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Applia's new regulations will soon be published on the website after final revision in consultation with the Swedish Consumer Agency. The new regulations follow the new legislation introduced in May 2022 and will apply retroactively so that all purchases made after May 2022 are treated equally. The revision of the Consumer Purchase Act has extended the reversed burden of proof from 6 months to […]

Do you like pure products that focus on a single thing or products that do two or more tasks without compromising on the result? Regardless, multifunctional products in our homes are here to stay. Applia has made its mark in some of the many combinations on the market. When we transitioned from […]

Applia is now releasing its annual report in PDF format on how the Act on Tax on Chemicals in Certain Electronics (LSKE, also called the electronics tax) has developed. The tax has been in place for five and a half years. During this time, a total tax levy of 8.5 billion has increased the price of white goods, vacuum cleaners, TVs, computers, mobile phones, game consoles and other electronic […]

Applia is now taking the next step in the development of its operations. We are growing with both new members and expanded operations in connection with existing companies. One of the main reasons is that professional equipment is increasingly subject to similar regulations in several areas, not least around Energy Labeling, ECO Design and Producer Responsibility. As a first step in the […]

For the entire retail sector in Sweden, sales volume in February decreased by 9.4 percent compared to the corresponding month in 2022 in both unadjusted and calendar-adjusted figures, Statistics Sweden announced last week. The retail trade in non-durable goods (which includes white goods) decreased by 10.9 percent and the grocery trade, excluding Systembolaget, decreased by 8.3 percent compared to February 2022. Inflation gives the trade a slightly smaller […]

In tough economic times, we consume new, cheaper brands or buy the branded products we really trust. At least according to the latest digital seminar on consumer technology and consumer goods by the analysis company Growth from Knowledge (GfK). On March 29, 2023, GfK organized a seminar with the title ”State of Consumer Technology and Durables Webinar – Next stop recovery?” where […]

The latest trend in hobs is models where the cooker hood is integrated into the hob, and the biggest advantage of this is of course that you don't have to install a fan above the hob – an aesthetic achievement, especially if the hob is placed on a kitchen island. Approximately 150,000 built-in hobs are sold each year in Sweden and the big trend they […]

The industry is declining compared to 2022 The year 2023 has started weakly, as the industry's purchasing statistics for January clearly show. Compared to the record years during the pandemic, the total industry value for the industry's large appliances and smaller household appliances is just over 18 percent lower, see the chart above. Even compared to 2019, this year's January does not reach the level that market sales […]

As part of the preparations for the digital product passports, the ProPare project has developed a prototype to show how the passports can work in practice. Behind the project are the non-profit actors Axfoundation, GS1 Sweden, Ecolabelling Sweden and Swedish Trade. It is expected to be here soon, the EU's new legislation that requires almost all products on the […]

We see an increased interest in recycling, but what can actually be defined as recycling? Second-hand sales, review of broken/end-of-life products that are repaired, or sorting out components in end-of-life products that can be reused? Yes, all measures can probably be seen as part of recycling. Should we then recycle all products that […]

Did you miss CES or Ambiente at the beginning of the year? Don’t worry, the trade fair year for the industry still has a lot to offer! Below we list some of those that may be interesting to visit for those of you who want to keep track of trends and news in white goods and household appliances. Living Kitchen – June 4-7 in Cologne, Germany LivingKitchen is a […]

During last year's energy crisis and rising electricity prices, the Swedish Energy Agency started a campaign to make us more aware of our electricity consumption. The campaign was primarily aimed at single-family homeowners and was carried out in the latter part of 2022. The campaign has now been evaluated by both Habermax and Novus, who have concluded that it has attracted the attention and interest of more younger people than older people. This […]