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New multi-drum laundry appliance launched by Hoover

Hoover has unveiled the Multi-Wash, a new laundry appliance with three independent drums, allowing users to wash multiple loads at the same time, each on their own cycle

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IFA 2025 Review

Berlin played host to the global stage for appliances, consumer electronics and smart home technologies, as IFA 2025 opened its doors to exhibitors and visitors from around the world. For kitchen and bathroom retailers, the show is a useful opportunity to see what the big appliance suppliers have in the pipeline.

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IFA Berlin celebrates 100th anniversary with major rebrand

IFA Berlin, Europe’s largest electronics and appliances trade show, has unveiled major changes to its name and logo to mark its 100th anniversary

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IFA Berlin: Back at ‘full strength’

Visitor numbers were well up on last year’s IFA with all Covid restrictions finally removed. Chris Frankland was there to see all the latest developments and launches in home appliances

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Sold-out IFA Berlin show returns to ‘full strength’

The five-day Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) consumer and home electronics show in Berlin attracted 20,000 more visitors through its doors than in 2022.

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Beko rethinking built-in to appeal to kitchen studios

Appliance giant Beko has revealed that it is rethinking its approach to built-in appliances to make them appeal more to kitchen studios.

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EXCLUSIVE: Samsung aims to double its kitchen channel sales by end of 2022

Samsung is growing its business through the kitchen channel and has plenty of stock of its built-in products, says Tanya Weller, marketing director for home appliances.

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Delivery times returning to normal, says Miele

Miele bosses have assured retailers that, after years of delays due to high demand and component shortages, lead times are returning to normal.

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IFA trade show cancelled for 2021

The Berlin home electronics trade show IFA will no longer take place this year and has been rescheduled for September 2022.

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Smart tech top of appliances agenda at IFA show

The major theme to emerge at this year’s IFA tech show in Berlin (September 3-5) was the growth in connected domestic appliances and how that trend is set to continue.

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IFA 2020 will run as real event in September

IFA, the huge European technology show, has been given the go-ahead to take place in 2020 as a real-life event in Berlin…

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Connected appliances will drive MDA growth, says IFA organiser

Ahead of September’s IFA show in Berlin, journalists from around the world gathered in Andalusia, Spain for the annual IFA global press conference. Simon King reports

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Best of IFA 2018: lots of wi-fi, appliances get personal – and even more practical

Futuresource analyst Filipe Oliveira picks out the five most interesting trends from IFA 2018, which saw a record number of trade visitors visit the show.

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Miele boss slams Brexit as ‘a disaster’

Miele’s Dr Reinhard Zinkann has branded the UK’s exit from the European Union as a “disaster that cuts off Britain from Europe”.

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‘Meaningful services’ will drive smart appliance sales – BSH boss

The boss of BSH predicts the tipping point for consumers adopting connected appliances will be when the products offer meaningful applications and services.

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Sharp brand outpaces ‘Mickey Mouse’ rivals, claims UK MD

Matthew Lang, managing director of Vestel UK, has revealed plans to drive demand for the company’s Sharp Home Appliances brand by targeting independent kitchen showrooms.

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Beko cuts cycle time in half with new washing machine

IFA 2018: Beko cuts cycle time in half with new high-performance washing machine that uses water power for an effective, but shorter wash.

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Hoover will reveal its vision of the future at IFA

Visitors to the Hoover exhibition stand at this year’s IFA (August 31 to September 5, Berlin) will get a glimpse of the kitchen of the future.

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