Why do dry cleaners charge more for extra large shirts?
The short answer is, “Dry cleaners charge more for extra large shirts because they cost the cleaner more to process.” Here’s why…
About 80% of the cost of production in processing a shirt is the cost of labor. Most of the labor is spent on pressing the shirt. The dry cleaner uses special presses designed specifically for pressing shirts. These special presses more than triple the number of shirts that can be pressed by hand in the same amount of time. However, they only accomodate shirts within an average range of sizes. So, extra large or extra small shirts that fall outside of this range must be pressed by hand, because they will not fit on the presses.
To cover the cost of labor increase caused by the additional time and handling required to press the shirts by hand, the cleaner must charge more.
You can watch these special shirt presses in action in this related article “Why are women’s blouses more expensive to clean than men’s business shirts?”
Tags: extra large shirts, extra small shirts, shirt size upcharge
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