Business View Magazine | July 2020

63 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JULY 2020 T IDE CLEANERS up and running, so they can focus on growing the Tide Cleaners footprint in their market.” BVM: Where is the best location for a store? Gibson: “We look for traditional A+ locations from a real estate standpoint. It is important in the dry cleaning industry because, traditionally speaking, dry cleaning is not a destination, it’s a chore on a list of things to do. So, proximity to daily needs like a grocery story is critical for us. A number are freestanding and about half our stores are drop stores where there is no production done onsite; it’s a smaller space, typically 1200 to 1500 square foot, that is primarily for pick up and drop off, and the plant store does the cleaning. In addition to the brick and mortar locations, we also have over 1,800 pick-up and drop-off locker locations across the U.S. These are primarily located in downtown areas, in multi-unit family buildings.”