by PlanetLaundry Staff | May 31, 2017 | Industry News
Statewide Laundry Equipment – with offices in Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando and Miami, Fla. – has added Virgil Davis to its central Florida service technician team. At Statewide, he is involved in all phases of field service calls and equipment installations, while...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | May 31, 2017 | Industry News
Aaxon Laundry Systems wrapped up its first service school of the year at the company’s Fort Lauderdale headquarters on May 3. This event focused mainly on Huebsch washer-extractors. Laundry owners and service technicians in the south Florida area were invited to...
by Editor | May 31, 2017 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Laundry Owners Discuss Their Pricing Strategies for Success [This is the first of a two-part series on vend price strategies for today’s self-service laundry businesses.] Pricing is perhaps the most exciting, talked-about and gut-wrenching aspect of owning and...
by Dennis Diaz | May 31, 2017 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
How to Draw an Enthusiastic Crowd to Your Laundry Business With Smart, Impactful Digital Campaigns Ever think about how a riot starts? Out of nowhere, large crowds of people rise up and strike out at someone or something that’s invoked a collective rage. It may even...
by Daniel Sofranko | May 31, 2017 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
The Author Discusses His Business’s Brand – And the Promises He’s Made to His Laundry Customers [This is the first in a two-part series on successfully branding a vended laundry business.] Branding in the laundry industry is not a new topic, nor would I consider...
by Stephen Bean | May 31, 2017 | The Business Mind
Are Stress, Customer Diversity and Managing Your Employees Taking Their Toll on You and Your Laundry Operation? In general, self-service laundry owners typically face about 11 or 12 costs on a monthly basis. These costs can range from utilities and labor to vended...
by Richard Cruz | May 26, 2017 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Are you ready for the laundry industry’s premier event, The Clean Show? You may already have heard that, for the first time in 20 years, the exhibits have been sold out. This year’s event has in Las Vegas has already proven to be popular based on attendance numbers....
by PlanetLaundry Staff | May 25, 2017 | Industry News
On June 4, the day before the opening of Clean 2017, the Coin Laundry Association’s LaundryCares Foundation will host a free laundry day in Las Vegas. This event will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Las Vegas Coin Laundry #6, located at 1200 W. Owens Ave. Free...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | May 24, 2017 | Industry News
Alco Washer Center, headquartered in New Castle, Pa., recently welcomed nearly 50 laundry owners, along with several industry experts, to its newly remodeled showroom for “a day of savings, service and seminars,” according to the company. Those who attended this Alco...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | May 24, 2017 | Industry News
Southern Automatic Machinery Co. recently added Lane Young to its sales team. Young has more than 20 years of experience in outside sales – nine of which were spent at EcoLab. When asked to describe his sales approach, Young quotes Douglas Adams: “To give...