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Published 09/01/2010 - 8:00 a.m. CT
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| A complete marketing program today includes traditional and new media including a website, experts say. |
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Jolly Belin of France opened the world’s first drycleaning “business” in the 1840s. He accidentally spilled some kerosene on his stained clothing and saw the spots vanish. The rest is history, as they say.
Today, there are more than 30,000 drycleaning establishments in the United States. About 85% of are small, Mom-and-Pop establishments employing approximately five people and generating about $200,000 in annual sales.
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Published 08/31/2010 - 8:00 a.m. CT
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| (Credit: iStockPhoto/danleap) |
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WASHINGTON — When it comes to clashes, September is usually reserved for the start of the NFL season. That may change this year. A September Senate duel revolving around small business is about to commence.
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Published 08/30/2010 - 8:00 a.m. CT
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BERKLEY, Mich. — For the fourth year in a row, Inc. magazine named the Certified Restoration Drycleaning Network (CRDN) one of America’s 5,000 fastest-growing private companies. Founded in 2001, CRDN has reported double-digit revenue growth every year.
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Published 08/27/2010 - 8:00 a.m. CT
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CHICAGO — In all my years in business, I’ve only fired one person. Usually, I let problem employees dig their own holes, and they fade off into history. Documentation is the key to blocking an unemployment claim—or so I thought.
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Published 08/25/2010 - 8:00 a.m. CT
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| (Credit: Alissa Ausmann) |
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CHICAGO — Sales declined throughout the country in July 2010, according to participants in this month’s StatShot survey, while operational costs for the first six months of the year varied among regions.
Drycleaners in the Midwest reported the worst July sales figures, with an average 4.5% decline from July 2009; the Northeast fared almost as badly, with a 3.6% drop. Sales were off 3.3% in the West and 2.9% in the South.
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