Dry cleaning business facing challenges in the pandemic
KLKN-TV TLC Dry Cleaners and Hangers Cleaners say their stores have struggled during the pandemic. January 24, 2021 6:08 pm LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – According to the Dry Cleaning and Laundry Institute, nearly 30 percent of dry cleaners will be forced to shutdown in the next 18 months. “Ever since the crash of 2008, dry cleaning has been a declining industry,” TLC Dry Cleaners plant manager Beth Waller said. “A lot of businesses are going casual. Now with COVID, people are working from home. You don’t need to put pants on at all let alone have them dry cleaned.” Hangers Cleaners is ...