Samsung Maintains No. 1 Spot in U.S. Home-Appliance Market for 2nd Straight Quarter | Be Korea-savvy

Samsung Maintains No. 1 Spot in U.S. Home-Appliance Market for 2nd Straight Quarter


Samsung fridge on display at CES 2016. (image: Samsung Electronics)

Samsung fridge on display at CES 2016. (image: Samsung Electronics)

SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. has maintained its No. 1 spot in the U.S. market for home appliances for the second consecutive quarter in the third quarter of this year, the company said Thursday, citing a survey of a market researcher. 

Samsung accounted for 18.8 percent of the U.S. market for household appliances, such as refrigerators, washing machines and microwave ovens, for the July-September period, according to the quarterly survey by market researcher TraQline. 

In the previous quarter, Samsung took the No. 1 spot with a market share of 16.7 percent. 

Samsung’s total market share for refrigerators stood at 21.7 percent for the third quarter. 

As for French-door refrigerators, Samsung took 32.6 percent of the U.S. market for the third quarter, up 2.2 percentage points from a quarter earlier. 

Samsung’s market share for washing machines stood at 19.7 percent for the third quarter. 

(Yonhap)

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