by Bob Nieman | Aug 25, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Carol Beal and Hanna Christian Beal’s Bubbles West Columbia and Sweeny, Texas Before Getting into the Laundry Business… Carol was a sales representative for Hanes Hosiery in Houston area. Store Openings The West Columbia store opened in January 2004, and the...
by Bob Nieman | Aug 25, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Laundry Owners Explain What They Love (and Hate) About Their Stores’ Flooring “We like to say that the floor covering is the canvas on which the rest of the store is painted.” – Edward Korczak, former executive director, National Wood Flooring...
by Bob Nieman | Jul 27, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
An Interview with Massachusetts Multi-Store Owner Jim Whitmore Jim Whitmore is the owner of three Sunshine Express Laundry Centers, located in Massachusetts’ North Shore region. All three self-service laundries – ranging in size from 1,500 to 3,000 square feet –...
by Bob Nieman | Jul 27, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Spoiler Alert: Social Media Isn’t ‘Free’ Anymore Social media is a beast. Tame it and you’ve got a powerful platform to promote your business. Let it run wild and it will run over you. Here’s an example of “social media gone wild”...
by Bob Nieman | Jul 27, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
An Interview with Branding Expert and Business Author Karen Tiber Leland Karen Tiber Leland is a branding expert and author of “The Brand Mapping Strategy: Design, Build and Accelerate Your Brand.” She is also the president of Sterling Marketing Group,...
by Bob Nieman | Jun 30, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3, Industry News
The Industry’s Leading Businesspeople Descend on Southern California to Take a ‘Look Forward’ Nearly 200 of the nation’s leading laundry owners and industry executives recently joined their peers for two days of high-level networking and progressive...