Washington Times:

A local dry-cleaning chain is hoping to clean up in the region with as many as 20 new facilities over the next two years.
Zips, a Greenbelt chain of dry cleaners that promises one-day service for a flat $1.85 fee, just received franchising rights in Maryland and Virginia. Shirts cost $1.09.
The company, which has 12 stores from Timonium, Md., to Fredericksburg, Va., hopes to open as many as eight stores over the next 12 months and another dozen the following year. From there, Zips wants to expand to the District, Pennsylvania, the Carolinas and Florida, according to Kathleen McDonald, managing director of Zips franchising.
As part of the expansion, Zips has installed a computer program that allows it to track every item of clothing through every point of the dry-cleaning process, cutting down on the number of items lost to the proverbial black hole or sent home with the wrong customer.
“It’s always been an issue in the dry-cleaning business where garments tend to get misplaced or sent to the wrong person,” Ms.McDonald said. “When you handle the volume we handle, it becomes a consideration when you look to expand.

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