The Randomness of Business Life
The Statistical Concept of ‘Regression to the Mean’ – and How It Impacts Your Laundry Operation I’m presently working toward a doctorate degree in clinical psychology. And, as part of the program, I’ve been required to take a number of courses in advanced statistics....
Marketing by the Numbers
Four Key Performance Indicators All Laundry Owners Need to Track I’m going to make you do some math in this article. But I promise it’s the good kind of math – the kind that lets you know if your marketing plan is actually doing some good for your laundromat business....
LaundryCares, North Shore Bank and the City of Milwaukee Launch Family Read, Play & Learn Center
The LaundryCares Foundation, along with North Shore Bank and the City of Milwaukee’s Office of Early Childhood Initiatives, recently unveiled a new Family Read, Play & Learn Center at Blue Kangaroo laundromat in South Milwaukee. The early childhood reading and...
Fabric Health to Expand into Pittsburgh
Fabric Health, a Philadelphia-based startup, has announced its expansion to Pittsburgh following its first place win in the Richard King Mellon Foundation’s first-ever pitch competition. Winning a $500,000 investment from the foundation, Fabric Health will take its...
Tricks of the Laundromat Trade (Part 2)
Here’s How to Improve Makeup and Combustion Air in Your Laundromat – And Also Get Lint Under Control [This is the second of a two-part series. You can read Part One here.] Last time, we discussed a trick you can use to keep your store’s ceiling looking like new, as...
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