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Going Through Rebab
Originally posted - Oct issue/2012 Written By: Chris Aycock A New Multi-Store Owner Discusses How He's Breathed New Life into a Couple of Old, Closed-Down Laundromats Professionally, I'm a software engineer, not a coin laundry veteran. However, during the last three...
Going Through Rebab
Originally posted - Oct issue/2012 Written By: Chris Aycock A New Multi-Store Owner Discusses How He's Breathed New Life into a Couple of Old, Closed-Down Laundromats Professionally, I'm a software engineer, not a coin laundry veteran. However, during the last three...
Going Through Rebab
Originally posted - Oct issue/2012 Written By: Chris Aycock A New Multi-Store Owner Discusses How He's Breathed New Life into a Couple of Old, Closed-Down Laundromats Professionally, I'm a software engineer, not a coin laundry veteran. However, during the last three...
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I Sleep Well at Night
An Interview with Massachusetts Multi-Store Owner Jim Whitmore Jim Whitmore is the owner of three Sunshine Express Laundry Centers, located in Massachusetts' North Shore region. All three self-service laundries – ranging in size from 1,500 to 3,000 square feet – have...
How to Post Effectively on Social Media
Spoiler Alert: Social Media Isn't ‘Free' Anymore Social media is a beast. Tame it and you've got a powerful platform to promote your business. Let it run wild and it will run over you. Here's an example of "social media gone wild" that you may have experienced before...
Telling Your Story, Shaping Your Brand
An Interview with Branding Expert and Business Author Karen Tiber Leland Karen Tiber Leland is a branding expert and author of "The Brand Mapping Strategy: Design, Build and Accelerate Your Brand." She is also the president of Sterling Marketing Group, where she helps...
Telling Your Story, Shaping Your Brand
An Interview with Branding Expert and Business Author Karen Tiber Leland Karen Tiber Leland is a branding expert and author of "The Brand Mapping Strategy: Design, Build and Accelerate Your Brand." She is also the president of Sterling Marketing Group, where she helps...
Business Bio: Wash-N-Fold Express
Dan Thanh Dang, Gary Miller, BangTam Miller and Quynh Simon Wash-N-Fold Express Edgewood, Md. Before Getting into the Laundry Business... All of the store's owners are still employed full-time outside of the laundry business. Dan Thanh Dang, a former newspaper...
Building a Winning Team, Part 3
The Right Attendants with the Proper Training Will Have Customers Viewing You and Your Staff as Their Local Laundry Experts [This is the third of a three-part series on hiring and training laundry attendants.] Last month, I discussed how to track a new attendant's...
WashClub Expands into Colorado
WashClub, headquartered in Brooklyn, N.Y., recently announced its expansion into the city of Denver. The on-demand laundry and drycleaning services provider now has a presence in more than 31 cities and 16 states throughout the U.S. "Expanding to Denver was a...
Huebsch Honors California Laundry Owners
Huebsch has named Aaron and Andrea Milam the latest recipients of its Store Owner of the Quarter Award. The Milams own The Laundry Room, located in Pasadena, Calif. "The Milams demonstrate exceptional dedication to providing customers with the best laundry experience...
ALJCO Named Maytag/Whirlpool Distributor
After 32 years of providing electronic controls repair and small parts service to the vended laundry and OPL industries, ALJCO, based in El Segundo, Calif., has been named an authorized distributor of Maytag/Whirlpool commercial laundry equipment and parts for the...
WashClub Adds Second Florida Location
WashClub, headquartered in Brooklyn, N.Y., has announced its expansion into Florida's Tampa Bay area. The on-demand laundry and drycleaning services provider now operates in more than 30 cities and 15 states nationwide, including two Florida locations - Miami and now...
Integrity Laundry Solutions Opens Branch Office
Integrity Laundry Solutions - headquartered in Walla Walla, Wash. - recently opened a new branch office in Kent, Wash. The full-service distributor of laundry equipment, parts, ozone systems and chemicals serves the vended, on-premises and multi-housing laundry...
Laundry Owners Warehouse Unveils New Website
Laundry Owners Warehouse has launched its new website with a view to providing the company's services and products to clients in a streamlined, optimized manner. The site - lowlaundry.com - features a number of functionalities that are a first within the industry....
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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
Aaxon to Host Seminar for Laundry Investors
Aaxon Laundry Systems has announced that it will hold an investment seminar this May at the company’s headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Aaxon Consultant Frank P. D’Annunzio will lead this educational session, which will include insight into securing laundromat...
CLA Connect LIVE Turns a Triple Play in February
Current laundry owners and potential investors – along with distributors and manufacturers – gathered in Burbank, Calif., on February 20, in Seattle on February 21, and in Raleigh, N.C., on February 27 to network, enjoy a nice meal and sharpen their business knowledge...
United Financial Adds Industry Veteran Kirk Stone
United Financial Corp., a nationwide leasing and equipment financing company based in West Des Moines, Iowa, recently announced that laundry industry veteran Kirk Stone has joined the company and will oversee its new Commercial Laundry Finance Division. Stone formerly...
CLA Announces 2019 Board of Directors
Trade Group Adds Three Store Owners and a Distributor to Its Current Board Lineup For 2019, the Coin Laundry Association has added four new laundry professionals to two-year terms on its Board of Directors. These new directors include one distributor and three store...
Procter & Gamble Announces National Expansion of Tide Laundry Service
Procter & Gamble’s popular Tide brand is aggressively targeting today’s urban Millennial and Gen Z consumers, with the national expansion of its pickup-and-delivery laundry service. Tide plans to double its pickup locations to more than 2,000 by next year, after...
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The Business Mind
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