Tide Dry Cleaners

[chad]

By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times
December 28, 2011

The San Gabriel Valley entrepreneurs who brought Panda Express Chinese food to malls and airports throughout the country are now betting that Americans will want the same standardization in something a little less tasty — dry cleaning.

Read the full article here... (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-panda-dry-cleaners-20111228,0,1653411.story)

[Adamski]

Chad,

Interesting article.

There's a world of difference between creating Chinese Takeout and removing tough stains from exotic fabrics. I predict that 5 years from now, everyone will have forgotten all about this Panda propelled venture.

[dbrown2508]

Don't know about what you think - but to me, dry cleaning is really on the decline. Don't know why P&G would be putting the Tide name on it.

The brand loyalty that Tide has is incredible. They risk screwing that up for a few dry cleaning stores. Doesn't make sense.

Doug