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Be Your Own Competition
Originally posted - Sept issue/2012 "I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it." – Walt Disney Next to vend price, there isn't a more combustible topic of conversation among laundry owners than competition. In my...
Making a Name for Ourselves
Originally posted - Mar 27, 2012 What is our industry's brand? I'm fond of the following motto that I derived from the insightful consumer research conducted by the Coin Laundry Association: Our customers want time-savings and convenience in a clean, safe environment...
Take Notes – And Then Take Action
Originally posted - Aug 15, 2012 Each year, one of the most valuable things a self-service laundry owner can do is attend distributor shows. And please notice that I didn't just say "your distributor show." The reason for this is because I personally go to several...
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Wash with Wally: Commercial Ironing, Scented Detergents and More…
My wash-dry-fold and commercial laundry businesses are going very well and my attendants are busy all day. However, I recently landed a contract with a security company to do their shirts. This client wants the shirts washed and ironed. Unfortunately, I've been having...
CG West Announces Spring Profit Symposium
Two-Day Event Scheduled for May 11-12 in Southern California Continental Girbau West - a subsidiary of Continental Girbau Inc. based in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. - will host its fourth annual Conference of Champions Profit Symposium on May 11-12. The event - scheduled...
Business Bio: Jennifer Haley’s Coin Laundromat
Jim Adams Jennifer Haley's Coin Laundromat Canton, Ohio Before Getting into the Laundry Business… Adams was a sales representative for Consolidated Freightways for 18 years and Con-Way Freight for eight years. Store Opening July 2009 Business Hours 5:00 a.m. to...
Liquid Assets: The Business of Water
A Look at the Factors That Impact Your Laundry's Rates Imagine Manhattan under almost 300 feet of water. Not water from a hurricane or a tsunami, but purified drinking water – 2.1 trillion gallons of it. That's the amount of water researchers estimate is lost each...
How Effective is Your Digital Marketing?
Laundry Owners Can Accurately Track Their ROI by Focusing on Brand Awareness, Customer Acquisition and Customer Retention Flush. Have you ever felt this happening to your marketing dollars? Where did they go? Many laundry owners are curious about investing more into...
Creating an Emotional Connection
Chicago-Area Owner Tom Benson Discusses the Customer-Focused Programs That Set His Business Apart from the Crowd Ten years ago, Tom Benson reopened the doors to his rebuilt and renovated laundry business, World's Largest Laundromat, after it had been destroyed by a...
Creating an Emotional Connection
Chicago-Area Owner Tom Benson Discusses the Customer-Focused Programs That Set His Business Apart from the Crowd Ten years ago, Tom Benson reopened the doors to his rebuilt and renovated laundry business, World's Largest Laundromat, after it had been destroyed by a...
Meeting the Demand for On-Demand Laundry
Here's a Look at Four of the Industry's Leading App-Based Players Last month, I touched on the growth of app-based, on-demand laundry businesses, along with the general public's increased awareness of such services. In this column, I'd like to discuss a few of the...
Laundry, Real Estate Veterans Partner on New Brokerage Service
Wash Broker to Serve Chicago-Area Vended Laundry Market Laundry and real estate industry veterans Robert Renteria and Joe Hollendonner recently announced that they've joined forces to create Wash Broker, Ltd., a laundry brokerage service based in the Chicago area....
Western State Design Names New Vice President
California-Based Distributor Promotes Todd Hyrn Western State Design, Inc. has promoted Todd Hyrn to vice president. Most recently, Hyrn served as director of operations for the company and has been a member of the WSD management team for 25 years. "The company has...
IPSO Adds Belenky to Distribution Network
Long-Time Distributor to Serve Vended, OPL Customers in Northern Ohio IPSO recently added Belenky Inc., based in Akron, Ohio, to its distributor network. The company will now offer IPSO's complete line of vended and on-premises laundry equipment to customers in the...
Clean Show Management Company Relocates to New Headquarters
Riddle & Associates, the long-time management company for The Clean Show, has moved to new offices. The company's new address is: 2751 Buford Highway, Suite 100, Atlanta, Ga. 30324. The phone number remains (404) 876-1988, while the new fax number is now (404)...
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This Month's Issue
- ‘I’d Like to Speak to the Manager’: On the Front Lines with Some of the Laundry Industry’s Leading Store Managers
- Business Management: Generate Additional Income Through Greater Market Penetration
- Company Close-Up: Western State Design Has Been Helping Laundry Owners Thrive for More Than 50 Years
- New Member Spotlight: How Laundry Labs Plans to Change the Industry
- And More…
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Industry News
Statewide Laundry to Represent Speed Queen in Georgia and the Carolinas
Speed Queen recently expanded the territory of Statewide Laundry Equipment, headquartered in Miami. The distributor will now represent the brand in portions of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. “Statewide has represented the Speed Queen brand with...
A Second ‘Language in the Laundromat’ Location Opens in Chicago Suburb
A second laundromat in the Chicago suburb of Elgin, Ill., has installed a bookcase, books and signs encouraging families to turn the downtime during the washing and drying process into a learning and literacy-building experience for their children. The second...
Electrolux, Laundrylux Announce Development Collaboration
Electrolux Professional, the professional products division of global appliances manufacturer Electrolux, is collaborating with Laundrylux, the North American importer and distributor of Wascomat and Electrolux branded professional laundry equipment, to develop...
Laundrylux Annouces Acquisition of CESCO
Laundrylux, headquartered in Inwood, N.Y., has acquired the assets of CESCO Equipment, based in SeaTac, Wash. “Laundrylux is delighted to partner with Rich Boyd, whom we have worked with for many years, to turbo-charge the Pacific Northwest market and accelerate...
WASH Laundry Names New CEO
WASH Multifamily Laundry Systems – headquartered in El Segundo, Calif. – has appointed Jim Gimeson as the company’s new chief executive officer. Gimeson will focus on strengthening the WASH brand as well as driving consumer and industry engagement, while guiding...
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The Laundry Doctor
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The Business Mind
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Wash With Wally
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