It sells fans, heaters and air conditioners - the least glamorous corner of the appliance aisle. So why does DREO now command roughly a third of the category on Amazon, and what did it figure out that Lasko and Honeywell didn't?
Richard Taylor built the first one in a leased garage to keep his wife out of the hospital. Thirty-five years later, Austin Air still bolts every machine together in Buffalo - and refuses to make them prettier, smaller, or cheaper.