Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c65103) has announced the addition of Major Appliances and Kitchen Furniture Market in Japan to their offering.

After a decline during the 1997-2003 period, the market for household appliances is recovering since 2004 and probably will reach again the 1997 level (22 million units) between 2013 and 2014.


This market research report studies the major appliances and kitchen furniture market in Japan. International trade is broken down by product (Refrigerators and freezers, Microwaves, Ranges/hobs and ovens, Clothes washers and driers, Dishwashers, Hoods).
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Profiles of the main Japanese appliances manufacturers include: Matsushita Electric Industrial – Panasonic, Hitachi, Sanyo Electric, Sharp Corporation, Daikin Industries, Mitsubishi Electric, Toshiba.

The chapter on distribution of major appliances outlines the main distribution channels and provides short profiles of the leading distribution chains

The second (and somewhat smaller) part is dedicated to the kitchen furniture market in Japan. Production and consumption are given in value and quantity for 2002 and 2013

A short company profile of the top 5 players present in the Japanese kitchen furniture market is included, for the companies Sunwave, Cleanup, JS Group (Tostem, Inax), Takara Standard, Matsushita Denko (Matsushita Electrical).

In the last chapter one finds a few notes on the kitchen furniture distribution, a list of trade fairs and magazines and a qualitative description of the typical Japanese kitchen.

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