I’m writing this column shortly before Thanksgiving, so my thoughts should be on warm wishes for the upcoming holiday season. Right? Wrong. I can’t get my mind off the mix of conditions you’re grappling with right now and how they’re likely to shift the landscape of textile services over the next 12 months. 
 
Election impact
 
The year 2008 promises a continuation of some trends and radical shifts in others. Start with politics, for example. As my colleague Larry Fineran reminds us in his News from Washington essay, by the time next December’s Textile Rental ...