With the spread of telework, laundry shops are in a difficult situation.

The spread of telework is also a tough place for laundry stores. At 18:30 on May 18th due to a sharp decrease in shirt

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With the spread of the new coronavirus, telework has become widespread, and changes in work styles are affecting businesses that are familiar with people's lives.

Until now, cleaning chains accounted for half of all cleaning chains in Tokyo, which have more than 60 stores. However, the number of shirts accepted declined sharply from March, and fell to just over 30,000 in April, less than half of last year's.

To prevent the spread of infection, many companies have teleworked, and more people are working from home without wearing shirts. Due to the decrease in shirts, sales in April decreased by almost 30% from the same month last year. It means that the number of accepted shirts will continue to decrease this month.

At this company's factory in Soka City, Saitama Prefecture, there are currently three working lines that normally operate because of laundry and wrinkle removal, but now only one is operating.

Even if the emergency declaration issued in Tokyo and other countries is canceled in the future, if telework continues to take hold, I think that the declined sales will not return to their original levels. For this reason, the company is currently considering a new business, and began manufacturing masks in April.

Originally, a sewing machine that was used to fix clothes and hem was brought into one corner of the factory that was originally used as an office, and employees with less work make masks one by one using shirt cloth. It comes in a variety of colors and patterns, and we use mesh fabric for the lining so that it doesn't get hot even in the summer.

Shinichi Nakahata, president of “Kikuya,” said, “I think the demand for cleaning work clothes will decrease drastically in the future, and it will not return to what it was before. Must be developed. ”