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Time to Retool?
Laundry Owners Open Up About Their Recent Renovation Projects During last year's Clean Show in Atlanta, the Coin Laundry Association presented a seminar dubbed "Flip My Laundry," in which laundry owners discussed the highlights of their recent store renovation...
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...
Liquid Assets: The Business of Water
A Look at the Factors That Impact Your Laundry's Rates Imagine Manhattan under almost 300 feet of water. Not water from a hurricane or a tsunami, but purified drinking water – 2.1 trillion gallons of it. That's the amount of water researchers estimate is lost each...
Headlines
Eastern Funding Gives Back with Habitat for Humanity Projects
Eastern Funding LLC recently joined forces with Habitat for Humanity New York City on projects to create affordable homes for families in need. On September 20-21, more than 50 Eastern Funding employees volunteered at Habitat for Humanity construction sites in Hollis,...
Putting Your Profits to Work
Some of Today's Top Owners Discuss the Ways They're Reinvesting in Their Growing Laundry OperationsAs the story goes, a teenaged Warren Buffett partnered with one of his friends to buy a used pinball machine for $25 – which the high school buddies promptly installed...
Rising from the Ashes
Alabama Laundry Owner Lends a Helping Hand to Local Nonprofit Recovering from a FireFor a couple of years now, Alabama laundry owner Ken Barrett has been donating unclaimed items from his three vended laundries to Community Enabler Developer, a nonprofit group based...
Business Bio: OLE Super Coin Laundry
Bruny Costantino and George Gautreaux OLE Super Coin Laundry Allentown, Pa.Before Getting into the Laundry Business…Costantino and Gautreaux also own several daycare operations, as well as additional retail businesses.Store OpeningMay 19, 2017Business HoursOLE Super...
Your Website Sucks!
Here Are 10 Reasons Why Your Laundry Business' Site Very Likely May Need Some Immediate AttentionIt's time for some tough love.Your website sucks. No… really. It really, really sucks!But that's OK, because it's fixable. You think famous artists, athletes or anyone...
Touching Moments
Cut Costs by Limiting the Number of Times Employees Handle Each Wash-Dry-Fold Order Do you mind if we get a little touchy-feely this month? Over the last six months or so, I've had numerous conversations with some of my colleagues from all across the country as to...
Once Upon a Laundry
Here's a Look at a Day in the Life of a Laundry Owner - And at All of the Many Business and Life Lessons It Can Teach Us There are so many different opportunities to learn. One method is to enroll in formal classes at a school or university. Another way is to attend a...
LaundryCares Foundation Increases Support for The Laundry Project
In light of the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma, laundry charities collaborate to offer assistance to affected communities. The LaundryCares Foundation has partnered with The Laundry Project to help bring aid in the form of free laundry services to areas in...
American Cleaning Institute Unveils Laundry Safety Initiative
The American Cleaning Institute is launching PACKETS UP!, a consumer education initiative with fashion critic and mom of two, Zanna Roberts Rassi, as part of its ongoing effort to help reduce the number of accidents related to liquid laundry packets. As part of this...
Dexter Laundry Working Closely with Distribution Network in Storm-Damaged Regions
Dexter Laundry is working closely with its distributors in Florida, Texas and the Gulf Coast to help laundry owners recover from the recent storms that have devastated those areas. "To everyone affected by the recent hurricanes, please know that the thoughts and...
Continental Initiates Hurricane Irma Disaster Relief Program
Continental Girbau Inc. and its Florida distributors – Laundry Pro of Florida in Lakeland, Fla., and The Laundry Shop in Pembroke Pines, Fla. – have initiated disaster assistance for Hurricane Irma business victims. This includes special commercial laundry equipment...
EnviroStar to Acquire Tri-State Technical Services
EnviroStar Inc., based in Miami, recently announced it has executed a definitive asset purchase agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Tri-State Technical Services Inc., a distributor of commercial, industrial and vended laundry products. EVI expects...
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This Month's Issue
- Tech on the Rise: How Operators Are Using Innovation to Run Smarter, Faster Laundromats: From AI phone systems to real-time data tracking, operators and suppliers share how technology is reshaping the modern laundry business and what’s coming next.
- Business Profile: Delivering a Superior
Laundry Experience - Member Spotlight: Rick Rome –
Innovating Laundry, One Customer at a Time - Guest Column: How AI Changed Google Reviews (What Laundromat Owners Need to Know)
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Industry News
States Expand Worker Protection in the Wake of COVID-19 Outbreak
As legislatures return to governing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the focus of their work will clearly change in response to a changing world. In terms of employment and labor policy, all levels of government have begun considering expansion of worker benefits...
CLEC Names Director of Operations for Dallas Location
Commercial and Coin Laundry Equipment Co., a factory-direct distributor of Alliance Laundry Systems equipment, has promoted Sam Husain to director of operations for its Dallas facility. Husain, who joined the CLEC team in 2018 as a regional sales manager, has since...
BCC Payments Offers Free ‘Wash-Dry-Go’ App in Response to Pandemic
BCC Payments, a laundry-focused payment and control systems company, has created a free Wash-Dry-Go application platform for laundromat owners to use during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The app can help laundry owners manage the flow of customers and maintain safe...
Jetz Service to Accept Mobile Payment Across All Compatible Machines
Laundry service and equipment provider Jetz Service Co. – which operates in 18 states throughout the Midwest – and PayRange Inc. recently reached an agreement for Jetz to provide PayRange mobile payment acceptance to all of its PayRange-compatible machines. Currently,...
Girbau Group Acquires Capital of Chinese Joint Venture
The Girbau Group has acquired the entire share capital of its Chinese joint venture, Girbau Shenguang Laundry Technology. With this purchase, GSLT becomes a direct subsidiary of the Girbau Group, with the aim of promoting the future development of the company and...
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The Laundry Doctor
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The Business Mind
The Perfect Blend
Originally posted - Jul 16, 2014 I have often thought that, to gain market share, effective advertising is the name but cleverly pairing features and benefits is the game. Not only is this true, but I guess it's poetic justice as well. There's old advertising adage,...
Wash With Wally
Wash with Wally: Wrinkle-Free Table Clothes
Originally posted - Jun 04, 2014 I service a commercial account that has just purchased some rather inexpensive, polyester table clothes that wrinkle when washed. Even the client admits that she bought an inferior product. We pretreat these items, wash them in warm...
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