The sale illustrated the rising power of Chinese brands, with the smartphone maker Xiaomi and the electronics and appliances supplier Haier Electronics among the top sellers.
Google's purchase of household-appliance supplier Nest Labs for $3.2 billion earlier this year, Lei says, sets an early standard.
Take the old belt and any information from your dryer to an appliance parts supplier to match it for a replacement.
"The whole rationale" behind negotiations that led to that rule was that "the members wanted a standard which they could plan towards," said Edward C. Foley Jr., director of the group's major-appliance and supplier division.
* Sears, Roebuck & Co., Hoffman Estates, Ill., agreed to become the official supplier of home appliances for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games as well as for United States Olympic teams in 2000, 2002 and 2004.
To begin with, the site, sponsored by StorageApps, a New Jersey supplier of network storage appliances and software applications, consists of four areas.
Home builders and building suppliers, mortgage lenders, mortgage insurers, appliance makers and do-it-yourself retailers eventually will all suffer.
Prices actually have decreased," said Robert Toothman, spokesman for National Steel Corp., a leading supplier of steel for autos, appliances and other such consumer goods.
You may find a replacement part at a local appliance repair shop, or search online for suppliers.
According to a survey by the International Trade Commission, almost one in five furniture and hardware producers, as well as a third of electrical appliance makers and one in 10 auto-parts suppliers, responded by relocating production abroad.
