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Homeowners are Spending up to $40,000 on Luxury Stoves That Are Backordered for Months.

The appliance shortage is due to pandemic-related supply chain issues, a chip shortage and surge in supply. Wealthy homeowners spent the pandemic renovating their multimillion-dollar homes, and it’s led to skyrocketing demand for luxury appliances. The New York Times reported a real estate boom among the rich and the surge in renovating that followed. Interior designers are being flooded with…

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Nana Raises $6M for an Online Appliance Repair Academy and Marketplace

Online education is usually professional development for knowledge workers, K-12 education and a means to deliver cost-effective higher learning. What’s new is e-learning for home services job market. Nana, runs a free academy to teach people how to fix appliances, and then gives students the option of becoming a part of its own marketplace by connect them to people needing…

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Months Later, the Effects of Coronavirus Force Whirlpool to Layoffs

Whirlpool headquartered in Benton Harbor just laid off an undisclosed number of employees nationwide due to the coronavirus pandemic. Employing approximately 3,500 and 4,000 employees work in Benton Harbor, it’s unsure just how many Whirlpool employees received the news. A company spokesman would not say how many across the country will be affected, but did say some of the layoffs…

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Right-to-Repair Law Could Fundamentally Change Tesla Repairs Which the Automaker has Managed to Avoid Through a Loophole

Do you want to stop Paying $600 for a three hour Tesla brake Job? A new right-to-repair measure in Massachusetts passed in a landslide victory. This new law will force car manufacturers to ensure independent repair stores have access to the same diagnostic tools as manufacturers. In Massachusetts this changes the automobile repair landscape especially for Tesla, a secretive company…

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