white goods
plural noun
1
a
: white fabrics especially of cotton or linen
b
: articles (such as sheets, towels, or curtains) originally or typically made of white cloth
2
: major household appliances (such as stoves and refrigerators) that are typically finished in white enamel
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Fang said the company aims to become the top Chinese brand of such white goods in North America, also in roughly the next two years.
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Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
The support for the new UK right-to-repair legislation isn’t ubiquitous either, with one company telling the BBC that the new rules could make white goods more expensive.
—Adam Speight, WIRED, 10 July 2021
Xiaomi’s second-quarter smartphone revenue increased 27.1% on-year to 46.5 billion yuan, while white goods such as air conditioners, refrigerators and washing machines also registered strong growth.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Asia, 13 Sep. 2024
So much of consumption occurs early in life, as people have children and buy homes, cars, and white goods.
—Zachary Karabell, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019
The firstborn son of a family of affluent Orthodox Jewish merchants who owned a chain of five furniture, white goods and music stores throughout the region, Epstein had been expelled from or dropped out of eight private schools before ending his formal education.
—Glenn Frankel, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2024
The scheme follows a similar French initiative for white goods such as fridges and washing machines.
—Oliver Briscoe, CNN, 13 July 2023
Midea Chairman Paul Fang hinted at interest in acquisitions in America and Europe in 2017 after the firm participated in the bidding for General Electric Co.’s white goods unit, which was sold to Chinese competitor Haier Group.
—Manuel Baigorri, Fortune, 30 Apr. 2023
If, due to prolonged power outages, residents get rid of white goods such as refrigerators, those should also be separated.
—Faimon Roberts, NOLA.com, 30 Oct. 2020
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Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
The support for the new UK right-to-repair legislation isn’t ubiquitous either, with one company telling the BBC that the new rules could make white goods more expensive.
—Adam Speight, WIRED, 10 July 2021
Xiaomi’s second-quarter smartphone revenue increased 27.1% on-year to 46.5 billion yuan, while white goods such as air conditioners, refrigerators and washing machines also registered strong growth.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Asia, 13 Sep. 2024
So much of consumption occurs early in life, as people have children and buy homes, cars, and white goods.
—Zachary Karabell, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019
The firstborn son of a family of affluent Orthodox Jewish merchants who owned a chain of five furniture, white goods and music stores throughout the region, Epstein had been expelled from or dropped out of eight private schools before ending his formal education.
—Glenn Frankel, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2024
The scheme follows a similar French initiative for white goods such as fridges and washing machines.
—Oliver Briscoe, CNN, 13 July 2023
Midea Chairman Paul Fang hinted at interest in acquisitions in America and Europe in 2017 after the firm participated in the bidding for General Electric Co.’s white goods unit, which was sold to Chinese competitor Haier Group.
—Manuel Baigorri, Fortune, 30 Apr. 2023
If, due to prolonged power outages, residents get rid of white goods such as refrigerators, those should also be separated.
—Faimon Roberts, NOLA.com, 30 Oct. 2020
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