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Heating Your Stores Water
A Primer for Today's Self-Service Laundry Operator Hot water – along with total water usage (and the demand for both in the latest generation of washers) – is as much as 65 percent less than it was for most washers when I started in this business in 1979. With that...
Laying Out Your Laundromat
Tips for Planning and Designing Your New Self-Service Laundry Business for Maximum Effectiveness and Customer Convenience [The following is an excerpt from the popular laundry business book, "Secrets of Buying and Owning Laundromats." ] When planning and designing...
2015: The Year in Review
Recapping the Issues That Defined the Year – And Looking Ahead to 2016 In odd-numbered years, typically nothing that occurs in the self-service laundry industry can steal the spotlight from the Clean Show. And 2015 – with the industry's trade show and convention...
Headlines
Continental Names 2016 Distributors of the Year
Continental Girbau Inc. recently recognized Skyline Equipment Inc. with its 2016 Vended Laundry Distributor of the Year Award, an honor that distinguishes distributors for outstanding performance in the vended laundry market. Simultaneously, the Wisconsin-based...
CG West Adds Commercial Laundry Sales Specialist
Continental Girbau West - headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. - has named Jason McAninch its new commercial laundry sales specialist. In this position, McAninch will manage commercial vended and on-premises laundry sales and marketing efforts for the company....
KeeWes Equipment Hosts Annual Laundry Show
Laundry owners and prospective investors are invited to join us at our annual laundry show, featuring: The latest in Speed Queen vended equipment Best prices of the year Special show financing rates Huge parts & soap discounts Equipment service demonstrations...
Survey: Small Business Faces Major Workforce Issues
The National Small Business Association, in partnership with Cynthia Kay and Company Media Production, has released the 2017 Small Business Workforce and Labor Survey, which quantifies how workforce issues ranging from immigration to education to background checks...
Kentucky Eyes Tax Expansion, CLA Hires Lobbyist
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin's tax reform plans include several critical components, not the least of which is planned sales tax expansion, which would require laundromat owners, among others, to collect sales tax. All signs indicate that the governor's tax reform...
Primus Adds Belenky to Distribution Network
Primus has announced that Belenky, Inc. is the newest addition to the manufacturer's distribution network. "Belenky has a 100-year history of providing excellent service to laundry equipment customers," said Mark Schram, North American sales manager for Primus. "We...
Statewide Announces Fall Laundry Improvement Expos
Statewide Laundry Equipment - with offices in Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando and Miami, Fla. - has released details of its Fall Laundry Improvement Expos, which will be held in central and south Florida on September 19, 20 and 27. These programs were developed to...
Martin-Ray Named Speed Queen Distributor of the Year
Speed Queen recently awarded its highest distributor honor – the 2016 Distributor of the Year – to Martin-Ray Laundry Systems in a ceremony held June 5 at Top Golf in Las Vegas during Clean 2017.Since 2011, the Denver-based distributor has produced "significant and...
Equipment Marketers Holds 24th Annual Trade Show
Hundreds of laundry owners and potential investors in the Mid-Atlantic region attended Equipment Marketers' 24th annual trade show and service seminar, which was held May 4 at the company's headquarters in Cherry Hill, N.J. In addition, more than 25 vendors were...
Going Off-Script
How to Raise Your Laundry Business Above and Beyond the CompetitionYou might assume – understandably so – that most customers select a specific laundry based essentially upon location, vend prices and hours of operation. But that just isn't so.Let me explain...
Wash with Wally: Built Detergents, Dryclean-Only Garments and More…
If a customer comes in with a drop-off laundry order and there are clearly some garments in the bundle that should be drycleaned, how should I handle it? What if the customer insists that I should just wash them? It's up to your customers if they want to ruin their...
Never Neglect Your Lease
Your lease can make or break your business, and that is especially true in the case of a laundromat. This is because, in most cases, a laundry business will last only as long as its lease.Leases are complicated, legalese-laden documents – typically at least 10 or more...
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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)
- And More…
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Industry News
R&B Wire Products Names Channel Sales Manager
R&B Wire Products, headquartered in Santa Ana, Calif., has appointed Kelly Smith as the company’s channel sales manager. In his new position, Smith will be responsible for managing, growing and creating key accounts within R&B’s portfolio. Smith brings with...
GNA Promotes Kuffel to Senior Management Role
Girbau North America has promoted Pamela Kuffel to the position of director of strategic business efficiencies and solutions. In her new role, she is responsible for partnering with leadership to identify and execute solutions that drive business value and result in...
CLA Brings Together Laundry Professionals in the Southeast
Current and potential laundry owners, as well as industry distributors and manufacturers, gathered in Nashville, Tenn., on February 26 for the first-ever CLA Connect LIVE program in this area. The event featured speaker Joy Collins, digital marketing manager at...
SPYNR Names New Project Manager
SPYNR has appointed Trey Bowden its new project manager. Bowden, who joined the digital marketing firm late last year, is already helping manage client campaigns and projects, according to company owner and founder Dennis Diaz. Bowden brings to SPYNR more than 20...
Girbau North America Adds New Staffers
Girbau North America recently welcomed several new team members. They are: Jacob Bruneau, shipping and receiving specialist; Amy Bartol, consumer finance associate; Anjelynn Coyne, inside sales associate; Brett Lobajeski, GNA technical field support specialist; and...
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Columns
The Laundry Doctor
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The Business Mind
Stay Tuned
Originally posted - Jan 03, 2013 In a recent column, I discussed a relatively new field called neuromarketing, which combines neuroscience and marketing strategies, and is creating off-the-charts excitement and credibility in several business sectors around the world....
Wash With Wally
Wash with Wally: Choosing the Perfect Location
Originally posted - Jun 07, 2013 I want to build another laundry, and I'm currently looking at a site that's located between two large apartment complexes, which hold approximately 1,000 people. This site is on a main street with a good traffic pattern. What do you...
Viewpoint
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