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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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Published 07/28/2010 - 8:00 a.m. CT
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CHICAGO — Building upon last month’s 0.9% growth, drycleaners in the Northeast reported stronger sales for June and second-quarter 2010, while all three other regions’ sales stagnated or declined.
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Published 06/23/2010 - 9:00 a.m. CT
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| Sales, May 2010 vs. May 2009. (Credit: Alissa Ausmann) |
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CHICAGO — May drycleaning sales declined in three regions, according to operators participating in this month’s StatShot survey, while all regions reported a slight uptick in prices from 2009.
Drycleaners in the Midwest fared the worst, with average sales down 5.0% from May 2009. May sales in the South fell 2.4%, operators say, and sales in the West were down 1.5%. Only operators in the Northeast saw year-to-year sales rise, the survey says, with average sales up 0.9%.
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Published 05/26/2010 - 8:00 a.m. CT
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CHICAGO — April sales grew in two regions of the U.S. compared to last year, fueling hopes that the worst of the recession may be coming to an end.
While April 2009 was likely one of the worst on record, more drycleaners in the Northeast reported year-to-year growth, bringing the average sales increase for April 2010 to 7.5% from April 2009. Operators in the West saw sales grow an average 2.6%.
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Published 04/28/2010 - 9:00 a.m. CT
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| Drycleaning Sales, March 2010 vs. March 2009 |
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CHICAGO — March sales may finally be showing signs of a turnaround, according to this month's StatShot survey. Although unusually poor weather in February cut into quarterly gains, a majority of operators in three regions say that their March 2010 drycleaning sales improved from the same month of 2009.
Drycleaners in the West experienced the greatest gains, with more than half reporting an uptick in March sales. On average, sales in the region improved 2.1% in March 2010 over the same month a year prior. For the first three months of 2010, sales grew an average of 1.2% from the same period in 2009.
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