Micheline Watrous

Commerce

Drycleaning Business Down

I noticed that there was seldom a line anymore when I dropped off shirts at our local, and very popular ,dry cleaner. So, I asked him how much of a change he was experiencing since the financial meltdown.

His answer was at the ready. "Forty per cent off our usual business for this season." The sad, resigned tremor in his voice filled in the rest of the story.