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Manual Bagging vs. Auto-bagging
All dry cleaners are feeling the labor crunch and are considering many ideas to save labor and time. Some are now turning to automation...
Nov 10, 20212 min read

Meet DLI Chair Jess Culpepper, CED, CPD, CPW, Culpepper Cleaners and the DLI Executive Committee
The Drycleaning & Laundry Institute’s Board of Directors recognizes valued contributions and inducts new volunteer leadership each year....
Oct 26, 20216 min read


Uncovering the Unknown
It’s perhaps the most widely debated topic and theory in business, and yet we remain divided and uncertain of the answer despite the...
Aug 2, 20215 min read


Tackling Perspiration Stains
By Jeff "The Stain Wizard" Schwarz Dear Stain Wizard, I keep getting Hawaiian shirts with perspiration stains on them. I am afraid of...
Aug 2, 20211 min read


Last Thoughts on the DCRP Sunset Win
Legislative Update on Texas Dry Cleaning Remediation Program By Frank J Corte Jr and Harvey Hilderbran of Capitol Chairman’s Alliance,...
Jul 23, 20214 min read


DLI Opens New Era in Professional Training with All-Virtual Stain Removal Course
Drycleaning & Laundry Institute courses may have been interrupted due to the pandemic but that did not stop the Institute from offering...
Jun 11, 20212 min read

DLI Marketing Lab Launches Groups for June
Beginning June 16 & 17, members of the Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (DLI) can tap into the wealth of experience of their peers DLI’s...
May 27, 20212 min read


PFAS Regulation - Litigation Wisconsin Dry Cleaners Face
PFAS Update and Litigation By Delanie M. Breuer The Wisconsin Fabricare Association (WFI) is battling the WI Department of Natural...
May 27, 20214 min read


Is PFAS Regulation the Next Environmental Issue?
The Wisconsin Fabricare Association (WFI) is battling the WI Department of Natural Resources over PFAS contamination (a man-made chemical...
May 14, 20214 min read


A Win towards Extending DCRP Sunset
Photo above: SDA President Danny Bahlman (left) with TX Representative Drew Darby (right). Legislative Update on Texas Dry Cleaning...
May 4, 20213 min read

Legislative Update on Texas Dry Cleaning Remediation Program
Legislative Update on Texas Dry Cleaning Remediation Program By Frank J Corte Jr and Harvey Hilderbran of Capitol Chairman’s Alliance,...
Apr 14, 20213 min read


SDA Cleaners Showcase set for April 2023
The Southwest Drycleaners Association (SDA) announces Irving, TX as the destination for its 2023 Cleaners Showcase, to be held April...
Apr 13, 20211 min read


Customers’ Paradigm Shift
by A.L. Wilson's Jeff "The Stain Wizard" Schwarz Paradigm: A typical example or pattern. A model used. If the ongoing business model is...
Apr 13, 20213 min read


Legislation on the Move to Extend Texas Dry Cleaner Remediation Fund
Legislation is moving along for SB 872 and HB 2072 to extend the sunset of the Dry Cleaning Remediation Fund (DCRP) and keep it active....
Mar 29, 20211 min read


View DCRP Meeting
Texas Drycleaners met last Saturday on March 6 to discuss the progress of the Dry Cleaner Remediation Fund and efforts to extend the...
Mar 8, 20211 min read

Legislative Update on Texas Dry Cleaning Remediation Program - 3/1/21
By Frank J Corte Jr and Harvey Hilderbran, Capitol Chairman’s Alliance, LLC This update brings the Texas Dry-cleaning Operators good news...
Mar 1, 20213 min read

Legislative Update on Texas Dry Cleaning Remediation Program
By Frank J Corte Jr and Harvey Hilderbran, Capitol Chairman’s Alliance, LLC As many of you know, the Dry-Cleaning Remediation Program...
Dec 14, 20203 min read


David Coyle of In the Bag Cleaners Gives Marketing Advice to DLI/SDA Members
Industry marketing coach to write DLI’s weekly Monday Morning Marketing Email and present Monthly Marketing Webinar Series When the...
Nov 19, 20202 min read


Silver Bells
Decorating our first Christmas tree together, my wife and I hung a small silver bell engraved “First Christmas 1979”, and we have added a...
Nov 16, 20201 min read


Grassroots Push for Second-Round U.S. Stimulus
SDA and DLI are asking all U.S. professional cleaners to urge their elected representative to support a new stimulus package for small...
Sep 8, 20202 min read
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