Whirlpool products are no longer on sears.com. This could be just the begining of big named vendors pulling out.
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The whirlpool Sears marriage lasted decades but counseling over the past 10 years has just led to more bitterness and now finally complete separation. The Amazon Kenmore rendezvous was likely the last straw. Whirlpool has now missed their forecast for consecutive quarters. While they are still very profitable, they are losing market share to the LGs and Samsungs of the world. Whirlpool has been in legal battles over the years with some Asian manufacturers over unfair business practices. Now Sears has given the Amazon platform to foreign manufacturers through the Kenmore name. Although Whirlpool has tried to downplay the impact, I am pretty sure they were not too happy about that.
@1xjz must be a moron to think that not having whirlpool, Maytag, jenn air, etc. available through Sears will have minimal impact. Certain customers are loyal to certain brands and whirlpool is the largest appliance manufacturer in the world. LG is not all that great. I used to work in appliances and would never buy one of their products. There will be an announcement tomorrow about this matter. I visited my old store manager at the store and he smiled and told me he had been instructed by his manager to talk as little about it as possible. All their whirlpool, kitchenaid, Maytag and jenn air products will be 991'd
Sears has plenty of other suppliers (LG making most of Kenmore now).
Can't believe this news hasn't hit the press. Whirlpool just announced their earnings, no mention of i there either. I believe they are not selling to SHLD, just surprised this isn't bigger news today.
@1awa - Items ordered previous to the cutoff date and already in the supply pipeline.
Funny but we received Whirlpool in the DDC today. Can't find them on the website but they are in stock.
@PSjU5zK-1pav By 1.37%...woo...what a rally...clearly Sears is on the rebound...
Stock is up again today!!
The stock price will 120 dollars tommorrow on this news. Eddie is our saviour. Funny I actually remember when it was. With this price and made a bunch of money when jumped from 80 bucks to 120. Glad I sold it at the time and bought my new 1 million dollar house and a new yacht just like eddies. Eddie made me rich.
They will be lucky if the stock reaches $8 ever. They are finished.
The stock price will 120 dollars tommorrow on this news. Eddie is our saviour. Funny I actually remember when it was. With this price and made a bunch of money when jumped from 80 bucks to 120. Glad I sold it at the time and bought my new 1 million dollar house and a new yacht just like eddies. Eddie made me rich.
@PSjU5zK-1mer Jump off a cliff maybe.
Sears stock will jump on this news
Oh yes, Sears no longer carrying Whirlpool appliances is just an ordinary vendor issue. Whirlpool is only the world's largest manufacturer of appliances, and is carried by Lowes, Home Depot, and Best Buy. This will have a huge impact on Sears, and there will likely be a cascading effect with other vendors. The impact down the line will be enormous, and arriving soon. Good luck to those of you still working at Sears.
Big retailers change manufacturers and vendors all the time. The company drops a manufacturer or supplier when terms cannot be agreed upon or when supplies of components change price.
One example: Panasonic compressors found in a lot of Whirlpool products are the most expensive in the industry. It doesn't mean they are the best, however.
Not fake news. Just go to the website and look. Whirlpool is like Harvey W. Gone. So gone.
Probably the same mattress vendors that got cold feet before
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And probably fake news, too
watch the stocks tomorrow, should dive to the bottom and become a penny stock and fall off the New York exchange
Not fake they just announced it at our store
It'll probably be beautyrest if I had to guess.
One of our mattress people says they're losing at least one brand name. She hadn't been told yet which one(s). Dang, we are fools for staying, aren't we?
Only Sears carries the top ten brands........lol
Yup whirpool and its brands are gone from Sears.com
"Fake news" right guys??!!
Yeah this is probably start a tidal wave of other vendors leaving.