by Stephen Bean | Jul 28, 2023 | Highlights, The Business Mind
How to Navigate the Minefield of Working with Family Members Years ago, after earning my master’s degree in clinical psychology, I went to work in my father’s foundry business as the company’s director of sales. At the time – and as is likely the case today as well –...
by Editor | Jul 27, 2023 | Industry News
Alliance Laundry Systems Distribution-West Region in California has released its fall show schedule, which kicks off on September 8 in San Diego and wraps up September 16 in San Francisco. The Fall Laundry Festival will feature special rebates on Speed Queen models,...
by Editor | Jul 27, 2023 | Industry News
The American Cleaning Institute recently convened with hundreds of top safety experts and partners at the Safe Kids Worldwide Childhood Injury Prevention Convention for four days of conversation focused on preventing unintentional childhood injuries. During the event,...
by Editor | Jul 12, 2023 | Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3, Featured Articles, Highlights
An Interview with Katy Chen of Laundrybee Katy Chen is the founder and CEO of Laundrybee, a chain of nine, branded laundromats located within the five boroughs of New York City. Ms. Chen has owned and operated numerous laundromats over that last 20 years. And, in...
by Tod Sorensen | Jul 12, 2023 | Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3, Featured Articles, Highlights
Planning for Full-Service Offerings at Your Laundromat A growing number of vended laundries are now offering full-service wash-dry-fold and/or residential/commercial laundry services. And for good reason. After all, through this type of diversification of services,...
by Editor | Jul 10, 2023 | Industry News
Alliance Laundry Systems has acquired the distribution assets of Dynamic Sales and Service, based in Kirkland, Wash. Dynamic has more than three decades of experience providing commercial laundry solutions in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. “We remain committed to...
by Editor | Jul 10, 2023 | Industry News, Uncategorized
PayRange Inc., a provider of mobile payments for unattended retail operations, has announced an exclusive licensing agreement with laundromat and drycleaning software provider Turnsapp Inc. “We are particularly impressed by the scope and caliber of Turn’s offerings,”...
by Editor | Jun 27, 2023 | Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3, Featured Articles, Highlights
Store Owners Share Profitable Business Options and Service Offerings They Run in Tandem with Their Laundromat Operations Successful laundromat entrepreneurs have always focused on two things – customer service and efficiency. In other words, best serving the customer...
by Editor | Jun 26, 2023 | Industry News
The Coin Laundry Association has named Christina Gonzalez the organization’s new director of finance and human resources. Gonzalez, who joined CLA in April 2012, most recently served as the association’s director of administration and accounting. In her new role, she...
by Editor | Jun 23, 2023 | Industry News
Consumer services platform company CSC ServiceWorks Inc. has announced changes to its executive leadership team. The company’s board of directors has appointed Rod Castellanos as chief executive officer, who has served as co-CEO and been a member of the board since...