Bruce Beggs
February 14, 2012
CHICAGO — It’s not unusual for a retail dry cleaner to also offer a commercial service, and hotel/motel guest dry cleaning is the most common one offered among...
Jean Teller
February 7, 2012
CHICAGO — DECEMBER FOUND THE U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT rate dropping to a nearly three-year low of 8.5%, with non-farm payrolls increasing by 200,000 in the month alone,...
Bruce Beggs
January 25, 2012
CHICAGO — Dry cleaning sales rose in every region in December and the fourth quarter of 2011, according to this month’s AmericanDrycleaner.com StatShot survey...
Bruce Beggs
January 12, 2012
CHICAGO — Wet cleaning has gone from being a dry cleaning alternative to a plant staple for processing certain garments, and nearly two-thirds of operators polled in...
Jean Teller
January 9, 2012
CHICAGO — Helping to ring in a better new year are the Federal Reserve Board, the nation’s unemployment numbers and job growth, mortgage applications, and...
Bruce Beggs
December 28, 2011
CHICAGO — Sales grew in three regions of the United States in November 2011, according to this month’s StatShot survey. Dry cleaners in the Northeast reported...
Bruce Beggs
December 13, 2011
CHICAGO — More than half of dry cleaners asked to offer their rough forecasts for sales in 2012 believe that volume will improve in their area next year, according...
Jean Teller
December 8, 2011
CHICAGO — A new report from NYSE Euronext provides some economic encouragement. Top executives for 62% of public companies and 71% of private firms expect to expand...
Bruce Beggs
November 22, 2011
CHICAGO – The Northeast was the lone bright spot for October dry cleaning sales, posting a 2.6% gain compared to sales for October 2010, according to the latest...
Bruce Beggs
November 7, 2011
CHICAGO — Arrival of new fall fashions signals some styles that could cause headaches for dry cleaners. Of the four new styles analyzed by American Drycleaner,...
Bruce Beggs
October 26, 2011
CHICAGO – The Northeast was the lone bright spot for September dry cleaning sales, posting a 5.7% gain compared to sales for September 2010, according to the latest...
Jean Teller
October 24, 2011
CHICAGO — Both U.S. job growth and unemployment claims experienced slight improvements in September.
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis reported on the September job...
Bruce Beggs
October 10, 2011
CHICAGO — In the spirit of Halloween, American Drycleaner asked members of the trade audience to answer which spooky scenario frightens them the most. And while...
Bruce Beggs
September 28, 2011
CHICAGO – The West and Northeast reported small increases in August sales from one year ago, while operators in the Midwest and South saw their collective sales fail...
Jean Teller
September 21, 2011
CHICAGO — Early September brought a new proposal—the Americans Jobs Act—from President Barack Obama, which includes incentives for small-business owners...
Bruce Beggs
September 13, 2011
CHICAGO — Performing their own plant maintenance is nothing new for the majority of drycleaners who responded to this month’s Wire survey. Half of the...
Bruce Beggs
August 24, 2011
CHICAGO – Only one of the four regions managed sales gains in July compared to the previous year, according to the most recent AmericanDrycleaner.com StatShot survey...
Bruce Beggs
August 9, 2011
CHICAGO — There are plenty of things that cause a drycleaner’s blood pressure to rise, and many of them—based on the results of July’s unscientific...
Bruce Beggs
July 27, 2011
CHICAGO – While three of the four regions reported June sales increases compared to the prior year, the numbers were relatively flat nationwide, according to this...
Bruce Beggs
July 12, 2011
CHICAGO — Many drycleaners who attended the Clean Show last month favor the event committee’s decision to shorten the next show to three days, according to...
Bruce Beggs
July 1, 2011
CHICAGO – Sales for May grew in all four regions, the first time there have been across-the-board gains this year, according to the latest AmericanDrycleaner.com...
Ian P. Murphy
May 24, 2011
CHICAGO — Sales grew in two regions last month, this month’s StatShot survey reports. Operators in the Northeast posted strong 4.9% growth in April 2011 from...
Ian P. Murphy
May 11, 2011
CHICAGO — Most drycleaners (84.0%) issue coupons as part of their marketing strategy, according to this month’s Wire survey, and use a variety of media to get...
Ian P. Murphy
April 26, 2011
CHICAGO — Sales grew 3.3% in the South last month from March 2010 figures, this month’s StatShot survey says, and expanded 3.7% during the first quarter of 2011...
Ian P. Murphy
April 12, 2011
CHICAGO — Although economic indicators say that the U.S. economy is growing again, many drycleaners remain unconvinced, according to this month’s Wire survey....
