PlanetLaundry Podcast
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Choosing a Lender?
Three Key Factors to Consider When Seeking Acquisition and Equity Financing Whether you're a new investor in the self-service laundry industry or a seasoned multi-store owner, there will come a time when you will need to invest – or reinvest – in your business....
Business Benchmarks
Store Owners Share the Economic Indicators and Metrics They Use to Gauge the Health of Their Laundry Operations As an entrepreneur, you likely fulfill several roles to keep your business running smoothly – and perhaps none is more crucial or daunting than that of...
Is Your Phone Doing All It Can for Your Laundry?
Today's Technology Can Transform Your Business Phone into One of Your Most Formidable Marketing and Management Tools Sometimes something very simple that we take for granted every day may be overlooked as a great management tool. If you are a laundry owner like me,...
Headlines
Oshkosh Express Laundry Donates $1,860 to Breast Health Fund
Oshkosh Express Laundry Center, based in Oshkosh, Wis., recently presented a check for $1,860 to the Aurora Health Care Foundation’s Oshkosh Pink Possible Breast Health Fund. The Pink Possible campaign, held throughout October each year, engages local businesses...
Laundry Systems of Tennessee Now Carries Primus Equipment
Primus has announced a new partnership with Laundry Systems of Tennessee. The commercial laundry equipment distributor will now offer Primus equipment to self-service laundries and on-premises laundry facilities in Kentucky and Tennessee. “We are thrilled to...
Clean Show Registration, Housing Now Open
Those planning to attend Clean 2017 in Las Vegas, June 5-8, can now register for the show and make their hotel reservations on the show’s website. For the first time, members of any of the five national sponsoring associations can register for a discounted fee...
Registration and Housing Opens for Clean 2017
People planning to attend Clean 2017 in Las Vegas June 5-8 can register for the show and make their hotel reservations starting November 17 on the show’s website. The Clean Show is the world’s largest exhibition of commercial laundry, drycleaning and...
The Dirty Laundry of Politics: Voting at the Laundromat
On Election Day, most people perform their civic duty in familiar settings such as recreation centers, schools, libraries or church basements. However, some find themselves at more unorthodox polling places – such as their local laundromat. For example, among...
Huebsch Names First-Time Operator Its Store Owner of the Quarter
Huebsch has named Tony El-Khouri the latest recipient of its Store Owner of the Quarter Award. El-Khouri completely revamped the self-service laundry he purchased in 2013 – turning Sun Valley Laundromat into a successful and flourishing business within a few...
Laundry Owners Warehouse Hosts Successful Open House
Laundry Owners Warehouse held its first-ever open house on October 13 at the company’s headquarters in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. “Unexpectedly, the event turned into a CEO summit, as top multi-store owners from across the country and around the world...
WASH Laundry Acquires Angel Coin Service
WASH Multifamily Laundry Systems, headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., has acquired Angel Coin Service, the route laundry division of Angel Appliances, which is based in North Hills, Calif. The acquisition strengthens WASH’s presence in the Southern California...
Card Industry Delays Continue to Slow Chip Card Transition
More than a year after card companies’ deadline for retailers to accept new chip-based credit cards, delays by the card industry have left thousands of new chip readers unused and consumers with far less improvement in security than what was sought by merchants,...
Statewide Laundry Equipment Hosts Laundry Improvement Expos
Statewide Laundry Equipment recently hosted three full days of laundry improvement expos, which boasted impressive turnouts each day. These events – held September 13-14 in Kissimmee, Fla., and September 21 in Hialeah, Fla. – featured educational seminars...
D&M Grows Parts Department
D&M Equipment has named Edwin Grande its new parts associate. Grande, who has been with the company for two years, will work closely with D&M Parts Manager Dan Welden to better serve the distributor’s parts customers, as well as to help grow this segment...
Wash with Wally: Vetting a Laundry Purchase, Eliminating Rinse Cycles and More…
The price of water in my area is ridiculously high and still rising. My washers are set to offer a pre-wash, a wash and three rinses. But I’m thinking of eliminating either the pre-wash or one of the rinse cycles. What do you think? My first thought would be to...
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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.
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Innovating Laundry, One Customer at a Time - Guest Column: How AI Changed Google Reviews (What Laundromat Owners Need to Know)
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Industry News
Laundry Literacy Coalition Unveils Read, Play & Learn Kits
The Laundry Literacy Coalition – comprised of the LaundryCares Foundation and Too Small to Fail – has partnered with Lakeshore Learning and Scholastic to offer new Family Read, Play & Learn kits, developed specifically for vended laundries. The kits are uniquely...
Alliance Buys Former Crane Facility to Expand Production
Alliance Laundry Systems, headquartered in Ripon, Wis., recently closed on the purchase of the former Manitowoc Crane Company plant in Manitowoc, Wis. The more than 330,000-square-foot location will be used to help grow production at Alliance’s Ripon facility. In...
Western State Design to Host Fall Service Seminars
Western State Design, headquartered in Hayward, Calif., will host free service seminars for vended laundry operators. Attendees will learn best practices for optimal operation and maintenance of Dexter Laundry equipment. The training sessions – scheduled for 9 a.m. to...
Textile-Care Industries Mourn David Cotter
Textile Care Allied Trades Association CEO David Cotter passed away on August 9 in Polk County, Fla. Since April 1993, Cotter, 64, served as the chief executive officer of TCATA, which is an international trade association representing the manufacturers and...
WASH Partners with Hercules Corp.
WASH Multifamily Laundry Systems, headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., has partnered with Hercules Corp., a third-generation laundry distributor, based in Hicksville, N.Y. According to WASH, the partnership will reinforce the company’s market presence throughout the...
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