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Article: No chill for room air.(strong sales of air conditioners expected in 1996)
- Article from:
- HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network
- Article date:
- June 3, 1996
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A cool spring in the Northeast notwithstanding, expectations are this will be another excellent year for selling room air conditioners.
The past three hot summers have put consumers and dealers in the mood to buy early. Preseason business was described as good to heavy.
The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers reported shipments were the biggest ever for an April, putting the year to date 18 percent ahead of the like four months in 1995. One executive said the strength persisted: early May was up 14 percent.
In fact, there were reports that one or two manufacturers couldn't keep pace with demand. Supposedly a few national chains went to secondary ...