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March 5, 2013
Avoid These Money Mistakes

CHICAGO — Steer clear of these half-dozen costly miscues

CHICAGO — Smart people make dumb mistakes, especially when it comes to money. Why this is so has the experts puzzled, though there are many theories on the subject. Whatever the reason for this enigma, here are a half-dozen costly money mistakes that you need to avoid:

FAILING TO SEPARATE PERSONAL FINANCES FROM BUSINESS PERFORMANCE

Many business owners and professional practitioners keep a sharp eye on business performance while cheating themselves and their families by failing to manage their personal finances skillfully. That’s a poor idea. These are two entirely separate challenges; both need and deserve your best efforts.

There is no better time than now to review your personal financial health and your goals for a secure financial future.

FAILING TO PLAN FOR RETIREMENT

We humans tend to assign more importance to today than to tomorrow. While the concept of retirement seems to be undergoing some drastic revisions these days, for most of us, there comes a time when our working days will end.

February 12, 2013
Survey: Nearly 43% of Dry Cleaners Have Seen Store Victimized by Crime

CHICAGO — More than 60% use video cameras and 50% use alarm systems to deter crime in their businesses

CHICAGO — Google the terms “dry cleaner” and “robbed” and you’re likely to find several news reports of incidents that have occurred in the last month or so. Yes, dry cleaners’ cash business can be an attraction for robbers, and minimally staffed drop stores can be targeted.

In this month’s AmericanDrycleaner.com Wire survey, members of the trade audience were asked if any of their stores had ever been victimized by criminals. Nearly 43% of respondents said their businesses had been victimized in the past.

Of those incidents, 83.3% involved an “in-person robbery of cash or merchandise” and 66.7% involved a “property crime such as burglary or vandalism.” One-third of respondents also said someone in their store had been involved in a “physical assault or serious violent crime” or “another type of crime,” including receiving counterfeit bills. Just 16.7% said they had been victimized by a “fraud or confidence game that cheated the business.”

March 3, 2009
Swan Cleaners Earns First Green Cleaners Council Certification

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Green Cleaners Council (GCC) has named Swan Cleaners, with 31 locations in the greater Columbus, Ohio, area, its first fully Certified Green Cleaner, with four “leaves.”

“This certification is not only an important step for Swan Cleaners, but for our entire industry,” says Paul Gelpi, president of Swan Cleaners. “We’re proud to be the first cleaner in the world to win this prestigious award. Many other cleaners claim to be ‘green,’ but they’re just green with envy!”

May 5, 2008
No Need for More Perc Testing, E.U. Scientists Say

BRUSSELS — A European Union (E.U.) committee says that there is “no need” for further risk-reduction testing covering the use of perchloroethylene beyond current regulations, according to a release from the Halogenated Solvents Industry Alliance (HSIA).

July 18, 2007
Smoking Bans Won't Hurt Business, Most Cleaners Say

CHICAGO, Ill. — Seven out of 10 (70.4%) drycleaners don’t think that the bans against smoking indoors passing throughout the country will have any effect on the industry by eliminating an unpleasant odor that consumers want their drycleaners to remove, the most recent Wire survey says. Speaking as consumers, the same majority (70.4%) is in favor of such bans.