The dry cleaning industry has been hit hard by the economy in recent years. Last year alone, 4,000 cleaners went out of business.

Sterling Cleaners in Westwood has survived.

“Twenty years ago labor was the majority of the costs,” said Sterling Cleaners owner Michael Geoola.

Gift Giving is the best, and the worst, part of Christmas.

Beginning when our daughters were tiny, Christmastime at our house has always involved some type of handcrafted gifts and we find this a great way to use up leftover craft supplies at the end of the year. For young children, craf

For Vivian Bowers, owner of a South Los Angeles dry cleaner, inflation hit home when her wholesale cost for hangers soared by 48% in six months.

Tom Bock, who runs an electric bike dealership in Huntington Beach, California, has had to pay his workers 25% more, on top of a boost in commi

Photographer, world adventurer and all round nice guy, Dan Milner (not to be confused with the editor of another mountain bike magazine) has put together what he is calling a ‘Klunker Re-Imagined’. Before all the retro-purists rush out to buy more pitchforks, give him a chance to explain h

The export of plastic products has witnessed an uptrend as its earnings reached $57.06 million in the first five months (July-November) period of the current fiscal year (FY22) which was also 29.8 percent higher compared to the corresponding period of the previous fiscal (FY21).

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In the 1980s, local garment manufacturers used to export garment items in old and used cartons as there was no factory in Bangladesh at that time capable of producing the accessory.

The used cartons had to be imported and they were made reusable by cutting them manually in order to make

Dorris Intermediate School Principal Kevin Stirnaman, left, is joined by state Sen. Rachelle Aud Crowe and her daughter, Brynn, on Dec. 20 when Crowe delivered school supplies to teachers and staff at the facility. 

COLLINSVILLE — State Sen. Rachelle Aud Crowe, D-Glen Carbon, donated

CHICAGO — In the spring of 2020, when the pandemic dropped the bottom out of the drycleaning industry, owners dreamed of the day when society would reopen, business would pick back up and things would return to normal.

While the first two dreams have, to a certain degree, come true, t

Benton, Ill. – Shawn E. Whitecotton, 50, of Herrin, Illinois, was sentenced to 16 months  confinement today, consisting of 8 months in federal prison and 8 months of home confinement after  his release. At his sentencing, United States District Court Judge Staci M. Yandle agreed with 

Export earnings from plastic products had fetched $43.96 million during the July-November period of the previous fiscal year

The export of plastic products has witnessed an uptrend as its earnings reached $57.06 million in the first five months (July-November) period of the current fisca