In one corner is a pale-yellow Brastemp Retro mini-refrigerator, with rakishly angled chrome legs and a curved chrome handle, a product made by the Brazilian arm of Whirlpool.

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Haier, a 17-year-old appliance maker based in the port city of Qingdao, crept into the U.S. market in 1994, selling just three mini-refrigerator models through a distributor named Michael Jemal, an energetic appliance entrepreneur in Great Neck, N.

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