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...
Wash with Wally: Laundry Detergent, Drainage Systems and More…
I own a successful laundromat in a small Midwestern town. One of my promotions is giving my customers free detergent – all they need Monday through Friday. The problem I have is that some of the customers use too much of the detergent and over-suds the washers. I was...
Tricks of the Laundromat Trade
Industry Veteran Shares an Operational ‘Hack’ and a Rule of Thumb to Help You Better Run Your Laundry Business As we journey through our laundromat ownership experiences, we all tend to find innovative ways to make our business lives easier. Some of these innovations...
HappyNest Adds Dallas Laundromat Partner
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has added Rapido Rabbit, its second laundromat partner in the Dallas market. The laundry business serves customers in Addison, Carrollton, Coppell, Farmers Branch, Irving and sections of Dallas, including Highland Park....
Marketing Lessons from an Up-and-Down Year (Part 2)
The Era of Marketing-From-Anywhere [The is the second of a two-part column. Part One can be read here.] The final takeaway from 2021 is less about statistics and trends, and more about the world we find ourselves in. We still find ourselves in a tumultuous time – with...
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