by Wally Makowsky | Feb 25, 2016 | Wash With Wally
My wash-dry-fold and commercial laundry businesses are going very well and my attendants are busy all day. However, I recently landed a contract with a security company to do their shirts. This client wants the shirts washed and ironed. Unfortunately, I’ve been...
by Bill Gilbert | Feb 25, 2016 | Viewpoint
Laundry owners got an early Christmas present this past December, when the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 was signed into law. This new law permanently (until further notice, at least) expanded the Section 179 deduction limit to $500,000....
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Feb 25, 2016 | Industry News
Two-Day Event Scheduled for May 11-12 in Southern California Continental Girbau West – a subsidiary of Continental Girbau Inc. based in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. – will host its fourth annual Conference of Champions Profit Symposium on May 11-12. The event...
by Bob Nieman | Feb 25, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
A Look at the Factors That Impact Your Laundry’s Rates Imagine Manhattan under almost 300 feet of water. Not water from a hurricane or a tsunami, but purified drinking water – 2.1 trillion gallons of it. That’s the amount of water researchers estimate is...
by Bob Nieman | Feb 25, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Jim Adams Jennifer Haley’s Coin Laundromat Canton, Ohio Before Getting into the Laundry Business… Adams was a sales representative for Consolidated Freightways for 18 years and Con-Way Freight for eight years. Store Opening July 2009 Business Hours 5:00 a.m. to...
by Bob Nieman | Feb 25, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Laundry Owners Can Accurately Track Their ROI by Focusing on Brand Awareness, Customer Acquisition and Customer Retention Flush. Have you ever felt this happening to your marketing dollars? Where did they go? Many laundry owners are curious about investing more into...
by Bob Nieman | Feb 25, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Chicago-Area Owner Tom Benson Discusses the Customer-Focused Programs That Set His Business Apart from the Crowd Ten years ago, Tom Benson reopened the doors to his rebuilt and renovated laundry business, World’s Largest Laundromat, after it had been destroyed...
by Bob Nieman | Feb 25, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Chicago-Area Owner Tom Benson Discusses the Customer-Focused Programs That Set His Business Apart from the Crowd Ten years ago, Tom Benson reopened the doors to his rebuilt and renovated laundry business, World’s Largest Laundromat, after it had been destroyed...
by Jeff Gardner | Feb 25, 2016 | The Laundry Doctor
Here’s a Look at Four of the Industry’s Leading App-Based Players Last month, I touched on the growth of app-based, on-demand laundry businesses, along with the general public’s increased awareness of such services. In this column, I’d like to...
by Bob Nieman | Feb 19, 2016 | Industry News
Wash Broker to Serve Chicago-Area Vended Laundry Market Laundry and real estate industry veterans Robert Renteria and Joe Hollendonner recently announced that they’ve joined forces to create Wash Broker, Ltd., a laundry brokerage service based in the Chicago...