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  • Promotions Galore in February
    February 15, 2017 · By John Leano

    Promotions Galore in February

    The goodwill and euphoria of the holiday season are in the rearview mirror. The annual ritual of broken New Year’s resolutions and inflated credit card debt due to excessive holiday shopping has bro

  • Email Marketing – How Is It Working For You?
    February 9, 2017 · By Darcy Moen

    Email Marketing – How Is It Working For You?

    Email marketing can be a great tool for communicating with, and marketing to, your customers. I am loathe to say this, but I’m so old, I can still remember a time when all we had for one to many com

  • The Convenience Factor
    January 30, 2017 · By Kenney Slatten

    The Convenience Factor

    We live in a world that pampers us and we go to businesses hoping for pampering. Some provide it and some don’t. Some businesses look straight through the customer and that is if they are even tryin

  • How I Got Here: Monika Manter
    January 26, 2017 · By John Leano

    How I Got Here: Monika Manter

    Current Position: Monika Manter has worked full-time for Balfurd Dry Cleaners in State College, Pennsylvania for nearly six years. She was the Customer Service Manager for four years before taking on

  • Big Smiles Start The Year
    January 23, 2017 · By Jackie Smith

    Big Smiles Start The Year

    It was cold but sunny on that last Saturday in October. The line started forming about 7:00 a.m. A chance to obtain warm jackets had the children checking out the racks of colorful clothing and trying

  • Setting Smart Goals That Are S.M.A.R.T.
    January 14, 2017 · By Ellen Tuchman Rothmann

    Setting Smart Goals That Are S.M.A.R.T.

    The New Year always brings with it the need for New Year’s resolutions and the inspiration to set goals. We establish them in our personal lives and it is equally important to establish them in our

  • Cleaner’s Supply Launches Over 200 New Products In Their 2017 Catalog
    January 13, 2017 · By Cleaner and Launderer

    Cleaner’s Supply Launches Over 200 New Products In Their 2017 Catalog

    Cleaner’s Supply®, Inc. a leading distributor of products for the dry cleaning industry, has launched their 2017 catalog with over 200 new products. Get-A-Grip is just one of the many new products

  • Make Plans For The New Year
    January 8, 2017 · By Darcy Moen

    Make Plans For The New Year

    It’s the New Year, and it’s the perfect time to assess, reassess, make plans and set goals. Where do you want to be in the next year? What goals do you want to achieve? Do you want to increase sal

  • How I Got Here: Richard Aviles
    December 2, 2016 · By John Leano

    How I Got Here: Richard Aviles

    Current Position: Richard Aviles, 31, has been working in the dry cleaning and laundry industry for eleven years; the last five as the President and CEO of two professional garment care establishments

  • Remembering Thomas R. Garrett
    November 7, 2016 · By Ellen Tuchman Rothmann

    Remembering Thomas R. Garrett

    The industry mourns the passing of Thomas R. Garrett, 81 of Beaufort on Friday, September 9, 2016 at the Medical University of South Carolina due to complications related to a heart condition.Tom Ga

  • To Bleach Or Not To Bleach
    September 6, 2016 · By Kenney Slatten

    To Bleach Or Not To Bleach

    My readers tell me to write more technical stuff, which I try to do every other month. Frankly I find writing about drycleaning and laundry events more fascinating, but chemicals (especially bleaches)

  • Quality Control
    June 28, 2016 · By Jackie Smith

    Quality Control

    The dictionary defines quality control as “the process of inspecting products to ensure that they meet the required quality standards.” Quality control is necessary in every business if you want y

  • Sewing Services Hit The Skids
    June 21, 2016 · By Kenney Slatten

    Sewing Services Hit The Skids

    Sometimes my words are too negative for our industry. Overall, the majority of our nation’s drycleaners and launderers are first-rate operators. But, in order to educate and play the devil’s advoc

  • Avoiding Domain Name Scams
    June 6, 2016 · By Darcy Moen

    Avoiding Domain Name Scams

    First and foremost, some disclosure; I offer domain name registration services via the website www.customerloyaltydomains.com. I am a reseller of Godaddy domain name services. I tell you this because

  • How About Hat Cleaning?
    May 29, 2016 · By Kenney Slatten

    How About Hat Cleaning?

    You probably are thinking, who the heck wears or cleans hats anymore? You would be surprised to know there are many. I had just about discounted any possibility of there being anymore hat cleaners aro

  • Do You Want Fries With That?
    May 15, 2016 · By Jackie Smith

    Do You Want Fries With That?

    Every time you order at a fast food restaurant, you are always asked “do you want fries, drink or try our new product.” Our industry is a service industry and yet we do not try to “up-sell” ou

  • The Great Soap Opera
    April 19, 2016 · By Kenney Slatten

    The Great Soap Opera

    In the old days people called detergent soap. In the earliest days it was a mere animal product. Today it is all chemicals with a tad of natural products in it. Folks called it soap back when it reall