by Stephen Bean | Feb 12, 2015 | The Business Mind
Like all businesses, self-service laundries succeed or fail for a myriad of reasons. Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to interview scores of laundry owners – and, when I do, I always ask them why they think they either have succeeded or perhaps not...
by Bob Nieman | Feb 12, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Previously Published Nov 21, 2013 Two years prior to opening Beverly’s Laundromat in Los Angeles, I visited more than 400 laundries throughout the U.S. and Canada to assess how I could exceed customer expectations in a very competitive market. With pen and...
by Bob Nieman | Feb 11, 2015 | Industry News
Continental Creative Services, a subsidiary of Continental Girbau, will celebrate its 10-year anniversary in 2015. CCS is a marketing communications company that provides marketing, advertising and public relations services to Continental distributors and their...
by Bob Nieman | Feb 9, 2015 | Industry News
During March and April, Continental Girbau West will hold several vended and on-premise laundry service schools at its headquarters in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. These service schools are free. The schedule is: • March 21 (9 a.m. to noon): The EH020 Service School will...
by Bob Nieman | Feb 5, 2015 | Industry News
For the second consecutive year, Electrolux has been included as a constituent in the Global Compact 100, a stock index composed of companies that have signed the United Nations Global Compact. The GC 100 is composed of a representative group of companies with...
by Bob Nieman | Feb 4, 2015 | Industry News
Tod Sorensen has been named vice president of Continental Girbau West, a Continental Girbau subsidiary distributorship based in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. Sorensen – a laundry industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience related to distribution; management;...
by Bob Nieman | Feb 4, 2015 | Industry News
WASH Multifamily Laundry Systems, headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., has announced that David Jackson, the company’s district sales manager, was recently appointed advisory board chair of the California Apartment Association’s Greater Fresno Division. In...
by Brian Brunckhorst | Jan 30, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3, The Laundry Doctor
The 4 Most Common (and Costly) Mistakes Laundromat Newbies Make “Some of us learn from other people’s mistakes; the rest of us have to be the other people.” – Zig Ziglar Whether you’re a seasoned entrepreneur or someone looking to be their own...
by Wally Makowsky | Jan 30, 2015 | Wash With Wally
I have three laundries, and my water bills are extremely high at one of the stores. What’s the problem? What should I do? I would bet the problem is occurring at one of your older stores. And this problem could be one of two things – the dump valves or the...
by Wally Makowsky | Jan 30, 2015 | Wash With Wally
I run a very clean laundry. My attendants wash and polish my washers daily. However, I’m having a problem cleaning the green and black mold off of the underneath portion of my rubber soap lids. What can I do? First, buy a small, stiff bristle brush that’s...