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Entrepreneur Magazine names Lapels® Dry Cleaning to Franchise 500

In a year that's redefined normal, Lapels® Dry Cleaning, an innovative, environmentally friendly dry cleaning company headquartered in Hanover, Massachusetts, took what's become its normal place on Entrepreneur magazine's Franchise 500. For 2021, Lapels Dry Cleaning ranking 397 out of nearly 4,000 Franchise Concepts...

The Future of Dry Cleaning® comes to Western Massachusetts

Lapels Dry Cleaning, an innovative, environmentally friendly dry cleaning company headquartered in Hanover, Massachusetts, recently announced the conversion of the Best Cleaners at 300 Tyler Street in Pittsfield to Lapels Dry Cleaning of Pittsfield. Best Cleaners Owner Dalip Kapur completed the conversion at the end of...

A warm clothing connection. Lapels Dry Cleaning of Wilmette completes second annual winter gear drive with Connections for the Homeless

Lapels Dry Cleaning of Wilmette, located at 819 Ridge Road in Wilmette, wrapped up its second annual winter gear drive to benefit Connections for the Homeless and the people it works with in the northern Chicago suburbs. Lapels Dry Cleaning of Wilmette is a franchise of Lapels Dry Cleaning, an innovative,...

Lapels Dry Cleaning becomes largest dry cleaner on the planet! In one clean sweep, it acquired Martinizing Dry Cleaning, 1-800-DryClean, Pressed4time, Dry Cleaning Station and Bizziebox, uniting all these brands under a new corporate entity, Clean Brands.

Lapels Dry Cleaning ("Lapels"), an environmentally friendly dry cleaning company headquartered in Hanover, Massachusetts, and its equity partner, Greybull Stewardship, L.P. ("Greybull"), are pleased to announce the recent acquisition of Martinizing Dry Cleaning, 1-800-DryClean, Pressed4time, Dry Cleaning Station and...

Lapels Buys Martinizing Brands to Form Largest Dry Cleaner

Thank you Franchise Times for this great coverage! Lapels Dry Cleaning formed a new parent company, Clean Brands, and purchased five companies under the Martinizing Dry Cleaning umbrella. Backed by private equity firm Greybull Stewardship, Clean Brands now has more than 500 stores in 40 states and nine countries, up...

No longer Pressed4Time. John Rush retires from Pressed4Time after 30 years.

DATELINE: DENVER, CO and NAPLES, FL… Pressed4Time's John Rush, a Denver, Colorado resident, recently sold his dry cleaning route to Brad Ambridge, owner of Martinizing Dry Cleaning of Denver. This marked the end of a 30-plus year career with Pressed4Time for this lifelong entrepreneur. Ambridge officially took...

People on the move!! John Powers Will Lead Franchise Development for the Martinizing brand!

John Powers has been with Martinizing Dry Cleaning for almost two years, and many of you know him in his role of VP in Operations. John is excited to share that he is taking the leap from operations to the business development side and will now be tasked with the continued growth of our brand across the...

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