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Why GreenEarth Matters to Today’s Consumers
Trust is at the center of every great brand. As Esi Eggleston Bracey, Unilever’s Chief Growth and Marketing Officer, says: “People trust brands they love and companies that use their data responsibly. Employees trust companies…
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Debunking the Myth: Why GreenEarth Cleaning Delivers Superior Results Without Aggressive Chemicals
There’s a common misconception in the dry cleaning industry: environmentally non-toxic dry cleaning solvents can’t possibly clean as well as traditional solvents.At GreenEarth Cleaning, we’ve…
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Services To Elevate Your Dry Cleaning Business
Running a dry cleaning business is no longer just about getting clothes spotless, it’s about offering convenience, added value, and an experience that keeps customers…
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Are you conveying your Brand Identity?
What do you stand for, and what messaging are you trying to convey? It is essential to take a step back and assess your storefront,…
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Greener Hospitality: How GreenEarth Cleaning Helps Hotels Advance Their ESG Goals
In today’s hospitality industry, luxury is no longer defined by thread count alone; it’s also measured by a brand’s commitment to sustainability, social responsibility, and…
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How Video Advertising Is Boosting Business for Dry Cleaners
Author: Sara Prince In today’s fast-moving digital world, it’s not enough for dry cleaners to rely solely on word of mouth or printed coupons. As…
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Caring for Cotton, Linen, and Other Natural Fibers Sustainably: Summer Fabrics to Keep You Cool
As temperatures rise, many of us reach for breathable fabrics that help us stay cool and comfortable in the summer heat. Cotton, linen, and other…
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Uncovering the Real Cost: How to Accurately Calculate Your Costs and Maximize Profit in the Dry Cleaning Industry
In the competitive world of dry cleaning, profitability doesn’t come from simply having a steady stream of customers, it comes from understanding your numbers. Many…
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Sustainable Dry Cleaning in Hospitality: A Game Changer for Hotels
In the hospitality industry, guest satisfaction and operational efficiency are extremely important. One often-overlooked aspect of hotel services is garment care—whether it’s providing in-house dry…
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Capturing Content To Promote Your Dry Cleaning Services
Author: Ayanna Russell We know running a dry cleaning business keeps you busy and let’s be honest, stopping to take a photo isn’t always top…
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How To Attract Gen Z Consumers As A Dry Cleaner
If you own a dry cleaning business and want to capture the attention of this younger generation, it’s important to adapt to their preferences. What…
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Why Choose a Green Dry Cleaner? The Perks for You, Your Clothes, and the Planet
Author: Ayanna Russell Choosing a dry cleaner may seem simple, but if you are considering a green dry cleaner, like a GreenEarth Affiliate, there are…
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GreenEarth Cleaning Launches Legacy Awards to Honor Industry Leaders
During the 2024 DLI Hall of Fame ceremony at the Dry Cleaning and Laundry Expo West in Las Vegas, GreenEarth Cleaning proudly introduced its inaugural…
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How to Manage Customer Complaints: A Guide for Dry Cleaning Owners
Author: Ayanna Russell Running a dry cleaning business is no easy task. From handling delicate fabrics, tight deadlines, to high customer expectations, the list never…
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Good Buys vs. Good Bye’s: Mindful Consumerism Trends We’ve Been Loving
Author: Erin Horne In a world plagued by over consumption and instant gratification, it is easy to overlook the things you already own. Inevitably the…
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Boosting Your Dry Cleaning Business With Social Media
Author: Ayanna Russell In today’s digital age, social media is an affordable tool for businesses looking to expand their reach and connect with customers. Understanding…
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Boosting Profits: How Integrating Restoration Services Can Enhance Your Dry Cleaning Business
Finding innovative ways to expand revenue streams since the pandemic is paramount for sustained success in the dry cleaning industry. For owners of dry cleaning…
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Raw Responsibility: A Guide To Purchasing Raw DenimBoosting Your Dry Cleaning Business With Social Media
Author: Ayanna Russell When you think of denim, you might picture faded blue jeans that have been detailed and distressed to achieve that vintage look.…
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Threads In Time: The History of Dry Cleaning
Commemorating National Dry Cleaning Day, we salute the strides made in the dry cleaning industry, with a nod to the revolutionary contributions of Thomas Jennings. This…
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Starting Your Own Dry Cleaning Business
Author: Angela Harris In recent years, the dry cleaning industry has seen a number of small locations close as owners have chosen to retire or…
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GreenEarth Cleaning: Paving the Way for a Sustainable Future in Dry Cleaning
Author: Angela Harris In today’s world, the importance of sustainability and environmental responsibility is how today’s consumers make purchasing decisions. The need to reduce our…
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Celebrating 20+ Years of Partnership and Tailored Brands’ Thriving Expansion
American Drycleaner | September 18, 2023 ROSEMONT, Ill. — Principle Construction Corp. recently started construction on the tenant improvements of a 282,588 square-foot building at…
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GreenEarth Cleaning Awarded U.S. Patent for Anti-Viral Drycleaning Process: Cleaning method designed to provide protection from lipid-layer viruses
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — GreenEarth Cleaning, a company specializing in environmentally friendly drycleaning processes, was recently awarded a U.S. Patent for the development of an anti-viral cleaning…
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GreenEarth(R) Cleaning announces partnership with Hotel-Suppliers.com
DATELINE: KANSAS CITY, MO… GreenEarth® Cleaning, the world’s largest environmentally non-toxic dry cleaning brand, has partnered with the UK-based company, Hotel-Suppliers.com. Hotel-Suppliers.com is an online…
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Ryan Hames Continues the Expansion of Martinizing Dry Cleaning in their Ohio Market.
Ryan Hames, the owner of Martinizing Dry Cleaning in Westerville, OH, added his second Ohio location in January with the purchase of LA Cleaners, also…
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Every Day is EarthDay at GreenEarth Cleaning
On Saturday April 22 2023, many members of the GreenEarth Cleaning team gathered to run their clothes drive in support of the Earth Day campaign.…
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Customer Reviews: A Key Component to Growing Your Business
Customer Reviews: A Key Component to Growing Your Business Top 4 reasons why customer reviews are an important factor in growing your business. Customer reviews…
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Planting Seeds of Sustainability This Spring
Planting Seeds of Sustainability This Spring. Spring is upon us! As the warm weather of spring arrives, along with it comes a renewed spirit, brighter…
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Grow Your Contact List. Grow Your Business.
Ten tips for growing your contact list. You’re ready to jump into your email marketing campaign, but you’re not sure of the best way to…
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Lapels Teams Up with Local Charities to Donate 1,000 Coats
MARSHFIELD, Mass. — Processing, storing and sorting 1,000 children’s winter coats, along with boxes of winter pants, hats gloves and other accessories, can be a daunting task.…
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Be The Change
Reaction to change can be unpredictable, and not all changes are the same. Some are temporary or seasonal, others are more permanent. Our reaction to…
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Goodwill Hunting: Thrift Tips
Goodwill Hunting: Thrift Tips Trends are always coming back in style, whether bell-bottomed jeans or sheepskin boots. Beyond your current collection of hand-me-downs, vintage or…
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Greybull Stewardship, L.P. acquires GreenEarth® Cleaning, continues expansion into the garment care space.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Steven V. Dubin, PR Works, (781) 582-1061, sdubin@prworkzone.comOur new Full Circle service is giving pre-loved machines a new lease on life. DATELINE: JACKSON,…
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Keeping Earth Day Alive
Now that we’re into May, we almost leave Earth Day and Earth Month behind, but not quite. Whilst Earth Day is a big celebration for…
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Full Circle — A New GreenEarth Cleaning Service
By: Garry Knox Our new Full Circle service is giving pre-loved machines a new lease on life. During the latter part of the 20th Century, there…
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Bright Futures, Green Trends.
By: Garry Knox It’s fair to say that 2020 and even 2021 so far have presented many complexities for the learning generation of today. Whether…
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The Power of Partnership – Spotlight on UK Retailer Dunelm
By: Garry Knox Historically blackout and lined curtains have been a problem for manufacturers, customers, and cleaners alike. The wrong fabric combination and a lack…
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Green Cleaning NOT Green Washing
By: Garry Knox When it comes to sustainability in the textile arena (particularly in Fashion), a change has got to come. In terms of the…
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Sustainability: A Long-Term Ecological Balance
By: Ron Benjamin Environmental scientists define sustainability as “the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term…
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Forward Thinking Fashion
By: Garry Knox The inaugural Daily Telegraph Responsible Fashion Forum took place on June 18th 2019. It attracted many brands, many suppliers and a great…
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Great Story on A GreenEarth Co-Founder
How Well Do You Know Jim Douglas?Story by Cleaner and Launderer I have been wanting to write about Jim Douglas for quite some time. Jim…
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Bright Eyes On Clean 2019
By: Zarah Eads Up until last month, I’d spent close to two years at GreenEarth learning about the Clean Show and how it’s an opportunity…
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“Oh, sorry, I have no idea what dry cleaning is.”
By: Andy Lien This was my response to an interviewer who was talking to me about a job opportunity “at a multi-location retail chain that…
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GreenEarth Day
The year 2020 will mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, or GreenEarth Day as we like to call it, and currently this celebration is recognized…
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Talking Circular Fashion
By: Garry Knox On Thursday 12th April GreenEarth® Cleaning hosted a Business Briefing on the subject of ‘Sustainable Aftercare for Garments and Textiles’ at the Marriott…
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SBA Update No Cause For Concern
SBA Update No Cause For ConcernBy: Zarah Eads The Small Business Administration (SBA) recently announced an update to its Standard Operating Procedure regarding Lender and…
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Clean Without Compromise
Clean Without CompromiseBy: Joe Blaha GreenEarth Cleaning is a true pioneer in enabling the dry cleaning industry to move away from the stigma, costs and…
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A “Yes” from SGS
By: Garry Know Global testing house SGS has recently published a news article on its website about the performance of Silicone-based dry cleaning versus Perc.…
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Dry Cleaning: SGS Compares GreenEarth and Perc
Dry Cleaning: SGS Compares GreenEarth and Perc. (full article here) Besides environmental considerations, the ability to effectively clean clothes is an important factor to consider when…
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Snedicor’s: 100 years and counting
Snedicor’s: 100 years and counting Oh, how the times have changed in the dry cleaning business over the years. A century ago, working in a…
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Sustainable Dry-cleaning
By Ron Benjamin Is the term “sustainable dry cleaning” an oxymoron? We think not based upon all of the following: It’s been said that ideas…
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Cleaning the Garments of Tomorrow
Cleaning the Garments of TomorrowBy: Tim Maxwell. After watching a trailer for the new Disney film “Tomorrowland” the other day, I couldn’t help but let…
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North Dakota Approves GreenEarth, No Air Quality Permit Required
Andy Lien, General Manager of Camelot Cleaners in Fargo, North Dakota received a letter from the North Dakota Department of Health and we image he couldn’t be…
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Kimco, North America’s largest owner & operator of neighborhood & community shopping centers, announced
Dry Cleaning Conversions: How Kimco is helping dry cleaners replace perc with environmentally safe alternatives. Many dry cleaners are at a turning point in their…
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Canada Declares Siloxane D5 Not Harmful to the Environment
Concurring with the findings of an independent scientific panel of experts, Canada’s Minister of the Environment declares that D5 does not pose a danger to…
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U.S. House Selects ClassiCleaners to Help ‘Green’ the Capitol
A few of you requested this past weekend at the Kansas City Workshop that we post this great story about Patrick Dunlap, owner of Classicleaners…
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Costco tests ‘green’ dry cleaning in 2 O.C. locations
Two Orange County Costco warehouse stores are offering dry cleaning services of a local environmental friendly company on a trial basis. The Costco stores in…
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Putting the ‘green’ in dry cleaning
Recyclable hangers, reusable garment bags, biodegradable soaps bring in customers.By Bruce W. FraserBuck EnnisBEYOND GREEN: John-Claude Hallak’s business focuses on service and convenience. When customers…














