That said, I lead the KitchenAid brand, and I take responsibility for the whole team.

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This year, stars can still pick up plenty of free stuff like gold painted KitchenAid mixers (not kidding).

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They get no special deals: KitchenAid and Kodak pay the same commissions and fees as the sellers of golf balls and Zippo lighters.

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This tasteless joke in no way represents our values at KitchenAid.

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Three years into this journey, we also came to a very important conclusion: We were tired of living out of duffel bags, and wanted our KitchenAid stand mixer.

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Fortunately, golf fans can look forward to a much more star-filled slate of players next week, when the Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid takes to the fairways of Harbor Shores, Michigan.

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Back in May I wrote about how an impressive new course in Michigan, the Jack Nicklaus designed Harbor Shores in Benton Harbor, was hosting its first Major, the Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid.

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Whirlpool, the maker of appliances under household names like KitchenAid, Maytag and its eponymous brand, is up nearly 60% over the last 12 months, and at a time when many companies are struggling to find top-line growth, sales were up 5% excluding the impact of foreign exchange and Brazilian tax credits.

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