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Article: Steady draw: new features pull in wet/dry vac purchasers.(HFN Buyers' Guide: Wet/Dry Vacs, Extractors)(Industry Overview)
- Article from:
- HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network
- Article date:
- December 8, 1997
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Flooded basements, grimy garages and messy home workshops all have one powerful trait in common: When their floors need to be cleaned, few people would dream of using their regular household vacuum. Because of that, wet/dry vacs, while not necessarily the most glamorous segment of floor care, continue to be a steady and staple product category that fills a very specific consumer need.
With unit sales of wet/dry vacs estimated to fall somewhere in the 2 million to 3 million range this year, the growth pattern for the category has been fairly flat. One manufacturer even went so far as to call the business "stagnant." But according to others, a smattering of new ...