To: russwinter who wrote (3576 ) 4/5/2004 12:11:17 PM From: mishedlo Read Replies (1) | Respond to HUH?"We're trying to leave no stone unturned in ways to offset those cost increases," said Bill Beer, president of Maytag's major appliance division. "Until we see some consistency and sustained pressure out there on the commodity steel, it's likely that we'll continue to position our product just as we are today, not having (the consumer) pay a price for the pressure that's out there," Ballard said. Stephanie Kivett Ohnegian, director of home appliances at the U.S. arm of Korea's Samsung Electronics (005930.K), said her company has a no-price increase policy but was offsetting higher commodity costs in other ways. For instance, Samsung discontinued some of its small microwaves because making money on them is hard with materials costs rising.</B
