by Richard Cruz | Feb 10, 2017 | Featured Articles, Laundry Legislation
The Coin Laundry Association (CLA) is committed to ensuring that all self-service laundries remain exempt from sales tax based on several fundamental principles of tax policy: Sales Tax on Self-Service Laundry Hurts Working Families: Self-service laundries serve low...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Feb 9, 2017 | Industry News
The Coin Laundry Association’s LaundryCares Foundation will host a free laundry day on March 15 at Laundry Land in Norfolk, Va. This event is scheduled to take place from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. “Free laundry days are the highlight of what LaundryCares...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Feb 9, 2017 | Industry News
Cost-Less Parts has unveiled a new website – CostlessParts.com – designed to help store owners quickly order commercial laundry equipment parts and accessories, as well as the company’s growing list of machine-specific parts manuals for free...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Feb 3, 2017 | Industry News
Continental Girbau West – headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. – recently named Steve Mendoza parts and warehouse assistant, while also adding Michelle Podany to serve as the company’s office support coordinator. Mendoza, who is fluent in...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Feb 2, 2017 | Industry News
Statewide Laundry Equipment, with offices throughout Florida, has announced its lineup of 2017 Investment Seminars and Road Shows. The Investment Seminars were developed to educate and inform those considering investing in the laundry business and who want to take the...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Feb 2, 2017 | Industry News
Laundry Owners Warehouse will host a service school on March 8 at the company’s headquarters in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. This event – to be held from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. – will not only educate laundry owners about Dexter Laundry’s latest...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Feb 1, 2017 | Industry News
Aaxon Laundry Systems, based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will offer its customers and the South Florida laundry owner community free laundry service schools on May 3, July 12 and August 16. The service schools – each to be held at the company’s headquarters...
by Dennis Diaz | Jan 30, 2017 | Marketing
Last year, retail sales topped $655 billion during the months of November and December, and that number is expected to grow. The end-of-year rush to spend money on friends and family is always a good time for businesses, and even the neighborhood laundromat gets some...
by Joe Crosby | Jan 25, 2017 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Here’s a Look at the Current Legislative Climate Across the U.S. – And What It Could Mean for Laundry Tax ExemptionsOver the last several years, we have seen a significant rise in the number of proposals to impose new state sales taxes on services. Laundry...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 25, 2017 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
An Interview with Michigan Laundry Owner Mark MurrayMark Murray – who owns the 5,200-square-foot FabriCare Express Laundry at the Adrian Image Center in Adrian, Mich. – grew up in the self-service laundry business. In fact, at one point, his father’s...