What a treat for a plant owner to turn over his successful business to one of his children. Better I should say that a husband and wife should turn over the business to their children. It is a prideful thing to do and I for one descended from a line of Cleaners three generations back. […]
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How I Got Here: Richard Aviles
Current Position: Richard Aviles, 31, has been working in the dry cleaning and laundry industry for eleven years; the last five as the President and CEO of two professional garment care establishments in New York: Bridge Cleaners & Tailors in Brooklyn and King Garment Care in Manhattan. The Family Business: Victoria (Richard’s mother) immigrated to […]
All In The Family: Part 2
Paul Billoni, President of Colvin Cleaners in Buffalo, New York recounts the romance that sparked the beginning of Colvin Cleaners. “My Uncle Phil was a tailor and my Aunt Angeline was a silk finisher. They met while working at the same dry cleaning business, fell in love, got married and in 1931 opened their own […]