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January 3, 2013
SCCA Seminar: Improving Efficiencies & Productivity

The Southern California Cleaners Association presents Jane C. Zellers, CED, consultant, lecturer and former owner of dry cleaning establishments.

Zellers’ seminars provide her audiences with a comprehensive learning experience to take back to their jobs. “My goal is for each person to have the knowledge and confidence to handle routine problems as they arise,” she says. Her lectures and training programs have taken her across the United States and as far as England, Australia and New Zealand.

The Jan. 23 event at Steven's Steakhouse in Commerce, Calif., begins at 6:30 p.m., with dinner following at 7.

Call 714-494-9350 for information and to make a reservation.

December 21, 2010
Fed Seeks to Limit Debit Interchange Fees

WASHINGTON — A proposal from the Federal Reserve could limit debit interchange fees—charges associated with accepting debit-card payments—to 12 cents per transaction. If enacted, the proposal stands to benefit small businesses.

The average interchange fee for debit transactions in 2009 was 44 cents per transaction, according to Fed research. “Setting a cap ensures that no issuer is able to receive an interchange fee at an unreasonably high level,” the proposal says.

August 8, 2008
In Employees We Trust

I visited a fairly new drycleaner recently, and what I saw there shocked me. A young couple owned the store. The wife stayed at the counter, and the husband processed the work in back. When a second counterstaffer helped a customer, the wife came forward and manned the cash register. When it happened a second time, I blinked hard.