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Vend Pricing 101
Originally posted - Jul 02, 2012 Throughout the last five years, the market has changed drastically. Prior to the recession, commodity prices, especially natural gas, were at all-time highs. Many store owners had no choice but to raise vend prices, as well as lower...
Vend Pricing 101
Originally posted - Jul 02, 2012 Throughout the last five years, the market has changed drastically. Prior to the recession, commodity prices, especially natural gas, were at all-time highs. Many store owners had no choice but to raise vend prices, as well as lower...
My Coin Laundry Success Story
Originally posted - July issue/2012 I have owned a small, unattended laundromat for four years. I am by no means an expert in the field. However, there are two bits of advice I might be able to give regarding what could potentially cause a business to fail, and...
Headlines
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...
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...
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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
- And More…
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Industry News
Laundry Owners Warehouse Adds to Services Team
Laundry Owners Warehouse, based in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., has named Robert Gonzalez its new foreman for growth and quality elevation in services. With more than 42 years of experience in delivering laundry equipment and supplies, Gonzalez is a perfect fit to spearhead...
LaundryCares Announces Free Laundry Day in New Orleans
On June 19 – the day prior to the start of Clean Show 2019 – the LaundryCares Foundation will hold a free laundry day in the show’s host city of New Orleans. This event, which will run from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., will take place at two locations simultaneously within...
Clean ’19 Sells Out Exhibit Space
With less than one month until Clean 2019 kicks off at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, exhibit space is officially sold out. The textile care industry’s premier exhibition will be held June 20-23. The 2019 edition of this event follows in the...
CG West, Elite Business Investments Host Successful Open House
Continental Girbau West and Elite Business Investments recently co-hosted the Pre-Clean Preview Open House at CG West headquarters in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. The event drew Southern California vended laundry owners and investors, who took advantage of equipment...
Mountain Electronics Celebrates 20 Years of Serving the Laundry Industry
Mountain Electronics is celebrating its 20th year of repairing electronic circuit boards for the commercial laundry industry. Despite the company’s long and successful history, some fundamental business practices have remained the same through the years – including...
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