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Buyer Beware
Originally posted - Jan 25, 2013 George Morgan has seen it before. "A lot of people fall in love with the idea of being a laundry owner," said the president of Best Laundry Brokers, headquartered in Grass Valley, Calif. "They get so enamored with this feeling. They...
Cutting Costs….Without Cutting Corners
Originally posted - Mar 11, 2013 As a self-service laundry owner, you're no doubt always looking for new ways to bring in more business, to grow your market and to increase your profits. Of course, a great way to boost profits is by cutting expenses. After all, even...
I Educated Mysel
Originally posted - May 24, 2013 When it comes to a new business venture, Danny Delmarco is a big believer in doing one's homework. So, when he and his business partner, Lloyd Webb, decided to open a self-service laundry - in a building co-owned by Webb and Delmarco's...
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Internet Marketing
Originally posted - Feb issue/2012 Customers Are Looking For You Online. Can They Find You When was the last time you looked up a business' phone number in the Yellow Pages? When last did you rely on the knowledge of a sales assistant when looking to make an informed...
Back to Basics
Originally posted - Oct issue/2012 A Look at Some of Today's Successful ‘No-Frills' Laundry Operations If you spend any time reading the industry trade magazines, surfing the industry websites or attending industry events, you might be led to believe that the only...
Cashing In on Campus
Originally posted - Oct 27, 2014 Louisiana laundry owner Christopher Chin likes to tell the story of how the father of a Tulane University student eventually came to sign up his son for Chin's college laundry service. During the previous semester, the student had...
Getting Down to Business
Originally posted - Sep 29, 2014 The ultimate goal is to keep your washers and dryers humming from opening to closing. After all, every piece of laundry equipment sitting idle is missed revenue that will never be replaced. For certain laundry owners, the answer may be...
The Next Generation
Originally posted - Nov issue/2012 Building a Successful Multi-Generational Laundry Business Like most self-service laundries, the World's Largest Laundromat – located in the Chicago suburbs – is a family business. "I'm always telling people it's a family business,...
Be a Better Boss
Originally posted - March issue/2012 Are You Doing Everything Possible To Help Your Attendants Build Your Business? Despite a feeble labor market and uncertain economic environment, many American workers are fed up with their work situations and looking to make...
2014: The Year in Review
Originally posted - Nov 26, 2014 It's that time of year again – a time to reminisce about the 365 days gone by… and to try to predict what the next 365 have in store. Everyone does it – from the largest television networks to the most niche bloggers. This month, we...
At the Breaking Point?
Originally posted - May issue/2012 Today's Industry Manufacturers Sound Off on a Balancing Act They All Face – The One Between Washability and Energy Efficiency Industry manufacturers have always faced the challenge of producing commercial equipment that would clean...
Marketing on a Shoestring
Originally posted - Oct 14, 2014 Whether you're a single-store laundry owner new to the business or a multi-store operator with years of industry experience under your belt, you both share the same dilemma – how to effectively market and promote your business on a...
Taking Care of Business
Originally posted - Jan issue/2012 Here's How Four Laundry Owners Diversified Their Operations with Commercial Accounts In the laundry business, an idle machine is a missed chance to gain needed revenue – and it's an opportunity that can never be recovered. Perhaps no...
At the Breaking Point?
Originally posted - May issue/2012 Today's Industry Manufacturers Sound Off on a Balancing Act They All Face – The One Between Washability and Energy Efficiency Industry manufacturers have always faced the challenge of producing commercial equipment that would clean...
Marketing on a Shoestring
Originally posted - Oct 14, 2014 Whether you're a single-store laundry owner new to the business or a multi-store operator with years of industry experience under your belt, you both share the same dilemma – how to effectively market and promote your business on a...
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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…
THE LATEST ON LAUNDROMATS
Industry News
EnviroStar to Acquire Tri-State Technical Services
EnviroStar Inc., based in Miami, recently announced it has executed a definitive asset purchase agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Tri-State Technical Services Inc., a distributor of commercial, industrial and vended laundry products. EVI expects...
Alliance Laundry Systems Announces Financing Program for Owners in Hurricane-Ravaged Areas
Alliance Laundry Systems has announced it will offer a finance program to laundry owners located in the hurricane-impacted regions of Florida and the greater Houston area. In an effort to get existing laundromat operators back on their feet, the company is offering a...
D&M Hosts Service Seminar in Chicago
More than 60 self-service laundry owners, managers and service technicians recently attended a Dexter Laundry service seminar, which is hosted annually by D&M Equipment Co. at the distributor's headquarters in Chicago.Those in attendance were treated to an...
Laundrylux Announces Disaster Relief Program
Laundrylux knows first-hand how destructive a hurricane can be, having suffered through Hurricane Sandy in 2012. "We had employees and customers who lost their homes and businesses, and were completely devastated by Sandy for a long time," said Laundrylux President...
Is Your Laundromat Open in TX or LA?
The Coin Laundry Association and its 501(c)3 charity, the LaundryCares Foundation, are trying to help the victims of the recent devastation which has occurred as a result of Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Louisiana. One of the primary directives of the LaundryCares...
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The Business Mind
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