking about our new cooling production plant in Sulgen, Switzerland. With its new site in Sulgen, V-ZUG Kühltechnik AG is displaying its conscious choice of Switzerland as a manufacturing location and its continued commitment to Swiss-made quality. The company was also keen to keep the qualified team, so drew a radius around the existing location of Arbon to ensure that they didn’t have too far to travel.
46 meters high with an area of 6.5 thousand square meters – this is how huge is Amica High Storage Warehouse, which we opened almost exactly four years ago in Wronki. It is the tallest facility of this type in Poland and one of the tallest in Europe. The facility is fully automated, and can be supervised by only one employee! Do you know that he must have mountaineering qualifications? 🙂
AGA Harrogate has undergone an exciting refurbishment for a new look AGA store. AGA teamed up with Axiom Design to create this brand new look showroom in the centre of Harrogate which showcases comprehensive collection of the newest AGA models and selected refrigeration products as well as our AGA Cookshop collection.
AGA Harrogate will also feature our sister brand La Cornue to bring a little French luxe cooking style to this gorgeous Yorkshire town and create an amazing shopping experience for anyone looking for a stunning range cooker.
The Cookit offers timesaving solutions for cooking fresh food daily. Now, it is even easier with the “My Recipe” feature that lets consumers create and save their own favorite recipes with step-by-step instructions. A big thanks to all the consumers for their valuable feedback! 🤩
Beko US has won the 2021 TWICE VIP Award for our 36” French Four-Door Refrigerator! Thank you for recognizing our commitment to creating healthier, more sustainable homes.
This refrigerator is part of our Fresh Produce Promise and comes equipped with EverFresh+ & Active Blue Light Technology. Click the link in our bio to learn more about our award-winning refrigerator.
Dualit launch a new Espresso Coffee Machine,which offers coffee-shop standard quality without the Fuss. Its sleek, smart and compactcounter-top essential Dualit’s Espresso Coffee Machine is fast, easy to use, makes consistently good coffee and won’t take too much space on your worktop. If you need your morning coffee to be coffee shop standard but without the fuss; this is the machine for you. Whether you prefer freshly ground coffee or mess-free ESE pods, Dualit’s espresso machine will always extract a smooth espresso at a consistent temperature. The espresso machine can also be used to dispense hot water for brewing tea or making longer drinks like an americano. Included in the box is a water softener bag to help soften the water to reduce the limescale build-up in your coffee machine.
Fast, Smooth Espressos
With one cup and two cup filters, Dualit’s automatic Espresso Coffee Machine is ready to use in just 90 seconds and can produce a single espresso, double espresso or two single espressos at the turn of a dial.
Steamed or Frothed Milk
An easy to use built-in milk frother makes it possible to create a range of indulgent drinks with lashings of froth, such as cappuccinos, lattes, hot chocolates or even babycinos.
Versatile
Dualit’s Espresso Machine is compatible with both ground coffee and mess-free ESE Pods for choice and convenience. The coffee machine also uses manual dosing for ultimate control over your coffee extraction.
Morphy Richards is looking for the oldest working Morphy Richards device in the UK. This is where you come in. It’s time to rummage through the kitchen cabinets and unearth vintage toasters and old irons. Share your old Morphy Richards device by tagging your photos on social media with hashtags to celebrate Morphy Richards 85th birthday. More information
Hard hit by coronavirus, China’s retail sales market came to a market size of 705.6 billion Yuan in 2020, down by 11.3% year-on-year. Electric vacuum cleaning and mopping sector became one of the few categories that achieved fast growth amid the broad sluggishness with a market size of 24 billion Yuan in 2020, up by 20% year-on-year, according to All View Cloud. Behind the growth are two major factors. On one hand, the breakout of coronavirus raised the healthcare and cleaning awareness of consumers, which generated the demand for electric vacuum cleaning and mopping appliances. On the other hand, the rollout of innovative products such as smart wet dry vacuum cleaners and self-cleaning mopping and cleaning robots significantly optimized consumer experience and blazed the trail for the industry.
Changes in both supply and demand side fueled the growth
Different from European or American consumers, Chinese consumers mostly have hard floors at home, which means they have a stronger need for mopping. But traditional products, developed with vacuum cleaning as a priority, are weak in mopping performance and need to change the mop manually, making consumer experience falling short of consumer expectations. In 2020, enterprises including Tineco and Narwal rolled out innovative smart wet dry vacuum cleaners and self-cleaning mopping and cleaning robots. The products significantly upgraded the mopping performance and allowed consumers to free from washing mops manually. Targeting the pain points of consumers, the products blazed a trail for the industry and drove the sector to grow.
Online sales surged while offline sales sagged
Enterprises shifted from offline to online with a series of moves launched online including new product releases, live stream sales and promotion campaigns to boost online sales when offline sales got battered amid coronavirus in 2020. Online market accounted for 86% of the whole electric vacuum cleaning and mopping market by retail sales value in 2020, up by 8% year-on-year. As coronavirus gradually gets contained within China, offline market is expected to recover in 2021. But for the long term, online market is still believed to be the main battle field and is believed to take an increasingly larger share of the market.
In terms of reasons behind it, electric vacuum cleaning and mopping appliances do not need installation, which give them an edge in online sales. For enterprises, online marketing saves a great deal of expenses including rental fees and salaries. Plus, new sales modes including live stream sales and scenario-based sales allow consumers to get to know products better and therefore generate their purchase desire.
Average prices rose powered by the consumption upgrading trend
With the upgrading of technology, the market saw a rise in pricing, of which average prices of vacuum robots, cordless vacuum cleaners and smart wet dry vacuum cleaners went up compared to year 2019. When it came to pricing strategy of enterprises, it’s clear that mid- to high-end products priced above 2000 Yuan saw a significant rise in share of new products placed on the market. The price rise mainly came from the hardware upgrades of products including motors, chips and navigation system and the differentiation of new categories such as smart wet dry vacuum cleaners and self-cleaning mopping and cleaning robots compared with existing products.
Market concentration further grew
Brands with electric vacuum and mopping products sold on the market amounted to 482 in 2020, up by 74 compared to year 2019, according to monitored data of online market from All View Cloud. The increase in brand number intensified competition, but did not lower the market concentration of leading brands. In fact, leading brands achieved higher market concentration in 2020 due to consumers’ rising brand awareness and pursuit for product quality which drove them to choose trusted brands, and the competitive advantages of leading brands in product quality and brand recognition which powered them to gain ground from remaining brands and edged out weak brands.
Category wise, top 5 brands of vacuum robot market took a combined share of 83% at online market, and top 10 brands of cordless vacuum cleaner market a combined share of 86%. As a new category with few players, smart wet dry vacuum cleaner market was dominated by Tineco who alone took a share of more than two third.
Product iteration expedited
The number of new products placed on the market came to 1067 in 2020, according to monitored data of online market from All View Cloud. The fierce market competition and technology upgrades sped up the product iteration of enterprises especially before shopping festivals such as June 18 and November 11 (Singles’ Day) when new products including T8 of Ecovacs, T7 of Roborock and P7 of Midea were rolled out. These new products offered optimized performance, functions as well as user experience.
User demands were more valued to improve consumer experience
Products sold early on the market competed mostly on the ground of parameters and price with little concern with the actual scenarios of consumers. Now, enterprises stay close to consumer demands and upgrade products in multiple aspects including appearance, performance, operability and intelligence.
The development of smart wet dry vacuum cleaners and self-cleaning mopping and cleaning robots well address the pain points of consumers and therefore embrace an explosive growth. Cordless vacuums add magnetic charging function, display panel, automatic lighting, and tangle-free roll brush to make it more easy to use. Cleaning robots are getting smarter with more products adopt laser navigation and visual navigation. In 2020, cleaning robots with laser navigation accounted for 47% while those with visual navigation 16% of the category. Roborock and Ecovacs apply AI technology to cleaning robots ahead of the pack, allowing the products to be smarter to avoid obstacles.
It is estimated that the sector will embrace a further growth in 2021 with a market size exceeding 30 billion Yuan, up by 26% year-on-year, according to All View Cloud. Leading brands will continue to advance the structural upgrade of the industry through product iteration, and mid- and high-end products are expected to take a larger share of the market. Product wise, cleaning robots are expected to reach 11.2 billion Yuan in retail sales, up by 20% year-on-year; mainstream brands will successively roll out self-cleaning products that integrate cleaning and mopping functions; low-end robots without smart navigation will be phased out; smart wet dry vacuum cleaner sector will step up further to reach an estimated market size of 4 billion Yuan and more than 30 brands; cordless vacuum cleaner sector will remain the growth but in a limited way given the lack of mopping function
Strong growth in the second quarter for Electrolux
Significant growth is expected in the second quarter of 2021, according to President and CEO Jonas Samuelson. “In the second quarter, we continued to capitalize on the lucrative market, price spikes and demand for innovative products,” he said. Operating profit was SEK 1983 million, margin of 6.5% and organic sales growth of 39.1%. A year ago, due to restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, volumes were significantly reduced, which was partially controlled by temporary spending measures. Compared to Q2 2019, organic sales growth was 16.4%. Thanks to the hard work of our colleagues and close cooperation with our suppliers, the high demand has been successfully met, especially given the global supply shortage of electronic components. However, due to irregular supplies, production efficiency and demand adjustments suffered. The market for electronic components is expected to be more limited
REPIC, the industry leading provider of WEEE producer responsibility compliance solutions, has been arranging for the collection and treatment of WEEE on behalf of its producer members since 2007.
Looking back over its achievement, REPIC has been undertaking an analysis of the reported EEE and WEEE trends over the past ten years and has been considering how the UK WEEE system is placed to accommodate the future changes that are likely. A technical essay will be published on the company’s Resource Hub in the coming weeks.
To mark the occasion, Louise Grantham, REPIC’s Chief Executive, visited Gap Group (NE) Limited’s facilities in Gateshead, the UK’s most recent fridge processing and recycling plant to undertake WEEELABEX certification to see first hand the WEEE being treated on REPIC’s behalf. The occasion presented an opportunity to express thanks to the scheme’s producer members, service providers, waste management companies, local authorities and other partners who have worked with and supported REPIC in achieving this milestone.
REPIC’s Chief Executive, Louise Grantham, said:
“We are proud of our 3 million tonnes achievement. We also recognise that significant milestones are not achieved alone but in collaboration with all of our partners.
“Today is about celebrating success collectively and saying a huge thank you. At a time when the recycling of e-waste has never been of greater importance, it is important to recognise what can be achieved when we work collectively to improve standards, minimise losses from the system and maximise collection levels.”
Left to right: Peter Moody and Peter Young from GAP Group with Graeme Milne, Louise Grantham and Simon Hill from REPIC.
Louise was joined in the celebrations by Peter Moody, group managing director at Gap Group (NE) Limited and REPIC’s newest recruit, Simon Hill.
Peter Moody said:
“The achievement of reaching 3m tonnes of recycled WEEE is a real accomplishment and something the management team should be extremely proud of. REPIC is at the forefront of driving up standards in WEEE processing something that in my opinion is long overdue.
“Gap Group has worked well with them for a significant number of years and hope our relationship will only get stronger as we continue to invest in new and improved technology. I think our commitment to achieve WEEELABEX certification underlines this and is a clear statement of intent.”
Simon joined REPIC in May 2021 as Account Manager – North and Scotland. The experienced WEEE sector professional previously spent over ten years as Commercial Manager with Wincanton and Sims. Prior to taking up his new position, Simon was with Suez for 6 years managing their subcontract collections network in the North and Midlands. He brings a vast amount of sector knowledge and expertise to his role in looking after key local authority partnerships for REPIC.
