News & Views
- Barton still battling for his cleanup bill
- IFI lab reports show same old mistakes still marring cleaners' performance
- Dryel ads and industry's counterpunch make headlines in Ad Age magazine
- Micell attempts to deflate false rumors concerning Jan. incident
- IDC plans convention tours
- TCATA scholarship deadline is April 1
- 20,000 visitors expected at show in Germany
- Too hot to handle?
- The "fool's gold" of cheap shirt pricing
- Putting It In Focus: Leather cleaning
- Drycleaning: It's not in the bag
- What is Your Business Worth?
- Letters to the Editor
- Editorial: Shall we roll over or stand up?
- Editorial: How would you answer his questions?
- Dates set for second Moscow show
- IDC pre-and post convention tours set
- TCATA scholarship deadline is April 1
- Obituaries
Around the US
- MAC announces March offerings; launches website
- New president for Korean cleaners' Phila. association
- SBEAC offers compliance, safety courses for small businesses
- "Hiring 2000" will be in Ohio on April 4
- NEFA's Fabricare Image 2000 will begin on April 1 in Worcester, MA
- NCA-I offers classes as March 25 certification deadline approaches
- Anton's Cleaners donates over $200K in cleaning costs for Coats for Kids program
People
PROFILE: Bob LipkeFINDING HIS WAY HOME
The third generation owner of the family supply business might have prusued a career in baseball. But once the Grand Old Game began to feel more like a job than a labor of love, Bob Lipke returned to his roots in the drcleaning industry.
- He's Y2K OK
- CLA honors leaders
- Founder reacquires Dryclean USA
- Vulcan combines divisions
- New dollar coin rolls out
- New home for Union
Columns
- Stan Caplan: Finishing suit coats and sport coats properly
- Ray Colucci: Are you a good communicator?
- Dan Eisen: Why microfibers are so big
- Stan Golomb: On the cutting edge of innovation
- Frank Kollman: Is your workplace dysfunctional?
- Frank Lucenta: Using a manual press on leathers
- Dennis McCrory; Is customer satisfaction dead?
- Alan Robson: Getting them is just half the battle