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November 13, 2012
What Dry Cleaners Are Doing to Thrive Today

LONG BEACH, Calif. — A common goal: improving the industry and helping operators learn how to build better businesses

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Mary Scalco, CEO of the Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (DLI), and Nora Nealis, executive director of the National Cleaners Association (NCA), visit a lot of dry cleaning operations in their work. They are direct competitors, but they share a common goal: improving the dry cleaning industry and helping its operators learn how to build better businesses.

And so the two recently collaborated on an educational seminar, offered during the California Cleaners Association’s Fabricare show, that demonstrates What Cleaners Are Doing to Thrive Today.

SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY

If you want your dry cleaning business to thrive, Scalco says, there’s something you must do. “You change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change.”

You’re no doubt familiar with the FedEx logo, as it can be seen on the delivery company’s trucks, on billboards, in TV commercials, and more. But did you ever notice that the logo contains within it an arrow? It is an ingenious way to depict movement, she says.

October 6, 2011
MAC Members to Meet in Williamsburg for Annual Convention

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The Mid-Atlantic Association of Cleaners (MAC) will host its Annual Convention here on Oct. 22-23 at the Holiday Inn.

MAC’s board meeting on the morning of Oct. 22 will be followed by free time so that attendees can visit the area’s attractions. Drycleaning & Laundry Institute CEO Mary Scalco will be the dinner speaker that night.

DLI President Charlie Smith will preside over the Oct. 23 Educational Conference. Scheduled educational sessions include:

  • The Most Common Employer Mistakes, by attorney Frank Kollman.
  • Conducting Your Business to Minimize Environmental Liability, by attorney Channing Martin.
  • Using Data to Provide Better Customer Experiences, by Norman Way, Puritan Cleaners.

Also on the agenda is Frank Briercheck, director of marketing for Phenix Supply and an expert on supply costs, packaging and route sales.

MAC’s allied trades organizations will also stage a tabletop trade expo that day.

October 22, 2010
State of The Industry (Part 7 of 7)

QUESTION 7: What would you tell an operator getting ready to open his or her first plant? What are the biggest areas of growth and opportunity? What makes the business a good option for today’s entrepreneurs?

August 2, 2010
DLI Officials Appear at International Conference

GOUDA, HOLLAND — Bill Fisher, CEO of the Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (DLI), and Chris Tebbs, DLI’s international director and executive director of the International Drycleaners Congress (IDC), recently spoke at the International Committee of Textile Care (CINET) conference. More than 40 industry professionals from around the world attended the workshop, held June 28-29 in the Netherlands.

September 21, 2009
DLI’s Fisher Speaks on Voice of America

LAUREL, Md. — Bill Fisher, CEO of the Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (DLI), recently appeared on the Voice of America (VOA), the official radio and television broadcasting service of the federal government, to talk about the economic state of the drycleaning industry.

In an interview with reporter Ye Yuan, Fisher explained that the drycleaning industry hit hard times long before the rest of economy went into recession, and that the decline is now approximately 30% to 40%.

December 4, 2007
Fashion on The Fringe

When it comes to hard-to-process clothing, you can hardly beat the runway shows. And with trends moving downmarket faster than ever, most drycleaners can expect some of couture’s worst processing problems in their plants by the end of the holiday season — including fringe, fur and other textures, as well as bold, bright (and bleeding) colors. The following are six styles to watch out for.