How have market conditions shifted since the COVID-19 pandemic?

Bryan Bartsch

President/CEO, Ecotex Healthcare Linen Service, Vancouver, BC, Canada

"We’re seeing shifts toward longer-lasting textiles, which obviously has an impact because part of our life cycle is ‘What happens after it’s stained or ripped or needs to be discarded?’ What’s the next chapter? Do we recycle it? Are we selling it to the rag guy? Is it going to the garbage dump? What’s next? But the biggest thing we can do is extend the life so we don’t have to buy as much merchandise, and we have more ...