For the past three decades, industry trends were chock-full of creative problem-solving tests, many of which were related to bucking business-threatening adversity. In the '70s, it was the challenge of wash-'n'-wear. The decade of the '80s brought increased regulation and overhead expenses of environmental management and solvent stewardship. Coping with casualwear and dress-down days in the workplace, along with an influx of do-it-yourself "home dry-cleaning" products were among the hur-dles faced by the industry in the '90s.
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