Do you know?What do dry cleaning, real estate and hotels have in common? The bad news is, they were all hit hard by the economic downturn. The good news is, well, it's not all bad news for these industries. Each had companies that defied the odds, powered through the challenges of 2009 and came out on top of their categories--for the first time, no less--in Entrepreneur's Franchise 500® ranking. We talked with the top execs in each company about their secrets to surviving the recession and standing out from the crowd.
Certified Restoration.
As consumers cut the luxuries from their budgets, dry cleaning businesses suffered. But not Certified Restoration DryCleaning Network. That's because CRDN's business focuses on textile restoration for disaster victims.
"It's not a ‘want to' business, it's a ‘have to' business," says CEO Wayne Wudyka. "We solve problems. We help people put their lives back together. We did that for 24,000 families last year."
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