by Bob Nieman | Jan 26, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Originally posted – Dec 26, 2013 Detergent. Besides water, natural gas and electricity, it’s perhaps the hottest commodity at your self-service laundry. Whether you sell it in your vending machine or over the counter, or simply prefer to let your customers...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 26, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Originally posted – Jun 26, 2014 Morgan Gary recently received an MBA in sustainable business. Not coincidentally, she also just opened her very own sustainable business – Spin Laundry Lounge, which is described as an eco-friendly laundromat within a...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 26, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Originally – Sep 16, 2014 Technically, the Great Recession lasted from December 2007 to June 2009. That’s what the economists and history books will tell you. However, some laundry professionals might have a slightly different timeline. It began with the...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 26, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Originally posted – May 28, 2014 Each year, billions of dollars go through apartment laundry rooms, which provide basically the same service your laundromat offers. And, although the target demographics for self-service laundries and apartment laundry rooms are...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 26, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Originally posted – Oct 11, 2013 Jason Dodge – who owns Milwaukee Laundry & Tanning in Milwaukee, Wis. – has been in the self-service laundry business since 2007. And, until recently, his store has looked pretty much like every other laundromat in town....
by Bob Nieman | Jan 26, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Originally posted – Jul 31, 2014 Other than location, the most crucial contributing factor to the ultimate success or failure of any self-service laundry is the layout and design of the store’s interior. “When you spend time and attention on the...