Delivering the Goods (Part 1)
Marketing and Growing Your Laundry Business’ Pickup-and-Delivery Service Three years ago, Peter Lowin was considering building a third laundromat in southern California. However, primarily due to the cost, he decided against opening that third store – instead opting...
Feeling Emotional (Part 2)
How to Use Emotional Intelligence to Better Manage Yourself and Your Laundry Business [This is the second of a two-part column. Part One can be read here.] While emotional skills may come more naturally to some due to their background and upbringing, there are ways...
LaundryCares Organizes Disaster-Relief Event in Tennessee
In the wake of the devastating tornadoes that recently swept through a large portion of Tennessee, the LaundryCares Foundation will hold a disaster-relief Free Laundry Day event from noon until 8:00 p.m. on January 4 at Martin Laundry in Martin, Tenn. During this...CCI, Wash-Dry-Fold POS Announce Payment Integration
Laundromat point-of-sale systems provider Wash-Dry-Fold POS and Card Concepts Inc., a laundromat payment systems company, have teamed up to provide store owners with integration of wash-dry-fold and self-service payment. “CCI has always been known as a...
Maytag Announces Laundromat Contest Winners
Maytag Commercial Laundry has announced the winners of the Replace Today for $10K Maytag Commercial Laundry Contest. Laundromat owners who purchased replacement equipment from January 1 – July 31, 2021, were eligible to participate in the contest for a chance to win...
Speed Queen Opens New Laundromat in Berlin
Speed Queen has announced the opening of a new branded laundromat in Berlin, Germany. The store is located in Alexanderplatz, a large public square and transport hub in the central Mitte district of Berlin. “Speed Queen-branded laundromats bring a laundromat...
HappyNest Expands Further into California
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has added a new laundromat partner, The GRID Laundry, which is located in Sacramento, Calif. The facility serves various local communities, including Folsom, Roseville, Rocklin and Granite Bay. “We were ready to expand our...
Housing Now Open for Clean ’22
Messe Frankfurt, owner and management company of the Clean Show, has announced that hotel reservations now can be made for Clean ’22, which will be held July 30 through August 2 in Atlanta. These housing arrangements can be secured through Connections Housing, the...
Feeling Emotional (Part 1)
How to Use Emotional Intelligence to Better Manage Yourself and Your Laundry Business “When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures of emotion.” – Dale Carnegie Until recently, psychologists defined a person’s...
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