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Business Bio: Jennifer Haley’s Coin Laundromat
Jim Adams Jennifer Haley's Coin Laundromat Canton, Ohio Before Getting into the Laundry Business… Adams was a sales representative for Consolidated Freightways for 18 years and Con-Way Freight for eight years. Store Opening July 2009 Business Hours 5:00 a.m. to...
How Effective is Your Digital Marketing?
Laundry Owners Can Accurately Track Their ROI by Focusing on Brand Awareness, Customer Acquisition and Customer Retention Flush. Have you ever felt this happening to your marketing dollars? Where did they go? Many laundry owners are curious about investing more into...
Creating an Emotional Connection
Chicago-Area Owner Tom Benson Discusses the Customer-Focused Programs That Set His Business Apart from the Crowd Ten years ago, Tom Benson reopened the doors to his rebuilt and renovated laundry business, World's Largest Laundromat, after it had been destroyed by a...
Headlines
Is It Time to Retool?
Upgrading Your Vended Laundry Business Can Deliver a Quick ROI and a Growing Customer Base[This is the first of a two-part series examining the key factors to consider when retooling a self-service laundry.]It's no secret that we all like new things… the latest and...
2017: The Year in Review
Industry Insiders Examine the Past 12 Months – And Share Their Thoughts on What's Ahead for the Vended Laundry BusinessIt's impossible to recap the past year in the vended laundry business without acknowledging the success of the Clean Show, which celebrated its 40th...
2017: The Year in Review
Industry Insiders Examine the Past 12 Months – And Share Their Thoughts on What's Ahead for the Vended Laundry BusinessIt's impossible to recap the past year in the vended laundry business without acknowledging the success of the Clean Show, which celebrated its 40th...
Pound Foolish
Here Are a Couple of Unique Pricing Models to Consider That May Help You Present and Market Your Wash-Dry-Fold Business I'm always looking for different ways to market and develop a wash-dry-fold service. So, this month, I'd like to discuss a couple of ideas that are...
The Mind of the Customer
7 Not-So-Obvious Insights into Customer Psychology Sure to Help You Grow Your Business I've come to the conclusion that the greatest threat to a self-service laundry's growth - and perhaps even its survival - in our modern, high-tech and significantly diversified...
Continental Partners with Hills Commercial Laundry
Continental Girbau Inc. has partnered with Hills Commercial Laundry, based in Anchorage, Alaska. The company now represents Continental Girbau and LG commercial laundry products, as well as the Express Laundry Center brand. Hills Commercial Laundry works with vended...
WashClub Expands into Ireland, France
WashClub, an on-demand laundry and drycleaning service based in New York City, has begun international licensing agreements with Ninja Dry in Belfast, Ireland, and Valet Service in Lyon, France.In addition, within the last few months, the company has expanded its...
The Laundry Project Holds Free Laundry Event in Iowa
The Laundry Project, a charitable organization based in Tampa, recently held a successful free laundry event at Wash-N-Dry laundromat in Des Moines, Iowa - paying for customers' laundry loads and even painting a mural on one of the store's exterior walls. "Laundry,...
Laundry Owners Warehouse Releases First Film of New Series
Laundry Owners Warehouse, headquartered in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., has released the first short film in a planned series, which will focus on brand building and generating brand awareness. The first film can now be seen exclusively at the company's website,...
Four Steps to Facebook Success
Now That You've Created a Facebook Page, Here Are the Four Foundations of Social Media Mastery By Bonnie Hanson [This is the second in a series of articles on how to market your laundry business through Facebook. The first article appeared in the September 2017 issue...
Huebsch Names Store Owner of the Quarter
Huebsch has named Adam Dixon the latest recipient of its Store Owner of the Quarter Award. Dixon, who decided he needed a career change, closed his chiropractic practice and built Duck River Laundry in Shelbyville, Tenn. "The laundry Adam opened is an example of the...
Illinois CLA Continues to Battle Chicago Water Tax; Ordinance Introduced
As reported here earlier, Chicago has begun implementing a large tax on city water. The first tax of 7.5 percent was put in place in March and will continue to climb over the next four years, until it reaches a rate of 30 percent. What's more, this doesn't take into...
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This Month's Issue
- Designing for Success: Winning Ideas for Your Next Laundromat Design, Layout, or Remodeling Project
- Guest Feature: Five Lessons I Learned from Selling My Laundry Business
- Digital Marketing: A Well-Planned Laundromat Can Boost Customer Engagement and Loyalty
- Business Profile: How Chicago’s Wash Smart Chain is Redefining the Laundry Experience
- And More…
THE LATEST ON LAUNDROMATS
Industry News
CLA Board of Directors Issues Statement Rejecting Racism
Today, the Coin Laundry Association’s Board of Directors issued the following statement: The Coin Laundry Association’s mission is “to advance the self-service laundry industry by providing store operators with the industry research, connectivity, education and other...
Clean 2019 Listed Among Top Trade Shows
Trade Show News Network, which covers the latest news and trends in the trade show industry, has ranked the Clean Show at No. 83 in its listing of Top 250 Trade Shows of 2019. The annual list is based on net square feet of paid exhibit space. Clean 2019 in New Orleans...
Speed Queen Opens 700th Branded Laundry
Speed Queen recently reached a milestone by opening its 700th branded laundromat, with the launch of its new store in Orbassano, Italy. “New investors and entrepreneurs continue to leverage the brand equity and our proven business model of Speed Queen-branded...
HappyNest Launches Chicago Location
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has expanded into the Chicago market. “Having made good inroads along the East Coast and continuing to grow that market, we also want to find the best operators in the Midwest region, and Atukwe Newell and the Bubbleland...
ESD, PayRange Partner on Mobile Payment
PayRange Inc. recently announced a new partnership with long-time laundry payments technology company ESD, which has approximately 2 million card readers in the field and estimates its active user base at 20 million consumers who use those machines on a regular basis....
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The Laundry Doctor
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The Business Mind
Take a Chance
Originally posted - Apr 12, 2013 "If we listened to our intellect, we'd never go into business because we'd be too cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down." - Annie Dillard, American author and...
Wash With Wally
Wash with Wally: Cleaning Throw Rugs
Originally posted - Dec 06, 2013 What advice can you give for washing throw rugs? Most throw rugs can be washed, even with a rubber backing. However, when washing any kind of a rug, wash it in cold water — because it's hard to determine how many different materials...
Viewpoint
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Digital Marketing
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Strategic Corporate Allies Program
Our Strategic Corporate Allies support CLA’s mission through advocacy, education, and innovation to strengthen the industry, advance our members’ businesses, and prepare the next generation of laundry professionals for the future.
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