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Up and Running, Part 2
Store Owners Share Their Strategies for Keeping Laundry Equipment in Service and Operating Smoothly [This is the second part in a series on equipment repairs and maintenance.] In last month's cover story, a number of laundry owners shared their strategies and personal...
Yelp, SEO and Your Laundry Business
Laundry's Greatest Love (and Hate) Affair There are few things in business that are constant. Prices change, markets are always in flux, and each year it seems there are new innovations that attempt to shake up the way we all do our jobs. You might even say that the...
Yelp, SEO and Your Laundry Business
Laundry's Greatest Love (and Hate) Affair There are few things in business that are constant. Prices change, markets are always in flux, and each year it seems there are new innovations that attempt to shake up the way we all do our jobs. You might even say that the...
Headlines
Statewide Wraps Up Spring Road Shows
Statewide Laundry Equipment – with offices in Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando and Miami – recently finished its three-day series of annual spring road shows, beginning on March 13 in Tampa at TPepin's Hospitality Centre, followed by a stop in Orlando on March 14, and...
Aaxon Donates Laundry Equipment to High School Wrestling Team
Aaxon Laundry Systems has donated a Huebsch washer and dryer to the wrestling program at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The equipment was installed in the locker room area and enables the coaches and student athletes to wash their athletic gear,...
Creating a Buzz
Here's a Look at the Advantages of Word of Mouth Advertising – And How Your Laundry Business Can Best Leverage ThemWay back, long before social media, the internet, television, radio, printing or even "business" itself (at least as we are familiar with it these days),...
Wash with Wally: Removing Commercial Laundry Stains and More…
I own a successful coin laundry in a small town in the Midwest. 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....
Business Bio: Happy Life Laundromat
Matt Clark and Brian Harrington Happy Life Laundromat Cherry Valley, Ill.Before Getting Into the Laundry Business…Matt and Brian were involved in self-storage management and construction.Store OpeningJanuary 14, 2018Business Hours8:00 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily...
Making Connections, Part 4
The Basics of Setting Up a Secure, Successful Wireless Network at Your Laundry Business[This is the fourth in a series of articles written to offer helpful suggestions about where to begin and how to better manage an existing or planned Wi-Fi network. Among the topics...
LaundryCares Hosts Summit to Promote Childhood Literacy in Laundromats
What better day than Dr. Seuss' birthday to focus on childhood literacy? Last month – coinciding with the famed author's March 2nd birthday, as well as National Read Across America Day – the Coin Laundry Association's LaundryCares Foundation launched its inaugural...
The Keys to Profitable Vending
Are You Maximizing Your Laundromat's Beverage and Snack Vending Operation? Beyond washers, dryers and folding tables, perhaps the most commonly found pieces of equipment in nearly every self-service laundry are vending machines. In fact, according to recent Coin...
WDF 101: Back to Basics
Here's What to Consider Before Launching Your Wash-Dry-Fold Service[This is the first in a series of columns on running a successful wash-dry-fold business.]I've been receiving a lot of phone calls lately from new laundry operators just getting into the industry –...
Equipment Marketers to Host 25th Annual Trade Show
Equipment Marketers will hold its 25th annual Trade Show & Service Seminar on May 3 at the company's headquarters in Cherry Hill, N.J. This event – scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – will feature more than 20 commercial laundry vendors from across the U.S.,...
By the Numbers
Five Keys to Measuring Your B2B Marketing StrategyOur world is run by numbers.We don't always see them though. In fact, we rarely ever see them, but they're there.They run our business. Power our homes.Our professional lives are inundated with finding a way to make...
The Art of Building a Brand
Here Are the Keys to Establishing and Growing Your Laundry Business' Brand IdentityWhat is a brand and why is it critical to the success of a business? What factors must be considered when establishing a brand and brand identity? How is your brand communicated?...
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This Month's Issue
- Get Clear to Keep it Clean: Find Focus to Maximize Your Marketing Efforts
- Women In Laundry: From the Washroom to the Boardroom
- Store Profile: Southern Suds Changing the Game
- Member Spotlight: Hutchinson Belt Drive Systems
- And More…
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Industry News
Summit 2020: Literacy-Rich Spaces in Everyday Places
The LaundryCares Foundation, Too Small to Fail Host 3rd Annual LaundryCares Literacy Summit In mid-September, more than 870 laundromat owners, librarians, educators and philanthropists came together for the 3rd annual LaundryCares Literacy Summit, a three-day virtual...
CLA Survey: Coin Shortage Continues to Plague Laundromats
The Coin Laundry Association recently solicited store-owner input on the current coin shortage, in an effort to gauge the size and scope of its impact on the industry. Among those who responded to the association’s survey, 65 percent of the laundry operators admitted...
Superior Laundry Names Regional Sales Manager
Superior Laundry Equipment Co., headquartered in New York City, recently named Justin Tucci regional sales manager for the company’s newly acquired territory of southern New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware and select northern counties of Maryland. Tucci boasts...
CLA Offers New Healthcare Insurance Program
The Coin Laundry Association has teamed up with LIG Solutions – a division of Lighthouse Insurance Group – to offer CLA members, as well as their families and employees, access to exclusive healthcare insurance coverage. The offerings through this new agreement...
HappyNest Opens New Location in Greater Boston Area
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has expanded its operation into the greater Boston market. “HappyNest has been growing rapidly along the East Coast, but we have been pretty methodical in our search close to our home base in Rhode Island,” said HappyNest...
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The Laundry Doctor
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The Business Mind
Create Something!
Originally posted - Jul 09, 2013 Think left and think right, And think low and think high, Oh, the thinks you can think up, If only you try." – Dr. Seuss Creativity has got to be the coolest of all the mental skills. After all, it's responsible for every type...
Wash With Wally
Wash with Wally: A Sticky Situation
Originally posted - Oct 29, 2012 Can you tell me how to remove yellow wood glue from a pair of cotton pants? I haven't found anything that will work. There are a couple of ways to remove glue. In some instances, depending on the type of adhesive, you can use a paint...
Viewpoint
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Digital Marketing
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