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April 21, 2011
Only Vegas

LAS VEGAS — Here are just a few of the options open to those hitting Glitter Gulch for Clean ’11 in June. It’s impossible to list everything, but this should give showgoers a taste of what lies beyond the show floor that can help blend business and pleasure.

LAS VEGAS — Here are just a few of the options open to those hitting Glitter Gulch for Clean ’11 in June. It’s impossible to list everything, but this should give showgoers a taste of what lies beyond the show floor that can help blend business and pleasure.

May 21, 2010
Update: Operator Reports New Fraud Attempt

EWING, N.J. — In an update to our story on attempted fraud from May 7, 2010, Operator Reports Fraudulent Rug-Cleaning Scheme, Mike Waintraub of Captain Dry Clean, reports a similar encounter — this one involving comforters.

January 6, 2010
49th Annual Plant Design Awards: Merit Awards (Part 2 of 2)

Jerry’s Cleaners, Naples, Fla.

Left in charge of the business after founder G.B. Fyke’s death in 2007, Diana King and the Fyke family decided it was time to update the 4,500-square-foot plant’s workings while preserving its 1950s style.

December 14, 2009
FRSTeam by King Fine Expands to Cover Southern Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS — FRSTeam by King Fine is opening a new FRSTeam fabric restoration location, called FRSTeam of Central and Southern Louisiana, to serve customers from Alexandria through southern Louisiana.

FRSTeam by King Fine and FRSTeam of Central and Southern Louisiana provide specialty fabric restoration cleaning for clothing, window coverings, taxidermy and textiles soiled by fire, smoke, water, mold and other contaminants.

June 15, 2009
New York Drycleaner Makes Crain’s List of Top Entrepreneurs

NEW YORK — Victoria Aviles, owner of Bridge Cleaners & Tailors and King Garment Care in New York, made 2009’s list of top entrepreneurs in American Drycleaner’s sister publication, Crain’s New York Business.

After suffering a 20% drop in business at her two drycleaning shops, Aviles is adding services ranging from shoe polishing and repair to closet organizing. “I am willing to do anything in the world to keep the business growing,” she says.

March 11, 2009
What It Means To Be Green

With concerns about fuel prices, global warming and other issues, more consumers are demanding “environmentally friendly” or “organic” options. But as the “green” message has become an increasingly salient selling point, it has lost some of its meaning.

October 8, 2008
Get ‘Green’ to Make More Green

Now that the kids are back in school, it’s worth reminding drycleaners that education should never stop. Whether related to the industry or the many other topics relevant to life, imagine how informed you’d be if you learned something new every day.

My latest learning experiences have come from two financial gurus, one of whom tells you how to live well on the money you’ve got, and another who tells people how to live “green” and prosper. I offer them as recommendations for operators who want to keep more of their money.

March 31, 2008
SEC Files Suit Against Anscott Industries

TAMPA, Fla. — The Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed suit against chemical manufacturer Anscott Industries, charging a major shareholder and two others in connection with a fraudulent “pump-and-dump” scheme that artificially inflated the company’s stock prices.

June 25, 2007
Organized Cleaning?

EVANSTON, Ill. — Legislation is now being introduced to change the rules by which unions can organize private employers — including those in the commercial laundry and drycleaning industries. The bill was scheduled for a vote on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives at the beginning of the month.