Leveling the Playing Field

John Um wanted to make sure small business owners could get fair pricing and access to reliable suppliers without needing to have significant buying power. As a leader whose career spanned several major retail and e-commerce companies, he had seen firsthand how hard...

Staying Fierce: Haley Gould Finds Perfect Fit in Vended Laundry

Haley Gould is the Director of Partner Success for HappyNest. She manages an internal team while leading more than 100 partners across the United States building a successful pickup and delivery operation in addition to running their laundromat business. A consummate...

Metrics That Matter

Profit, Performance, and Planning in Vended Laundry The laundromat business is like most businesses in that you need to do a lot of things right to be successful. But how do you know if it’s working? According to successful owners, you just need to look at the...

Startup to Scale

How Western State Design Has Been Helping Laundry Businesses Thrive for More Than 50 Years For more than five decades, Western State Design has been a leading provider of turnkey laundry solutions across the vended, on-premises, and commercial/industrial markets....

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Grande Laundry Place

Jun 25, 2015

Ross G. Rose Grande Laundry Place San Marcos, Calif. Before Getting into the Laundry Business… Mr. Rose has been in the laundry business for 25 years. Store Opening October 2014 Business Hours 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily Staff Grande Laundry Place employs four part-time...

The Basics of Laundry Insurance

Jun 24, 2015

Here are the Fundamentals of Protecting Your Biggest Investment According to Dictionary.com, the word insurance is defined as "the act, system or business of insuring property, life, one's person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire...

Letting Go

Jun 24, 2015

Is Outsourcing the Way to Grow Your Laundry Business… and Get Your Life Back? Being an entrepreneur, you clearly enjoy wearing several different hats. In fact, the very minute you opened your store, you probably took on a dozen or more jobs all at once. All laundry...

Headlines

Statewide Laundry Hosts Three-City Road Show Tour

Statewide Laundry Equipment - with offices in Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando and Miami, Fla. - recently concluded its three-city Spring Road Show tour. The company's spring events kicked off on March 29 in Riverview, Fla., followed by a stop in Orlando on March 30, and...

Laundry Owners Warehouse Hosts Dexter Service School

Laundry Owners Warehouse recently held a Dexter Laundry service school at the company’s headquarters in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The educational sessions – conducted in collaboration with Dexter Laundry and led by equipment experts from the Iowa-based manufacturer –...

Spynr Launches Educational Effort in Run-Up to Clean 2017

Digital marketing company Spynr Inc. has launched an educational campaign designed to help laundry owners understand the importance of their online presence. Dubbed "Where's Lauren," the campaign follows the online journey of a store operator's perfect customer...

Industry Veteran James Oman Joins Wholesale Commercial Laundry Equipment SE

Wholesale Commercial Laundry Equipment S.E. LLC, based in Southside, Ala., has partnered with James Oman, an industry veteran who specializes in the industrial and on-premises laundry segments. In his new role, Oman will lead OPL sales in Georgia, as well as provide...

Wash with Wally: How to Offset Rising Business Expenses

The laundry industry in our area has been hit with a lot of additional expenses, including a hike in the minimum wage. What should I do? Decrease the water levels in my washers? Cut the time or temperature on my dryers? Raise my vend prices? What’s your opinion?...

The Buyer’s Journey to Your Door

Once You Understand How Customers Find Your Laundry, the Goal Should Be to Make It Easy for Others to Follow in Their Footsteps Anyone who's ever walked into your laundry has a story behind how they got there, and you'd do well to listen to them whenever you get the...

Delivering the Goods

The Key Elements to Making Pickup and Delivery Profitable for Your Laundry Business Despite last year's abrupt exit of on-demand laundry giant Washio from the industry, the residential pickup and delivery business continues to grow, with more and more existing laundry...

Embracing Change

A Look at Massachusetts-Based Changer Manufacturer Triad Design Group Triad Design Group, headquartered in Littleton, Mass., has been involved with developing products that dispense coins and currency since 1975 – although not always specifically for the self-service...

Business Bio: Laundromart

Philip Kodroff Laundromart Hollywood, Fla. Before Getting into the Laundry Business… Kodroff was a corporate executive in the fashion industry. Store Opening April 20, 2016 Business Hours 24 hours a day. The laundry is open every day, except for Christmas Day. Staff...

A Profitable Partnership

Teaming Up with Your Local Drycleaner May Be the Ideal Way to Grow Your Laundry Business. Find Out How at Clean 2017! The Clean Show is just around the corner. And the 2017 event – which will be held June 5-8 at the Las Vegas Convention Center – marks the first time...

On Your Best (Financial) Behavior

How Understanding Behavioral Economics Can Help You Make Better Financial Decisions Have you ever heard of behavioral economics? If not, you have now! But what exactly is it? In a nutshell, behavioral economics can best be defined as how our individual psychology and...

Continental Girbau Begins Two-Phase Expansion Project

Continental Girbau Inc. recently broke ground on its third facility expansion since 2000. The two-phase project comes as a result of growing sales, product offerings and staff, according to President Mike Floyd. “Business is so strong that we need more space for our...

This Month's Issue

Green is Good Business: Green Operations Increasingly Important to Feed Consumer Demand
Women In Laundry: Lee Ann Geurts Loves a Challenge
Store Profile: Kings Laundry Kicking it in Los Angeles
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Speed Queen Unveils Laundromat Franchise Program

Alliance Laundry Systems has announced that its subsidiary – Speed Queen Laundry Franchise, LLC – is now offering Speed Queen-branded laundromat franchises in nearly every state in the U.S. This opportunity is currently being offered through select distributors, as...

Laundry Owners Warehouse Expands Facility

Laundry Owners Warehouse, based in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., recently expanded its facility to 18,000 square feet, marking the sixth expansion for the distributorship, and thus “paving way for more sustainable and centralized operations, as well as better solutions for...

New Learning Space to Highlight Free Laundry Day in Phoenix

On November 12, the LaundryCares Foundation will host a free laundry day event from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Local Laundry in Phoenix. These events provide free laundry services and cleaning products to underserved communities across the country, as well as free food...

HappyNest Adds Two New Locations

Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has expanded into the greater Cincinnati and northern Kentucky markets, as well as the Ocean Township, N.J. region. “Dave Menz and his team at Laundry Magician have been a driving force in the pickup-and-delivery business...

Gold Coin Bolsters Company Operations

Gold Coin Laundry Equipment Inc., headquartered in Jamaica, N.Y., has expanded, with the rehiring of a former employee, a new addition to the company’s sales staff, and the creation of a new department. Ken Mackay has returned to Gold Coin in a new role as parts...