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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Business Bio: Laundry World, Falls Church, Va.

May 5, 2015

Blair and Charlie Johnson Laundry World Falls Church, Va. Before Getting Into the Laundry Business… Blair is a third-generation laundromat owner. In 1970, Blair's father, Charlie, and his father purchased their first two stores. Blair has been working in the laundry...

Shattering the Myths

May 4, 2015

Veteran Laundry Operators Dispel Some Popular Industry Misconceptions – And Share Their Own Personal Business Surprises The good news is that today there in more information available to new laundry owners and prospective investors than ever before. The bad news is...

Shattering the Myths

May 4, 2015

Veteran Laundry Operators Dispel Some Popular Industry Misconceptions – And Share Their Own Personal Business Surprises The good news is that today there in more information available to new laundry owners and prospective investors than ever before. The bad news is...

Headlines

Aaxon Announces Service School Schedule for 2017

Aaxon Laundry Systems, based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will offer its customers and the South Florida laundry owner community free laundry service schools on May 3, July 12 and August 16. The service schools – each to be held at the company’s headquarters...

The Buyer’s Journey

Last year, retail sales topped $655 billion during the months of November and December, and that number is expected to grow. The end-of-year rush to spend money on friends and family is always a good time for businesses, and even the neighborhood laundromat gets some...

We’re Not a Have-To Business – We’re a Want-To Business’

An Interview with Michigan Laundry Owner Mark MurrayMark Murray – who owns the 5,200-square-foot FabriCare Express Laundry at the Adrian Image Center in Adrian, Mich. – grew up in the self-service laundry business. In fact, at one point, his father’s...

A Taxing Situation

Here’s a Look at the Current Legislative Climate Across the U.S. – And What It Could Mean for Laundry Tax ExemptionsOver the last several years, we have seen a significant rise in the number of proposals to impose new state sales taxes on services. Laundry...

Going Practically Green

Laundry Owners Reveal Their Utility-Saving Initiatives - And the Bottom Line Results Utility costs. It’s a topic guaranteed to get every laundry owner in the room talking. After all, water, natural gas and electricity are the lifeblood of every self-service laundry...

Get Sales Out of Your Online Marketing Setup

Six Steps to Properly Setting Up Your Sales FunnelWhen laundry owners contact me about increasing their wash-dry-fold businesses, converting more foot traffic or getting their pickup services off the ground, one of the first things I look at is whether or not their...

Get Sales Out of Your Online Marketing Setup

Six Steps to Properly Setting Up Your Sales FunnelWhen laundry owners contact me about increasing their wash-dry-fold businesses, converting more foot traffic or getting their pickup services off the ground, one of the first things I look at is whether or not their...

Marketing Your Laundry Across Generations

Create Winning Promotional Campaigns by Focusing on Your Specific Customer Base When developing their advertising, many self-service laundry owners often forget that they are attempting to attract customers from a generationally and culturally diversified America. And...

Marketing Your Laundry

Six Steps to Developing and Executing a Promotional Plan Tailored Specifically to Your BusinessIt doesn't take an outrageous investment to market your self-service laundry business. However, it does take consistency, planning, and execution.If you don't currently...

Business Bio: McPherson Express Laundry Center

Todd and Debra Whitehill Evan Whitehill Tom Aumiller McPherson Express Laundry Center McPherson, Kan. Before Getting into the Laundry Business… Todd and Evan Whitehill also own an independent insurance agency. Tom Aumiller is a facilities manager. And Debra...

Steve Marcionetti Named CCI President

Card Concepts Inc., headquartered in Addison, Ill., has announced the appointment of Steve Marcionetti as the company’s new president. “Steve has spearheaded the design of new products and innovations, which have contributed to our success,” said...

Laundry Owners Fight Back Against Chicago Water Tax

As earlier reported here and in PlanetLaundry magazine, the city of Chicago recently passed a new tax on all users of water and sewer in the city. The first increase of 7.5 percent will go into effect on March 1, and the tax will increase over the next four years to...

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
Untapped Growth Opportunities
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Spynr Offers Free Websites for Laundry Owners

Spynr, Inc. – a leading marketing company serving the vended laundry industry – has announced that its team will be building free websites for laundromat owners. “Everyone needs a website these days, but for some it’s still hard to justify the cost,” said Spynr...

Genuine Parts Marks Safety Milestone

The Alliance Laundry Systems Genuine Parts warehouse in Ripon, Wis., is celebrating five years with no lost-time accidents. The facility sends out 134,000 shipments per year, or 670,000 shipments over that five-year period, according to the company. “One year with no...

Register Now for a CLA Connect LIVE Event Near You

Register now to attend the following CLA Connect Live events planned for the next two weeks. The events are open to current and potential store owners, distributors and manufacturers. CLA Connect LIVE – Kansas September 18 in Wichita, Kan. “Ideas to Generate...

Eastern Funding Announces Free Workshops in October

Eastern Funding, LLC, will host the next three events in its series of laundry improvement workshops in the San Francisco area, Dallas and Houston. All three workshops are free of charge and will take place in October. The schedule is as follows: October 3 510...

Aaxon Names New Multi-Housing Account Executives

Aaxon Laundry Systems, based in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., has added industry veterans Cindy Walker and Jake Hake as multi-housing account executives in the company’s Tampa and Orlando offices, respectively. Walker has more than 20 years of commercial sales experience in...