Distinctions by Russell Hobbs

New from Russell Hobbs the Distinctions collection consisting of a kettle, a toaster and a coffee maker, available in 3 colours: black, ocean blue and titanium.

A commitment to retro and quality design

The Distinctions kettle features a 1.5L capacity and rapid boil zone indicators that allow you to boil only the amount of water you need. It has a perfect pouring spout and an ergonomic handle and also incorporates lighting on the power switch during boiling.

The Distinctions 2-Slice Toaster has been created with longer slots to fit bread slices up to 170mm, while also ensuring thicker slices and buns up to 28mm are toasted. Offers adjustable browning control, lift-and-view, extra-raise, defrost, reheat, and cancel functions. To highlight its illuminated countdown timer that makes it possible to know how much is left for the toast to be ready, depending on the selected toasting setting.

The collection is completed with the Distinctions coffee maker, which has automatic dispensing for one or two services with a manual option to customize the coffee. Its thermoblock heater allows you to optimally control the temperature and quickly switch between preparation and steam. It includes a 15-bar pressure pump and a rotating steam wand to steam or heat milk. It is suitable with a single, double filter holder or with ESE capsules and its innovative illuminated panel allows you to check the state of preparation or heating of the coffee.

The three products are made of brushed stainless steel and incorporate painted and polished details

Hoover SDA awarded

Hoover brand has been recognized among the best brands in the SDA category for quality-price ratio, according to the German Institute of Quality and Finance (ITQF).

The ranking was carried out by one of the leading European institutes specialized in quality surveys, which carried out a market research on 685,000 consumer reviews in partnership with La Repubblica – Affari & Finanza.

Commenting on the achievement, Sabrina Zara, Italy Marketing Director at Haier Europe, said: “๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ตย ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.”

Big growth for small domestic appliances

According to GfK data, small and major appliances faced the pandemic situation without significand drop. The Small Domestic Appliances (SDA) market grew by a solid +8.6 percent while the Major Domestic Appliances (MDA) market (including Air Conditioners) experienced limited losses of -8.6 percent in value terms. Excluding Air Conditioners the revenue loss was only -3.7 percent.
ยซAlthough the pandemic had a significant negative impact on sales due to retail shutdowns โ€“ GfK experts explains โ€“ the increased focus on the at-home experiences drove a sales recovery in May and June. Sales of appliances addressing the new challenges generated by the enforced need to โ€œeat at homeโ€, โ€œclean at homeโ€ and โ€œgroom at homeโ€ soared. This includes microwave ovens, vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, beard trimmers and multi-grooming kits. However, for some categories, entire seasons were lost due to COVID-19 โ€“ for example, Air conditioners. Overall, MDA (excluding Air Conditioners) only lost -3.7 percent in value terms โ€“ even less than the total -5.8 percent for the tech & durables (TCG) market. Whatever the appliance, the overall trends driving choice for consumers of performance, simplification, health hygiene and borderless shopping have become more relevant than ever.ยป

Looking at the regions, in the first half year of 2020 (H1 2020), the SDA market experienced a solid performance in the developed world. Europe (including CIS) grew by +9 percent. The MDA market was almost stable at -2 percent here. Developed Asian countries also saw a strong uptake of MDA products at an +2.7 percent uptick. While affluent countries were able to invest in appliances to makes their life easier in lockdown, this was less feasible in emerging economies due to the immediate impact of the pandemic on income and willingness to spend money. Consequently, the emerging Asian countries (including China) experienced a double-digit decline in value, weakening MDA market growth. However, the low price point of SDA products and the urgent need for cooking and cleaning products supported a rapid revival of SDA in emerging Asian countries (including China). Here SDA grew by +10.9 percent. Fortunately, in June total appliances growth recovered with double digit sales growth both in China and the rest of the world.