WASH Acquires American Service Company
WASH Multifamily Laundry Systems, headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., recently purchased American Service Company, a route laundry provider based in Redwood City, Calif. This acquisition widens WASH’s presence throughout the San Francisco Bay area....Speed Queen Launches Art of the Journey Contest
Speed Queen is now accepting entries for its third annual contest, which will pay off one deserving store owner’s replacement loan through Speed Queen Financial Services, up to $100,000. From now through October 31, owners who reinvest in their stores with new...WashClub Expands into San Francisco
WashClub, an on-demand laundry and drycleaning service, has opened its newest branch in San Francisco. Owned and operated by long-time San Francisco residents Pari and Revika Khosla, WashClub San Francisco’s services are available via the WashClub mobile app or...Deadlocked Supreme Court Blocks Immigration Plan
The Supreme Court recently blocked President Obama’s effort to protect more than four million undocumented immigrants from the threat of deportation, deadlocking 4-4 over a plan that had divided much of the nation. The tie vote leaves intact lower federal court...Millions of Workers Soon to be Newly Eligible for Overtime Pay
In a move to help boost low- and middle-income paychecks, the Obama administration has unveiled a long-awaited rule that will make millions of Americans newly eligible for overtime pay. While some businesses welcome the measure, many argue that it will simply force...Excellence 2016: The Best of the Best
The Industry’s Leading Businesspeople Descend on Southern California to Take a ‘Look Forward’ Nearly 200 of the nation’s leading laundry owners and industry executives recently joined their peers for two days of high-level networking and progressive...Fine-Tune Your Message
Five Psychological Insights That Can Help You Dramatically Improve Your Advertising and Marketing “Before you can have a share of market, you must have a share of mind” – Leo Burnett, advertising pioneer Warning: This article will encourage you to want to...To Homeowners, You’re Selling Convenience and Time
At my store, roughly 40 percent of my overall laundry business comes from homeowners who actually own their own washers and dryers? In fact, I would argue that, in many markets across the country, this demographic is gradually becoming more of a mainstream...On the ‘Home’ Front
Grow Your Laundry Business by Offering Today’s Homeowners What They Want For years, the general consensus had been that competing self-service laundries shared a finite customer base within a given marketplace. Following this line of reasoning, a new store in...
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