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Raising Cash: Financing Your Entrepreneurial Dream
Small-business lending at big banks ended 2014 on a high note. In fact, they approved 21.1 percent of the loan requests they received from small businesses last December, according to Biz2Credit's monthly small-business loan index. That's up from 20.8 percent in...
Dealing with Flood Damage
Originally posted - Dec 05, 2012 First and foremost, to all of you who were impacted by Superstorm Sandy and its aftermath, please know that the thoughts and prayers of those of us here at Dexter Laundry are with you, your families and your communities. As many of you...
Maintaining Your Wireless Network
If You Haven't Revisited Your Network Since It Was Set Up, Now Is the Time If you're a laundry owner like me, you're accustomed to routine equipment maintenance, such as removing lint from the fronts of dryers or cleaning HVAC condenser coils. No big deal, right?...
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The Magic Number
When Processing Natural Fibers, It's Critical That Temperatures Remain Below 80 Degrees Temperature is a key component within the overall cleaning process. And one of the most important temperature thresholds with regard to cleaning is 80 degrees. What's so important...
Commercial Laundry Systems of the Rockies Donates to St. Jude
Commercial Laundry Systems of the Rockies, based in Johnstown, Colo., recently concluded an initiative to donate a percentage of its profits from equipment sales during May and June 2016 to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Together with his family, owner Pete...
CG West to Host Service School
Continental Girbau West will host a free vended laundry service school from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on September 13 at the company's headquarters in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. This session will cover basic service, routine maintenance, programming and troubleshooting of...
R&B Wire Products Enters Its Third Generation
R&B Wire Products, headquartered in Santa Ana, Calif., has announced that its third generation recently joined the family business – with Grant Rawlins coming on board exactly 50 years after his grandfather, Rea Rawlins, purchased the company, and 42 years after...
WASH Appoints Sales Manager for Denver Market
WASH Multifamily Laundry Systems, based in El Segundo, Calif., has named Marc Loscalzo its new district sales manager for the Denver region. "We're delighted that Marc has joined the WASH sales team," said Steve Jungclas, WASH's regional vice president of sales. "He...
R&B’s New Antimicrobial Carts Help Boost CLA Charity Auction
R&B Wire Products recently donated two of its new antimicrobial wire laundry carts to an auction, which was held to benefit the Coin Laundry Association's LaundryCares Foundation. The auction took place during the CLA's Excellence in Laundry Conference in Ojai,...
Whirlpool Battles Laundry Epidemic Impacting U.S. Families
For most people, having access to clean clothes is something they don't think twice about. But, for many youngsters across America, wearing clean clothes is a luxury, and not having them can be an impediment to attending school. Some students may feel insecure about...
Dexter University Hosts Service Academy
Dexter Laundry recently welcomed service technicians from around the world to its Dexter University – Service Academy. The Service Academy attendees included professionals who are responsible for providing installation, service, parts sales, and support for Dexter...
Continental Honors 2015 Distributors of the Year
Fowler Equipment Co. in Bloomfield, N.J., recently received Continental Girbau Inc.'s 2015 Vended Laundry Distributor of the Year Award, an honor that distinguishes distributors for outstanding performance in the vended laundry market. In addition, Coronet Equipment...
Did You Hear the One About… ?
Here Are Three Examples of the Many Business Lessons That Can Be Derived From Everyday Humor Over the years, I've noticed that instructional philosophies on life and business are very often hidden within humor and jokes - and these "lessons"(as well as the amusement...
Wash with Wally: Fighting Oil Stains, Operating a Delivery Service and More…
On occasion, I will receive drop-off laundry that has one or two pieces with oil stains. Is there anything available at the local supermarket or hardware store that I can use to remove these stains? If so, what is it, and how do you use it? There are a few products...
Continental Hosts Four-Day ‘Conference of Champions’
Continental Girbau Inc.'s recent Conference of Champions - held at the company's headquarters in Oshkosh, Wis. - brought together distributors, vendors and business partners for a four-day event focused on nurturing distributor success. Motivational speaker and...
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This Month's Issue
- Artificial Intelligence: Transforming Laundry Day: The Practical Impact of AI on the Laundromat Industry
- Store Operations: The Art and Science of Managing Slip and Fall Injuries
- The Business Mind: Proven Techniques to Help Manage Your Laundry Business and Its Employees
- Women in Vended Laundry: Laundrylux’s Gianna Guerra Shares Her Outlook on the Future of Women in Laundry Leadership
- And More…
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Industry News
Free Laundry Day to Benefit Miami Area
On Monday, March 25, 2019, My Sunny Laundry will simultaneously host a LaundryCares Free Laundry Day at its two locations in the Miami area from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. The two locations are: My Sunny Laundry, 16897 NW 67th Ave., Miami Lakes, Fla. 33015 My Sunny Laundry,...
TLC Tri-State Laundry Companies Named Electrolux Professional Laundry Distributor
Laundrylux has announced that TLC Tri-State Laundry Companies has joined the Electrolux Professional laundry distribution network. Founded in 1995 by Matthew Stephenson, TLC Tri-State has grown from one individual to a support team of more than 80 dedicated...
CLA Connect LIVE Travels East
Current and potential store owners, distributors and manufacturers gathered in North Bethesda, Md., on March 5 and in King of Prussia, Pa., on March 6 to network, enjoy a nice meal and sharpen their business knowledge at the CLA Connect LIVE events. The Maryland event...
A Business Evolution
Over the Years, Spector Textile Products Has Shifted Its Focus – And Grown Its Operation A century ago, Lawrence, Mass., was a world center for textile manufacturing – featuring a great stone dam that fed an extensive system of canals to provide hydropower to the...
Statewide to Open New Georgia Facility
Statewide Laundry Equipment recently announced that it will open a new office in Smyrna, Ga. The new facility will feature sales and service teams, as well as a showroom, an equipment warehouse, and a fully stocked parts department. In addition, the company will host...
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