Making the Call
How to Prepare for Sales Calls with Potential Commercial Clients In my last column, I discussed some of the profitable niches available to self-service laundry owners within the vast realm of commercial laundry accounts. This time, I’d like to follow up on that...Berkshire Hills Acquires Firestone Financial
Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc. has announced the signing of a definitive agreement for the acquisition of privately held Firestone Financial Corp. as an operating subsidiary of Berkshire Bank. Based in Needham, Mass., Firestone is a nationwide commercial specialty...Speed Queen Honors Its Distributor of the Year
PWS Recognized for Service and Sales Excellence Speed Queen has named PWS – The Laundry Company as its 2014 Distributor of the Year. “We are honored to name PWS the 2014 Distributor of the Year,” said Dan Bowe, Speed Queen North American sales...IPSO Names Distributor of the Year
Steiner-Atlantic Honored for Outstanding Sales and Service Achievements IPSO recently named Steiner-Atlantic Corp. its 2014 Distributor of the Year. “We are honored to name Steiner-Atlantic Corp. the 2014 Distributor of the Year,” said Kathryn Rowen, IPSO...Whirlpool Enters into Agreement to Acquire ADC
Whirlpool Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire American Dryer Corp., which manufactures and markets coin-operated, on-premise, industrial and specialty laundry equipment. The planned acquisition gives Whirlpool’s commercial laundry business a platform...Setomatic/SpyderWash Names New Director of Sales and Operations
Gregg Schantz Promoted to Further Oversee the Company’s Continued Growth Setomatic Systems/SpyderWash has announced the promotion of Gregg Schantz to director of sales and operations. Since joining the company full time in 2013, Schantz has helped support...Avoiding Surprises
Running a small business is far from an exact science. And operating a self-service laundry – with all of the market-by-market idiosyncrasies this entails – at times can be even less of a sure thing. With PlanetLaundry’s cover story in May focusing on industry...Huebsch Announces Store Owner of the Quarter
John D. Dixon Recognized for National Laundry in Dickson, Tenn. Huebsch recently named John D. Dixon its Store Owner of the Quarter for his National Laundry, which is located in Dickson, Tenn. Dixon “transformed a rundown store into a thoughtfully designed,...Cash is King
An Interview with Texas Laundry Owner Bruce Walker Bruce Walker and his wife, Julie, have been in the self-service laundry business since 2002. They own Wash It Kwik, a 3,000-square-foot card-operated store with 82 washers and dryers in Denton, Texas. How did you get...
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