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Expect Higher Insurance Rates In 2021
According to Matthew Lerner, property and casualty lines of insurance are seeing rate increases from 5% to 30% depending on loss...
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Setting Goals In The Midst Of COVID 19
As we continue to tackle the serious situations caused by COVID-19, there is good news and there is bad news. The good news is...
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What to Consider When Letting a Former Drycleaning Property
If you are interested in leasing your former drycleaning space, there are some best practices that you can perform to make sure that...
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How I Got Here: Youkeun Oh
John Leano interviews people in the industry from around the globe. In January 2021's issue, he interviews Youkeun Oh of Sherman Oaks, Ca
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Maybe It’s Time To Go
As I write this, many cities, entire states and provinces, are on the knife edge of going back into full shut down deciding what businesses...
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VERBATIM: Scott Bell
John Leano interviews people in the industry from around the industry. This month he interviews Scott Bell from Pasadena Ca.
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You Can’t Shrink Your Way To Greatness
It’s been 8 months since the Covid shut down, and demand for dry cleaning demand dropped 85 percent or more in many markets. In many areas...
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From Paper Tags To…
I used to help out my dad after school and on Saturdays tagging the clothes, separating the laundry, shirts and drycleaning. Laundered...
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VERBATIM: JT Hampton
John Leano interviews people in the industry from around the globe. This month he interviews JT Hampton of Anchorage, AK.
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VERBATIM: Leslie Pham
Every issue of Cleaner & Launderer, John Leano interviews someone in the industry. In May 2020 he interviews Leslie Pham from Coppell Texas
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Your Drycleaning Business Sucks
I understand your business. The staff complain that they are over. worked, under paid, and many don’t show up for scheduled shifts. Customers are up your...
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It’s A Learning Process
Yes, learning is a process. Statistics reveal that more than half of all employees leave because of lack of on-the-job training. There is school and ...
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How Well Do You Know Jim Douglas?
Jim is known as co-founder of GreenEarth Cleaning and also co-founder of Prestige Cleaners, Sacramento. But what else do I know about Jim?
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5 Considerations Dry Cleaners Should Evaluate When Selecting an Environmental Consultant
Environmental contamination from past dry cleaning operations negatively affects many businesses, properties, communities and individuals across America.
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Environmental Forensics: Why Dry Cleaners Need to Know About It
In my role as President of an environmental consulting firm, I have the opportunity to meet new people and introduce our company to folks outside of the environmental industry
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Edgerank: What Is It And Why It’s Important
Social Media is all about being social. Social, as in, cocktail party social, sit around the coffee shop social, it’s the endless banal conversations about everything...
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Fear, Hope and Determination: A Tale of Two Dry Cleaners
I’m thrilled to be launching a new series of The Environmental Corner this year. My predecessor and mentor, Steve Henshaw, has been a long-time contributor to the Cleaner and Launderer and has been advising our friends in the dry cleaning industry on environmental contamination and insurance matters for decades.
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How About House Rugs? Part 2
1920 New Versus Old Ideas in CleaningIf one general term could be applied to the manner of all cleaning up to the present, that term could well be “scattering”; for in all the various steps of s
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Long Tails and Search Intent
Like many of you, I come from the school of thought that supply and demand are pretty much the two main drivers of business…someone somewhere needs a product or service, and some business some place meets and provides that product or service
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Finish
Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done, New York Times best-selling author, public speaker, blogger and Tweeter, Jon Acuff addresses the stoppers that prevent many of us from finishing what we started.
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Ariana Basseri
Ariana Basseri is a comedian, writer and dry cleaning heiress. Her parents, Shawn and Nicole, have been in the dry cleaning business for over 30 years and currently own Steamer Cleaners in Sherman Oaks, California.
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Self Motivation Is The Key
We all experience setbacks in our lives. However, it is important to move on and not dwell on the past. Without self-motivation, it is so easy to throw in the towel and walk away.
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An Employee Survey May Be The Key To Business Success
High turnover is a costly management problem which includes expensive training and lost productivity.
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Riaz Chauthani
Chauthani graduated from the University of Southern California (USC) with a degree in Real Estate Finance and had negotiated over 500 real estate leases.
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How to Avoid Key Mistakes Made By Entrepreneurs
In life and in business we are all bound to make mistakes. This book, The 7 Biggest Financial Mistakes Made by Successful Entrepreneurs, immediately caught my attention.
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Todd Hewitt
For the last seven years, Todd Hewitt has been the Director of Equipment Operations for University of Southern California Athletics (USC Athletics) in Los Angeles, California.
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Business Travel Tips Part 2
Tuchman Advisory Group (T.A.G.) is very fortunate to have as one of our members Ed Pizzarello of Revolution Cleaners in Denver, CO. Ed is an expert on travel.
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How I Got Here : Steve Arnold
Steve Arnold, 58, is one of five partners at Classic Cleaners in Indianapolis, Indiana. He also serves as their general manager, a post he has held for 28 years.
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What An Incredible Time To Own A Dry Cleaning Shop
Piece counts are down. Casual dress is everywhere. Rent, labor and utilities are up. Staff is near impossible to find. Competition is rampant. But really, it’s one of the most exciting times to own a dry cleaning business. Why?
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How I Got Here: Greg Sarkissian
The Company: Founded by Sarkissian in 2006, Presto Cleaners is an eco-friendly establishment known for their attention to detail and excellent customer service. “I’ve always been proud of the team at Presto Cleaners...
