News

• FTC rejects changes in care label rule
• Two groups assess effectiveness of various state cleanup programs
• Industry's image gets an upgrade in trade associations' ad campaigns
• Clean show management reports strong early sales of exhibit space
• Home drycleaning kits may be a wake up call for some drycleaners, NCA-I warns
• Price pressures hurting Hilfiger, too
• IFI surveys members on key issues
• Smithsonian seeks advice on flag preservation
• Hangers stores mark milestone of one million garments cleaned
• Management group offers advice to cleaners on-line
• China, Japan and Russia hosting cleaning industry exhibitions this fall
• Three IFI courses on tap for September
• Tax credit would include wetcleaning
• IDC convention has a Dream theme
• The oil and vinegar mystery

Around the US

• PDCA's Expo 2000 show in Atlantic City is fast approaching
• Fall business series for MAC set

• Indiana's 2000 convention ready to go on Sept. 15-16
• Fall seminar topics released for INDLA's conference Oct. 13-15
• Belenky, Inc. will host October open house events in Akron, OH

• NCA-I plans Coats for Kids, offers three one-day training sessions this fall

• SDA school in Lubbock receives donated equipment
• Royaltone class meets Dec. 7-8

• North Carolina cleanup bill signed
• BizBuilders forming new group in Florida
• SEFA fall schedule released

• Grant program encourages cleaners to switch to wet
• PurpleTie.com postpones launch of Manteca facility
• Upcoming CARB dates hosted by SDDCA
• GreenEarth meets with CARB and CAPCOA

Views

• Editorial: When the government does it right
• Editorial: A chance for "mom and pop" to speak
• Can you keep half of the revenues?
• Lessons from the dot.com companies
• A customer asks some tough questions
• Survival tools for small businesses

Columns

• Stan Caplan: Looking at liquid carbon dioxide
• Ray Colucci: How the survivors beat hard times
• Don Desrosiers: Before you buy shirt equipment
• Dan Eisen: Avoiding the prespotting pitfalls
• Stan Golomb: Increasing sales with agency work
• Frank Kollman: Don't neglect employee evaluations
• Frank Lucenta: Spray finishing suede and leather
• Dennis McCrory: A half-million dollars well spent
• Alan Robson: On price, productivity and profit

People

• Petroleum coalition names Hargrove executive director
• Rangwala named area's best
• Union expands into larger headquarters in Georgia
• Pressed4Time plans to add residential services
• Multimatic appoints Monaco
• Seitz adds new reps
• New US HQ for Satec
• Houston receives Chamber honor

Information Central

• Call office dropsafe
• Mix and match leg levelers
• Water monitor
• Spec sheet for spot remover
• Mending tape
• Computer ribbon replacement
• High-speed washer-extractor
• Spotting kit
• Odor killing detergent
• Compressor lubrication
• New line of four-pass boilers