Thanks to an incredibly high number of comments from garment care professionals, the Federal Trade Commission voted to keep its Care Label Rule. The commissioners also plan to revise the rule as needed. Yesterday, following a formal hearing, the FTC released a statement reading: “On July 23, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission published a proposal […]
Tag: Dry Cleaning
A ‘New’ Opportunity In The Same Old Sales Pitch
After 15 months of being two weeks away from reopening or resuming ‘normal’ business conditions, looking back, it’s still hard to believe that entire economies could be completely shut down in a matter of a day or days. I still feel the cold chill run down my back watching the lights go out in business […]
Lapels Dry Cleaning Becomes Largest Dry Cleaner On The Planet
In one clean sweep, it acquired Martinizing Dry Cleaning, 1-800-DryClean, Pressed4time, Dry Cleaning Station and Bizziebox, uniting all these brands under a new corporate entity, Clean Franchise Brands. Lapels Dry Cleaning (“Lapels”), an environmentally friendly dry cleaning company headquartered in Hanover, Massachusetts, and its equity partner, Greybull Stewardship, L.P. (“Greybull”), are pleased to announce the […]



