Entrepreneur Magazine Names Lapels Dry Cleaning to Franchise 500

Hanover, MA -- 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 ranked 397 out of nearly 4,000 Franchise Concepts now available within the country.

“We strive to be the best franchise out there every single year. That requires continuous improvement, even during a pandemic,” said Kevin Dubois, CEO of Lapels and co-author of Entrepreneurial Insanity in the Dry Cleaning Business. “This past year, we developed new offerings, such as our new flat rate laundry program, converting existing laundromats and building new, partnered with Target to host lockers in select locations, as well as increased our free delivery routes to accommodate contactless services and stay at home orders. We also sought out independent dry cleaners for conversion to provide our new franchise owners the opportunity to hit the ground running with built-in market garment care services”

Added Dubois, “As always, we have continued to run our stores in an environmentally friendly way.”

Over two decades, Lapels has pioneered an eco-friendly dry-cleaning experience. That experience features a partnership agreement with GreenEarth®, the dry cleaning industry’s only non-toxic cleaning alternative for its newer locations. Using these kinds of solutions and the latest technology in equipment, Lapels uses the world’s ONLY 100 percent environmentally non-toxic dry cleaning process along with 100 percent wet cleaning that offers a sustainable and hypo allergenic process.

This business model has been very well received from not only retail customers looking for a better cleaning experience but also from some of the world’s largest hotel operators and employers looking to offer a sustainable solution to their customers and employees. Lapels Dry Cleaning’s environmentally-friendly cleaning process has no odor and is gentler on clothes, thus lengthening the life of clothes.

In addition to green business practices, Lapels Dry Cleaning remains an active member of the communities each location serves. That’s continued during the pandemic as individual Lapels locations have offered discounted and free cleaning services to health care professionals.

Lapels Dry Cleaning also sets itself apart with its customer service. Lapels customers are greeted to a warm and inviting reception area, with friendly customer service representatives, and alteration services.

In terms of its services, Lapels offers its customers Automatic Rewards earning them credit towards free dry cleaning for every dollar they spend, Loyalty Programs, a VIP Program which eliminates the need to wait in line, the use of a 24 Hour Drop Off Service and FREE Home Delivery to all its customers. During the COVID 19 pandemic Lapels also offers a “car hop” service where customers can drop off and pick up their clothing without ever leaving their cars.

For complete information on Lapels Dry Cleaning, please visit https://lapelsfranchise.com/.

Lapels Dry Cleaning – Environmentally Friendly Cleaners
Each Lapels Dry Cleaning store offers a full slate of services, including same-day dry cleaning; shirt service; tailoring; wedding gown preservation; suede and leather processing; box storage and fur storage. Lapels Dry Cleaning has stores in Arizona (Buckeye, Gilbert, Chandler, Phoenix, Scottsdale and Yuma), California (Gilroy, Hollister), Colorado (Littleton), Connecticut (Cromwell), Florida (Fleming Island, Tampa); Illinois (Wilmette); Massachusetts (Abington, Allston, Bedford, Boston, Boston Seaport, South Boston, Brighton, Burlington, Cohasset, Concord, Dedham, Dover, Easton, Hanover, Hingham, Kingston, North Andover, Malden, Marshfield, Martha’s Vineyard, Newtonville, Norton, Stoughton, Waltham, Wakefield, Wellesley, Westwood, W Roxbury and Wilmington), Mississippi (New Albany, Olive Branch, Tupelo, Oxford, Pontotoc), New Jersey (Brick, Somerville), New York (Latham), North Carolina (Charlotte), Oklahoma (Edmond, Oklahoma City), Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg), South Carolina (Fort Mill, Myrtle Beach, Pawleys Island, Carolina Forest), Tennessee (Arlington, Brentwood, Franklin, Germantown, Nashville), Texas (Brownsville, Little Elm, Prosper, Spring). Additional locations are coming soon to Bloomsburg, PA, Scottsdale, AZ and Brooklyn, NY.

Lapels Dry Cleaning has received a number of accolades in the franchise world. That includes being ranked again on the 2020 Entrepreneur Franchise 500 list for the country’s top Franchise Systems. Entrepreneur's “Franchise 500” is the best and most comprehensive rating of franchises in the world and is based on objective, quantifiable measures of a franchise operation. Lapels Dry Cleaning has also been named to Franchise Times Top 200+.

Lapels has also achieved acclaim in the dry cleaning industry. Lapels Dry Cleaning CEO Kevin Dubois is the co-author of Entrepreneurial Insanity in the Dry Cleaning Business, sold on Amazon.com.

Lapels Dry Cleaning corporate offices are located at 962 Washington Street, Hanover, MA 02339.

To learn more about franchise opportunities with Lapels Dry Cleaning, call toll free (866) 695-2735 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Additional information and up-to-date company news can also be found on the company’s Web site, www.lapelsfranchise.com and www.mylapels.com

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Entrepreneur Magazine Names Lapels Dry Cleaning to Franchise 500

Hanover, MA, February 02, 2021 -- 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 ranked 397 out of nearly 4,000 Franchise Concepts now available within the country.

Added Dubois, “As always, we have continued to run our stores in an environmentally friendly way.”

For complete information on Lapels Dry Cleaning, please visit https://lapelsfranchise.com/.

Lapels has also achieved acclaim in the dry cleaning industry. Lapels Dry Cleaning CEO Kevin Dubois is the co-author of Entrepreneurial Insanity in the Dry Cleaning Business, sold on Amazon.com.

Lapels Dry Cleaning corporate offices are located at 962 Washington Street, Hanover, MA 02339.

New EU Standard for Experimental Toy Chemistry Sets

The European Committee for Standardization (Comité Européen de Normalisation, CEN) has published a new standard covering experimental toy sets for chemistry and related activities.

Published in December 2020, EN 71-4:2020 ‘Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities’ includes several updates. It defines the requirements for the maximum quantity or concentration of certain substances and mixtures that are included in this popular toy product. Examples of these types of toy set include crystal growing sets and carbon dioxide generating experiments.

Among the changes brought in by EN 71-4:2020 are:

Clarification on scope
Permissible inclusion of non-hazardous food additives, starches, etc.
Maximum amounts and concentrations for defined substances
Requirement for eye protection

For a comprehensive review of the changes being brought in by EN 71-4:2020, view SGS SafeGuard 010/21.

Stakeholders should be aware of the following dates:

Standard will be given status of national standard by June 2021
Conflicting national standards must be withdrawn by December 2021

EN 71-4:2020 is expected to be harmonized under Directive 2009/48/EC, the so-called Toy Safety Directive (TSD), once it has been accepted by the European Commission and published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU).

SGS EU Toy Directive Services

SGS offers a wide range of services to ensure that products comply with the EU Toy Safety Directive. They offer training, safety/risk assessment, technical documentation check, labelling review, testing according to harmonized standards, SVHC screening, inspections and audits. They have the world’s largest network of toy experts and testing facilities, including around 20 toy laboratories and three 3 EU Notified Bodies (France, Germany and Netherlands). Learn more about SGS’s EU Toy Directive Services.

SGS SafeGuardS keep you up to date with the latest news and developments in the consumer goods industry. Read the full CEN Publishes EN 71-4:2020 ‘Experimental Sets For Chemistry And Related Activities’ SafeGuardS.

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SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 89,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 2,600 offices and laboratories around the world.

New Way to Ensure Absorbent Hygiene Products are Free from Trace Chemicals

SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, is helping manufacturers of absorbent hygiene products (AHPs) prove to wary customers that their products are safe and free from trace chemicals.

Studies have shown that baby diapers and intimate hygiene products can contain a wide variety of toxic substance residues. The nature of these products means this news is of great concern to both regulators and consumers.

Until recently, the only two testing methodologies available to manufacturers were inefficient. The situation has changed with the release of the Edana Method NWSP360 Series in November 2020. Linked to the Edana AHP Stewardship program, which focuses on the detection of trace chemicals in AHP, this series was developed by a panel of industry experts seeking to create a realistic, practical, robust, repeatable and reproducible test method.

SGS’s Consumer Compact article looks at the growth in concern over trace elements in AHPs and the development and advantages of utilizing the Edana Method NWSP360 Series. The article is aimed at industry insiders and members of the public who want to gain a better understanding of what is actually in our AHPs.

In addition, SGS has created a webinar for the industry – Safety of Absorbent Hygiene Products – Testing for Trace Chemicals.

SGS Solution

SGS works closely with stakeholders to ensure it has the latest testing solutions in place to help manufacturers supply safe, performant, and regulatorily compliant products to markets all over the world. In the end, it’s only trusted because it’s tested. Learn more about SGS Tissue and Hygiene Services.

View their webinar: Safety of Absorbent Hygiene Products – Testing for Trace Chemicals

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QuickBooks users can now automate their invoicing with CONSULT

Atkku Services LLC has announced that their software CONSULT has an automated invoicing feature especially made for the IT staffing businesses that struggle with generating invoicing using their existing QuickBooks accounting software.

They said that “with the invoicing feature in QuickBooks and CONSULT as an add-on, IT staffing companies can generate even the most complex invoice with just a few keystrokes. It can harness the power of QuickBooks and the special features built into CONSULT to make no-error invoices incorporating all the essentials of an invoice as per customer specification.”

CONSULT comes with multiple features: VMS processing, direct timesheet entry, auto-reminder for A/R and email invoice dispatch. A spokesperson for Atkku said, “Our automated invoicing feature has enabled IT staffing businesses to cut down invoice generation cost by as much 70%; whatever the complexity of the invoice.”

The spokesperson further said, “The software was developed to bring down operation cost in IT staffing offices. By making CONSULT easily Integrable with QuickBooks, able to save thousands of dollars the IT staffing companies will have to invest in special software.”

The head of marketing at Atkku said that with the use of CONSULT going up, invoicing errors are going down, and businesses are beginning to use it as an analysis tool for business acquisition. “You can use it for customer retention and empower your billing team with the zero-error to avoid returned-bills. This has resulted in higher ROI and better capacity utilization,” the marketing head added.

Atkku in a statement highlighted the following features that IT staffing operators appreciate for its utility. It can: Send Reminders and get paid faster by sending regular reminders until payment is received into your bank account; Streamline Cash Flow and get better invoicing results and quicker payment receipts – streamline cash flow and increases profit level and Made for QuickBooks capacity makes QuickBooks more powerful with added features for as little as $1.

Unlike other add-ons, CONSULT is delivered as a SaaS which makes it hardware independent software. IT staffing companies can contact the company directly or ask for a live demo before ordering the application. You can also visit the company’s website and learn more about the application.

CRMdatapro has released the Pulmonologist Email List to Establish Effective Healthcare Marketing

CRMdatapro has always been in the process of releasing the B2B database for the marketing procedure of marketers, has now released the Pulmonologist Email list to enable healthcare marketers with effective marketing operations. The Pulmonologist Mailing Addresses Database was released with the motive of supporting healthcare marketing campaigns in the long run for better marketing outcomes at a faster span.

The Pulmonologist Email List contains the data of over 90% of all the pulmonologists in the United States, along with their full names, phone numbers, email addresses, mailing addresses, fax numbers, and site addresses. It enables a business to utilize the data in telephonic marketing, direct marketing, email marketing, mail marketing, and much more with one data set. The data undergoes the process of frequent updates, removal of duplicates, and error data to enable the most authentic pulmonologist email list.

The pulmonologist's email list is stated to contain segmented data that enables highly targeted marketing campaigns in the industry. Pulmonologists have so far turned out to be the most sought for healthcare professionals in the industry. Connecting with pulmonologists enables a business with the ability to directly land into the inbox of prospects in the industry. It is always a tedious task to connect with healthcare professionals. Healthcare professionals are so far one of the hardest professionals to connect with. And healthcare marketers on the other hand of the task of complying with every new law and regulation in the healthcare market.

The innovation strategist of CRMdatapro, said, during the release of the pulmonologist email list, "B2B marketers involved in marketing to healthcare professionals are one of the most challenging tasks in the market, in order to make their segmented marketing easier and much simpler, we release the pulmonologist email list,"

Leon Ellery, the managing director from a leading medical device manufacturing company, said," We have always wanted to market to a pulmonologist and we for sure know the importance they hold in the industry. CRMdatapro could give us what we wanted with the pulmonologist email list. It helped us directly reach prospects, generate quality leads, and even turn them into the most paying customers to our company. Our forever next choice is always going to be CRMdatapro and their effective B2B databases,

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CRMdatapro is a company that is trusted by a multitude of businesses in terms of database providers and data management services. Their company is known for being trusted by companies from the fortune 1000 of 2019, and still never ceases on innovating and producing more impactful material for their newcomers.

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