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The Top 40
Originally posted - Apr 23, 2013 Are you looking to save money? Attract more customers? Grow your market share? If you're a self-service laundry owner, you're no doubt always looking for new ideas. Ideas provide the fuel for you to create value and build success....
The Top 40
Originally posted - Apr 23, 2013 Are you looking to save money? Attract more customers? Grow your market share? If you're a self-service laundry owner, you're no doubt always looking for new ideas. Ideas provide the fuel for you to create value and build success....
Beyond Washers and Dryers
Originally posted - Jun 10, 2013 For the last 20 years, multi-store owner Bob Meuschke has averaged an additional 17 percent to 20 percent over and above his gross laundry sales, thanks to his operation's ancillary profit centers. "I am very much pro-ancillary profit...
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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...
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...
Competing
Originally posted - Sep issue/2012 How to Respond When a New Laundromat Enters Your Market When the closest competitor to one of Brian Brunckhorst's coin laundries in northern California lost its lease, the multi-store owner was understandably overjoyed – and his...
Industry Showcase
Originally posted - June issue/2012 The Latest Products and Services from the Coin Laundry Industry's Leading Companies Alabama Bag Co. Alabama Bag Co., established in 1908 and is located in Talladega, Ala., provides high-quality canvas money bags for coins and...
Controlling His Own Destiny
Originally posted - May issue/2012 Memphis Laundry Owner Builds Strong Following, Plans Two More Locations Phil Arvin's self-service laundry business is nothing like his "day job." And that's one of the aspects he really enjoys about his year-old entrepreneurial...
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This Month's Issue
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Connecting, Learning, Advocating: CLA Maximizes Impact at Clean Show 2025
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Member Spotlight: Finding a Niche in the Laundromat Industry
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PlanetLaundry Podcast: Turning Setbacks into Success: Saichelle McNeill’s Journey
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A Laundromat With Heart: Inside Cherry Drive’s Customer-First Approach
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Industry News
LaundryCares Foundation Increases Support for The Laundry Project
In light of the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma, laundry charities collaborate to offer assistance to affected communities. The LaundryCares Foundation has partnered with The Laundry Project to help bring aid in the form of free laundry services to areas in...
American Cleaning Institute Unveils Laundry Safety Initiative
The American Cleaning Institute is launching PACKETS UP!, a consumer education initiative with fashion critic and mom of two, Zanna Roberts Rassi, as part of its ongoing effort to help reduce the number of accidents related to liquid laundry packets. As part of this...
Dexter Laundry Working Closely with Distribution Network in Storm-Damaged Regions
Dexter Laundry is working closely with its distributors in Florida, Texas and the Gulf Coast to help laundry owners recover from the recent storms that have devastated those areas. "To everyone affected by the recent hurricanes, please know that the thoughts and...
Continental Initiates Hurricane Irma Disaster Relief Program
Continental Girbau Inc. and its Florida distributors – Laundry Pro of Florida in Lakeland, Fla., and The Laundry Shop in Pembroke Pines, Fla. – have initiated disaster assistance for Hurricane Irma business victims. This includes special commercial laundry equipment...
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...
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