While overall consumer spending mig...

While overall consumer spending might be lower than many manufacturers would like right now, consumer are spending more time at abode This so-called "cocooning" or "nesting" stretch has helped the home appliance market remain stable in these shaky economic times.

"The righteous housing market and turning to the family circle (cocooning) has kept the refrigerator market robust especially the market for better refrigerators," says Tony Evans, vice president of Communications for the Electrolux dispose in Augusta, GA, U.S. "Consumer are more sophisticated, and know the difference between basic issues and those that will better be subservient to them."

Kevin Kacere, vice