by Editor | Feb 3, 2016 | Industry News
Proctor & Gamble Brand Now Offers App-Based Delivery Service in Select Chicago Markets Cincinnati-based consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble has begun testing a new on-demand, app-based laundry and drycleaning delivery service in select Chicago markets. This...
by Wally Makowsky | Jan 27, 2016 | Wash With Wally
We’ve owned our small laundry in northern Minnesota for just over a year now. Recently, I noticed a slight musty odor in our store, so I crawled into our laundry wash pit to clean it out. Not only did I find a bucket full of dirt, sand, hair and lint (along with...
by Brian Wallace | Jan 27, 2016 | Viewpoint
“The customer is always right.” – Marshall Field When I cite the quote above about the customer always being right, you might be quick to caution “you haven’t been to my laundromat!”Well, I see this well-worn adage as aspirational,...
by Editor | Jan 27, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Industry Experts Discuss Their ‘Formulas’ for Increasing the Value of Your Laundry Business The valuation process of a self-service laundry is an art, not a science. Therefore, when it comes to boosting a store’s value, absolute formulas won’t...
by Editor | Jan 27, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Louisiana Store Owner Pulls His Community Together Through Popular Barbeque Cookouts When one of the local elementary schools in Lake Charles, La., was looking for ways to increase parent involvement and boost attendance at its PTO meetings, the principal called local...
by Editor | Jan 27, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Louisiana Store Owner Pulls His Community Together Through Popular Barbeque Cookouts When one of the local elementary schools in Lake Charles, La., was looking for ways to increase parent involvement and boost attendance at its PTO meetings, the principal called local...
by Editor | Jan 27, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Jim Mason South 4th Street Mega Grande Laundromat DeKalb, Ill. Before Getting into the Laundry Business… Jim is a real estate investor who has serviced the laundry equipment in his apartment buildings all over the Midwest for 30 years. Store Opening May 22, 2015...
by Editor | Jan 27, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
An Interview with Economic Forecaster and Business Author Dr. Alan Beaulieu One of the country’s most informed economists, Dr. Alan Beaulieu is the president of ITR Economics. Since 1990, he has been consulting with companies throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia...
by Editor | Jan 27, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Jim Mason South 4th Street Mega Grande Laundromat DeKalb, Ill. Before Getting into the Laundry Business… Jim is a real estate investor who has serviced the laundry equipment in his apartment buildings all over the Midwest for 30 years. Store Opening May 22, 2015...
by Stephen Bean | Jan 27, 2016 | The Business Mind
Boost Your Laundry Business by Developing These Critical Skills Marketing is every laundry owner’s link to the outside world. It’s how you persuasively encourage people to repeatedly purchase your products and services. Conceptually, it’s just that...