City life today is confined to 9-6pm job, home and children; thus, leaving less time in hand for individuals to attend to other things. There is, thus, a rising demand for convenience services. Working couples are often too exhausted at ... Read More »

Laundry and housekeeping are two of the most important functions in hotels, but often they are services put to the bottom of the priority list. Ironically, it’s the unsung heroes in housekeeping that your guests will remember; the little touches ... Read More »

In hospitality industry laundry, linen management in terms of consistent whiteness and rewash values are very crucial. At BUZIL ROSSARI we work with an innovative approach to ensure linen whiteness is consistent over multiple washes, at the same time energy ... Read More »

Every touch-point of customer interface is a ‘Branding Opportunity.’ More and more corporates are realizing that for any business, employees are its biggest brands. The case is very evident for consumer companies that have employees interact with customers like retail ... Read More »

White linen is often preferred because of its association with freshness, cleanliness and purity. Keeping linen white is a major challenge for the laundries, chemical technicians and chemical companies. They are under more pressure than ever to hurry up and ... Read More »

Current Trends Laundry as a business has existed in India since ancient times. However, the hectic schedule of every member in today’s household plus the availability of more disposable income have given the opportunity for professional laundry lines to come ... Read More »

Ashutosh Khadria, Proprietor, SSK White Collar, says that he started the company in 2008 when there was hardly any modern laundry in Bangalore. He wanted to create a “Branded” laundry service offerings “Branded Care for Branded Wear”. Though the first ... Read More »

Inhouse laundry and Outsourced laundry: Global vs India John Hacker, having an experience of over 30 years in the industry shared his thoughts by saying, “I’ve been monitoring the Indian market since 1999 trying to see how it has progressed. ... Read More »

Laundry wash water can hold silver and scientists are looking for ways to recover this precious metal. Silver is toxic. So, researchers want to catch it before it threatens wildlife. Now, two environmental engineers report preliminary success doing just that. ... Read More »

Wet washing and cleaning refers to methods of professional cleaning that, in contrast to traditional dry cleaning, avoids use of chemical and solvents. It does not use hazardous chemicals and is widely accepted in developed countries and is not a ... Read More »

The report segments the global laundry care market on the basis of product type (fabric softeners, laundry detergents, others), on the basis of source type (synthetic, organic, others), on the basis of form type (powder, cake/block, liquid, others) and on ... Read More »

Successfully creating a platform for the retail, commercial and industrial laundries in India, LDAI introduced the newly formed LDAI Steering Committee during this Seminar. The session opened with the traditional lamp lighting by the Founder Members Akash Dharamsey, Director-ADD Laundry ... Read More »

With the changing trends in consumer behaviour, the industry has always had to adapt itself. People who entered this industry in the last three decades have seen the dry-cleaning industry transform from a luxury to a utility and hence have ... Read More »

Non-profit consumer group Washington Consumers’ Checkbook’s ratings of hundreds of area dry cleaners can help you identify shops that will do a great job cleaning your wardrobe without also cleaning out your wallet. In surveys of area consumers, many of ... Read More »

What are the problems you see facing the Laundry Industry, in the light of GST being recently introduced? Akash Dharamsey: I agree that introduction of GST is surrounded by anxiety since we have limited knowledge about how it will pan ... Read More »

This economic benefit will get even better in coming years. Water and electricity aren’t getting any cheaper. While scarcity creates economic pressure where not enough supply is available to meet high demand, even conservation can raise costs. Our TRSA members ... Read More »

Launderers dry-cleaners and hotel housekeepers & laundry managers gathered at Hotel Rodas-An Ecotel, Mumbai, to discuss the issues confronting operators and hotels today. Organised by Clean India Journal in association with the Laundry & Dry-Cleaning Association of India and supported ... Read More »

A report published in CNN cited mold outbreak in Pittsburgh hospitals way back in 2014 was due to the linen provider. These findings were shared in emails with CNN. This information is now being widely discussed across the world. Here ... Read More »

It was October and the Executive Housekeeper at a 250-room property had put together the housekeeping budget for the next year, requesting `8 lakhs for linens. She based this number on last year’s linen use and projected occupancy for next ... Read More »

What are the common mistakes made by newer service providers in this field? Not all dry cleaners accept every type of fabric for cleaning. And some of the ones who do, mostly run a trial-and-error process that could end up ... Read More »