The CSCNetwork Board of Directors recently announced the appointment of linen, uniform and facility services industry veteran Jeff Landry to executive director. Landry takes over the role effective Oct. 1, according to a news release.
TRSA planned and organized the Annual Conference of the Wisconsin Association of Textile Services (WATS) at The Edgewater in Madison, WI, on Sept. 20-21. This was the first event run by TRSA after WATS decided this summer to partner with TRSA for its association management. WATS members commented on the energy and professionalism that TRSA brought to one of the association’s best-attended events in years.
“Be Prepared.” That’s the Boy Scout motto, and I’ve spoken about it before. So many sales are lost not because the customer doesn’t want to buy, but because the salesperson isn’t prepared to sell. Every salesperson THINKS that they’re prepared to sell – but few actually walk through the steps and define what it takes to make a sale happen. Worse, too many salespeople are the first to pump the brakes on the sales process. The customers should always be the first to pump the brakes. Being prepared isn’t applying artificial pressure; it’s simply moving at the customer’s pace.
Robert W. Baird & Co. and TRSA recently released the results of the September 2022 (Third-Quarter 2022) Uniform & Linen Rental Survey. Both uniform and linen rental executives were optimistic about their growth prospects for the next 12 months, despite continuing inflationary pressures on their business.
When Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico on Sept. 17, island residents, including Michael Shulevitz, president of Cadillac Services in suburban San Juan, were braced for devastation on the scale of a previous storm, Hurricane Maria, which struck in September 2017. It was bad, but not that bad, says Shulevitz, in part because company leaders have learned from past experience how to deal with severe weather events.
TRSA hosted a star-studded 109th Annual Conference in Nashville, TN, from Sept. 13-15, featuring keynote addresses from a well-known country singer, songwriter and actor and a former Major League pitcher, in addition to industry-specific education sessions for both operator members and supplier partners.
Cintas Corp., Mason, OH, recently presented a total of $50,000 in financial awards to four Cincinnati-area charitable organizations.
TRSA’s Annual Conference in Nashville gave supplier partner members two opportunities to hear the latest prognosis for the PFAS regulatory burden that linen, uniform and facility services are likely to face. Suppliers heard about this first on Nov. 13 at the Supplier Partner Council meeting and again in a conference general session a day later.
More than 300 individuals from linen, uniform and facility services companies and supplier partners responded this summer to a TRSA survey to guide the association’s activities and communications. Results highlighted the need to remain focused on issues related to workforce, cost containment and growth, and identified Textile Services magazine among TRSA media channels as providing the most value.
Huebsch Services, Eau Claire, WI, received local “Business of the Year” honors at a Sept. 14 ceremony, according to CEO/owner Jim Vaudreuil and local news reports.
