Disruptor of Dry Cleaning Imagine a competitor with a 200,00-sq.-ft. plant that can process 5,000 pieces per hour, targets high income customers in the 25 to 40 age group. This competitor has already raised $130,000 million to fund its growing business and has the goal of capturing 10 percent of...
Corporate/Hospitality Division Created at Lapels Formed to better serve hotels and restaurants, company notes HANOVER, Mass. — Lapels Dry Cleaning recently announced the formation of a corporate/hospitality division. The new division was formed to better serve hotels, restaurants and corporate accounts that require and/or offer dry cleaning services for...
Classic Cleaners is your GreenEarth Alternative When Janice Gray opened Classic Cleaners, nearly 20 years ago, she never dreamed she would still be operating a dry cleaning business. After the business sold several times and operated successfully for many years before closing by a former owner,...
When Salomon Mishaan was a boy growing up in Colombia, he used to go to work with his father on Saturdays. There, in the family business, he learned the art of crafting yarn, weaving it into textiles and creating garments. Over the years, Mishaan worked...
It's Classic Cleaners again Out of the business for the past eight years but with more than 20 years of experience in dry cleaning, Janice C. Gray relaunched Classic Cleaners on Northside Drive East near Walgreens in March. "It's been really interesting. I've had some of my...
Franchise lands 262nd place in Entrepeneur Magazine’s 38th Annual Franchise 500 Ranking and BEST Laundry & Dry Cleaning Franchises by franchiserankings.com. January 10, 2017 // Franchising.com // Hollywood, FL - OXXO Care Cleaners®, the environmentally friendly garment cleaning franchise that was first to use Greenearth® solvents...
EPA targets dry cleaning chemical under new safety law The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing the first chemical it wants to ban under a new chemical safety law. Regulators on Wednesday said they are proposing a ban on trichloroethylene (TCE), a dry cleaning chemical, under the...
There’s only one mess John Mahdessian, the owner of New York’s swankiest specialty dry cleaning concern, Madame Paulette, won’t touch. “That [Real Housewives] reunion is so dirty that even me, the cleaner to the stars, couldn't clean that mess up.” Mahdessian is the boyfriend of New...
Check out the latest issue of Fabricare Magazine featuring GreenEarth Affiliates, Steamer Cleaners on the cover, as well as recognizing them for the sustainability efforts! Congrats guys!...
Dry Cleaning: SGS Compares GreenEarth and Perc. (full article here) Besides environmental considerations, the ability to effectively clean clothes is an important factor to consider when using solvent alternatives. The solvent should not cause the fabric or garment to unnecessarily fade, bleed colour, change in dimensions...
