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Published 07/25/2008 - 10:00 a.m. CT
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CHICAGO — Drycleaners know this isn’t a good year for business. Most news stories today focus on the struggling economy and rising gasoline prices, while operators deal with lower piececounts and bigger utility bills. For coin-operated laundry owners, the story is the same. Operators are dealing with rising utility costs in an industry that’s just as dependent on steam heat as drycleaning. How are coin-op owners dealing with these challenges?
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Published 07/23/2008 - 10:00 a.m. CT
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Oh no! Sales are way down this week! Sales were down last week, too! You should probably issue some coupons right away, since customers are getting tight with their money and aren’t spending it on drycleaning.
Have you felt this pang of anxiety over a few weeks or a month in which sales didn’t meet expectations? You have a deep-seated need to take action — any action — to stem the tide, communicate with customers, lower prices, increase discounting or something.
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Published 07/21/2008 - 10:01 a.m. CT
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| Photo: iStockphoto.com/Ronald Hudson |
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has cited six Portland-area drycleaners for improper monitoring of equipment and hazardous wastes, hitting them with penalties for air- and water-quality violations.
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Published 07/21/2008 - 10:00 a.m. CT
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Chicago — The high price of gasoline is causing more than two-thirds (68.3%) of drycleaning operators to scale back their summer travel plans, according to the most recent survey appearing in the Wire, American Drycleaner’s e-mail newsletter.
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Published 07/17/2008 - 11:00 a.m. CT
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For certain operations in today’s economy, shrinking may be the first and best step toward growing stronger and more profitable. The strategy is contrary to the basic principles of entrepreneurial capitalism and its basic philosophy: “Grow or die.”
In general, the strategy flies in the face of standard operating procedure, but today’s environment offers less-than-standard operating conditions. Today, many people face unique circumstances that may also relate to drycleaning operations.
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