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Case: The customer purchased a hob in December 2021 from the seller's website for SEK 10,500. 2 days after delivery, the customer regrets/cancels the purchase when he discovers scratches from cooking pots on the hob and that there is a beeping sound from the hob. The seller disputes the cancellation as scratches in a hob are considered a handling error and that it is normal […]

Applia, like most, notes that it is a conservative budget that was presented. The government itself has also described it as austerity. Among other things, they have expressed that the focus of the budget is to support Swedish households and companies and the greatest scope for reform is reduced taxes on gasoline and diesel and increased unemployment benefits. The high-cost protection for […]

A number of years ago, the first step was taken, with computers and mobile phones being connected to the internet, and now we are in the middle of the second step, which means that basically everything is connected to the internet and can thus be connected and communicate in different ways – IoT, Internet of […]

In previous years, the new tax rates and ceiling limits for the LSKE tax (electronics tax on white goods and home electronics) for the coming year have been presented very close to the turn of the year by the Swedish Tax Agency. The background is the annual increase with the CPI, which the Riksdag decided on earlier. The decision that the Riksdag took on 26 October concerned the proposal for a further increase of 2 percent on […]

The National Board of Housing, Building and Planning delivers a gloomy forecast regarding new housing production in the coming years. Total investments in housing, premises and facilities in Sweden are expected to shrink by almost ten percent next year, which is comparable to the figures from the financial crisis in 2009 when they fell by approximately 12%. Diagram: Housing starts including net additions through renovation, with uncertainty intervalSource: […]

Today the government's first budget after the Tidö Agreement was presented. In opposition, the Moderates and the Sweden Democrats had promised to abolish the Electronics Tax upon a change of government, a promise that now looks set to be broken with today's budget announcement. Read APPLiA chairman Kent Oderud's reflections after the announcement below. Despite years of criticism from the current government parties and its supporting party against the electronics tax […]

The supply of skills is an important issue for our entire industry and Applia has long been a driving force in these. As the initiator of the YH training for service technicians, we were pleased that over 90% obtained jobs after the training, but our work does not end there. Over the past 15 years, Applia has worked actively with schools and authorities to create […]

A tax with no environmental impact and which is strongly inflationary, partly due to its design, and partly because the tax has been annually increased based on the CPI for a few years now. Abolishing the electronics tax would therefore also serve as an anti-inflation measure. Today we will find out whether the government is delivering on its promises! Read the full […]

On October 1, a new state student aid for skills development was introduced. The Technical Companies' Head of Skills Supply, Frida Andersson, believes that the new student aid for transition could be one of the solutions to skills supply for industry. Read her reasoning below. Skills supply has been the biggest obstacle to growth for Swedish companies for many years. 8 out of 10 industrial companies state that their company's operations have been affected by […]

Changed handling of VAT could be the key to increased circular handling of white goods and electronics. This is according to APPLiA chairman Kent Oderud. Read the full reasoning below. VAT – value added tax – the handling of this could be a key to more circular behavior among citizens in our society. On the one hand, we all want to increase the frequency of repairs instead […]

Market surveillance contributes to the UN's global goal no. 12 on sustainable consumption and production. Its task is to ensure health, safety, and consumer protection. Swedac is responsible for coordination between the Swedish authorities that conduct market surveillance. Coordination is primarily carried out through the Market Surveillance Council, where APPLiA and other business stakeholders participate in reference groups. Market surveillance can take the form of planned inspections […]

On November 17, HUI Research will present the Christmas Gift of the Year, for the 35th year in a row! Applia is keeping its fingers crossed that this year it will be a product from our industry. Designating the Christmas Gift of the Year and forecasting the turnover in the upcoming Christmas shopping season is a tradition that HUI Research has carried out since 1988, when the baking machine was awarded the honor. After that […]