I’ve been heavily involved in dry cleaning since I was 19 years old, and just when I think I’ve seen it all, it turns out I haven’t. This popped up on one of my social media feeds….. I don’t know about you, but, the post absolutely disgusted me. How low can some business owners in […]
WHO? Richard Aviles WHERE? New York City WHAT? In the late 1960s, a young Puerto Rican man named Joseph Aviles bought into a dry-cleaning franchise called Betty Brite in Parlin, New Jersey. He was fresh out of the Marines and took immense pride in completing a job as meticulously and thoroughly as possible. He was […]
There has been a lot of focus lately on how to manage environmental liabilities if a dry cleaner wants to sell their property. Clearly, it’s important to strategically manage these issues to maximize the value of the transaction. I have also heard, however, of several dry cleaners talking about leasing their building instead of selling […]
