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THE INVESTOR]
Samsung Electronics has secured the No. 1 spot in US market for home appliances for the second consecutive quarter in the third quarter of this year, the company reported on Nov. 10.
Samsung made up 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 was announced as No. 1 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 US 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.
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