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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...
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...
Seeing the Light
Originally posted - Feb 26, 2014 An energy-efficient retrofit from T8 fluorescent lighting to state-of-the-art LED tubes at Holmen Coin Laundry in Holmen, Wis., will deliver savings on the owner's electric bill of more than 60 percent. Owner Karl Maas operates 31...
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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....
WASH Acquires American Service Company
WASH Multifamily Laundry Systems, headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., recently purchased American Service Company, a route laundry provider based in Redwood City, Calif. This acquisition widens WASH's presence throughout the San Francisco Bay area. "WASH's...
Speed Queen Launches Art of the Journey Contest
Speed Queen is now accepting entries for its third annual contest, which will pay off one deserving store owner's replacement loan through Speed Queen Financial Services, up to $100,000. From now through October 31, owners who reinvest in their stores with new Speed...
Millions of Workers Soon to be Newly Eligible for Overtime Pay
In a move to help boost low- and middle-income paychecks, the Obama administration has unveiled a long-awaited rule that will make millions of Americans newly eligible for overtime pay. While some businesses welcome the measure, many argue that it will simply force...
Deadlocked Supreme Court Blocks Immigration Plan
The Supreme Court recently blocked President Obama's effort to protect more than four million undocumented immigrants from the threat of deportation, deadlocking 4-4 over a plan that had divided much of the nation. The tie vote leaves intact lower federal court...
WashClub Expands into San Francisco
WashClub, an on-demand laundry and drycleaning service, has opened its newest branch in San Francisco. Owned and operated by long-time San Francisco residents Pari and Revika Khosla, WashClub San Francisco's services are available via the WashClub mobile app or on the...
Excellence 2016: The Best of the Best
The Industry's Leading Businesspeople Descend on Southern California to Take a ‘Look Forward' Nearly 200 of the nation's leading laundry owners and industry executives recently joined their peers for two days of high-level networking and progressive educational...
Fine-Tune Your Message
Five Psychological Insights That Can Help You Dramatically Improve Your Advertising and Marketing "Before you can have a share of market, you must have a share of mind" – Leo Burnett, advertising pioneer Warning: This article will encourage you to want to "disturb the...
To Homeowners, You’re Selling Convenience and Time
At my store, roughly 40 percent of my overall laundry business comes from homeowners who actually own their own washers and dryers? In fact, I would argue that, in many markets across the country, this demographic is gradually becoming more of a mainstream...
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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
BCC Payments Names VP of Route Sales, Distributor Relations
BCC Payments, a provider of laundry payment systems, has hired Mark Sperry as vice president of route sales and distributor relations. Sperry has been brought on board to further empower the company’s customer relationships and to provide efficient solutions to their...
EVI Industries to Acquire Professional Laundry Systems, Affiliates
EVI Industries Inc., a commercial laundry distributor headquartered in Miami, recently announced that it has executed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of Commercial Laundry Products Inc., Professional...
WASH Bolsters Midwest Operations
WASH Multifamily Laundry Systems, headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., recently named Jaime Crawford its director of business development, Midwest sales. In addition, the company has hired Amanda Hedglen as its district sales manager in Detroit. “WASH is entering a...
CLA Brings Together Laundry Professionals in the Southeast
The Coin Laundry Association held CLA Connect LIVE events on April 30 in Marietta, Ga., and again on May 1 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., where current and potential store owners, distributors and manufacturers gathered to network, enjoy a nice meal and sharpen their...
Statewide Laundry Equipment Introduces Video Series
Statewide Laundry Equipment recently launched the first video in a series, which has been created to help educate potential laundry investors, along with current store owners. According to SLE, the company’s new “The Investors Talk Series” focuses on investors’...
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