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Neglect Your Store’s Signage at Your Own Risk Because a laundromat is a self-service business, there is the tendency among some owners to have a “build-it-and-they-will-wash” attitude toward their stores. In other words, the focus is primarily on the...The Basics of Laundry Insurance
Here are the Fundamentals of Protecting Your Biggest Investment According to Dictionary.com, the word insurance is defined as “the act, system or business of insuring property, life, one’s person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified...Letting Go
Is Outsourcing the Way to Grow Your Laundry Business… and Get Your Life Back? Being an entrepreneur, you clearly enjoy wearing several different hats. In fact, the very minute you opened your store, you probably took on a dozen or more jobs all at once. All laundry...Sales Tax Win in Iowa: The Anatomy of a Grassroots Victory
An Interview with Iowa Self-Service Laundry Association President Daryl Johnson An historic bill, sponsored by the Iowa Self-Service Laundry Association, to repeal the existing sales tax on coin-operated laundry in that state recently passed unanimously in the Iowa...Pizza Economics May Be Less Than Appetizing
The Author Points Out the Flaws with a Common Method for Determining a Store’s Marketplace Don’t get me wrong – I like pizza as much as the next person. Pepperoni and cheese is personal favorite, and that new bacon-wrapped version I’ve seen...
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