by Editor | Jul 27, 2016 | Industry News
Continental Girbau Inc.’s recent Conference of Champions – held at the company’s headquarters in Oshkosh, Wis. – brought together distributors, vendors and business partners for a four-day event focused on nurturing distributor success....
by Editor | Jul 27, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
An Interview with Massachusetts Multi-Store Owner Jim Whitmore Jim Whitmore is the owner of three Sunshine Express Laundry Centers, located in Massachusetts’ North Shore region. All three self-service laundries – ranging in size from 1,500 to 3,000 square feet –...
by Editor | Jul 27, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Spoiler Alert: Social Media Isn’t ‘Free’ Anymore Social media is a beast. Tame it and you’ve got a powerful platform to promote your business. Let it run wild and it will run over you. Here’s an example of “social media gone wild”...
by Editor | Jul 27, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
An Interview with Branding Expert and Business Author Karen Tiber Leland Karen Tiber Leland is a branding expert and author of “The Brand Mapping Strategy: Design, Build and Accelerate Your Brand.” She is also the president of Sterling Marketing Group,...
by Editor | Jul 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
An Interview with Branding Expert and Business Author Karen Tiber Leland Karen Tiber Leland is a branding expert and author of “The Brand Mapping Strategy: Design, Build and Accelerate Your Brand.” She is also the president of Sterling Marketing Group,...
by Jeff Gardner | Jul 27, 2016 | The Laundry Doctor
The Right Attendants with the Proper Training Will Have Customers Viewing You and Your Staff as Their Local Laundry Experts [This is the third of a three-part series on hiring and training laundry attendants.] Last month, I discussed how to track a new...
by Editor | Jul 27, 2016 | Business Spotlights
Dan Thanh Dang, Gary Miller, BangTam Miller and Quynh Simon Wash-N-Fold Express Edgewood, Md. Before Getting into the Laundry Business… All of the store’s owners are still employed full-time outside of the laundry business. Dan Thanh Dang, a former...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Jul 26, 2016 | Industry News
WashClub, headquartered in Brooklyn, N.Y., recently announced its expansion into the city of Denver. The on-demand laundry and drycleaning services provider now has a presence in more than 31 cities and 16 states throughout the U.S. “Expanding to Denver was a...
by Editor | Jul 21, 2016 | Industry News
Huebsch has named Aaron and Andrea Milam the latest recipients of its Store Owner of the Quarter Award. The Milams own The Laundry Room, located in Pasadena, Calif. “The Milams demonstrate exceptional dedication to providing customers with the best laundry...
by Editor | Jul 21, 2016 | Industry News
After 32 years of providing electronic controls repair and small parts service to the vended laundry and OPL industries, ALJCO, based in El Segundo, Calif., has been named an authorized distributor of Maytag/Whirlpool commercial laundry equipment and parts for the...