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‘Learning in Everyday Spaces’
New Partnerships Forged at 4th Annual Summit, Hosted by LaundryCares and Too Small to Fail At the 4th annual Learning in Everyday Spaces Summit – held September 21, 23 and 28, and hosted by the Coin Laundry Association’s LaundryCares Foundation and the Clinton...
Business Ownership: You Can Get There from Here!
Make 2022 the Year You Become a Laundromat Operator “All that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.” – Charles Kingsley, British historian, novelist and poet Over the years, I’ve noticed a recurring theme – it’s that the desire to...
‘Not Just About Completing a Mundane Task’
Wisconsin Laundromat, Local Library Team Up to Maximize the Store’s New Family Read, Play & Learn Center The children who tag along with mom and dad for the weekly trip to JJ’s Laundromat love the store’s Family Read, Play & Learn Center so much that many of...
Headlines
KioSoft Names CTO
KioSoft has appointed Charlie Lim as its new chief technology officer. Lim has more than 20 years of experience in driving cross-functional global programs, international partnerships, technology investments and initiatives. In his new role, he will oversee KioSoft’s...
Kentucky Church Offers Free Laundry Service
Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief is operating a free laundry service for Marion residents from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily throughout the month of July, to help with water conservation efforts in the area. A mobile laundry trailer is located at the Fredonia First Baptist...
Tennessee Laundromat, Local Cafe Team Up for Food Drive
Cycle Laundromat in Clarksville, Tenn., will team up with Manna Cafe to host a food drive on August 9-11. The Cycle Laundromat team will host the food drive to give back to the community they serve. Those interested in participating can bring in at least four cans of...
HappyNest Adds Second Partner in Charlotte Market
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has added Sunshine Laundromat as its second laundromat partner in Charlotte, N.C. As a result, HappyNest’s services are now available to residents and businesses in Cornelius, Davidson and Huntersville, as well as...
ACI Names Senior Manager of Public Health
The American Cleaning Institute, the trade association for the cleaning products supply chain, has appointed Audrey McCalley as senior manager, public health. “Audrey joins ACI with a background in public health, clinical research, policy and sustainability,” said Dr....
The Discomfort of Uncertainty
For Entrepreneurs, Uncertainty is a Part of Daily Life – Accepting the Inevitable Anxiety of This ‘High Stakes Waiting’ Game is Half the Battle Believe it or not, there is a science of uncertainty. Some psychologists actually study and conduct research in this field....
A Surprise Trend: ‘Inflation Relief’ Tax Policy
Rising inflation levels have hit consumers hard, and state lawmakers have spent time trying to provide relief, including indexing income tax brackets, issuing taxpayer rebates, and adopting new sales tax exemptions. Georgia, Idaho, Indiana (with an expansion of a...
Wash with Wally: The Basics of Building a Full-Service Laundry Arsenal
What types of cleaning products and other items are required for my laundromat to have what would be considered a fully stocked wash-dry-fold arsenal for my attendants? Essentially, to start a wash-dry-fold service, you need bagging supplies – plastic bags and cloth...
A ‘Circuitous’ Path
From TVs and VCRs to Laundromat Circuit Boards, Mountain Electronics Has Taken a Roundabout Way to Success Mountain Electronics first opened its doors in 1999 as a home appliance repair shop, primarily fixing televisions and VCRs. Yes, VCRs… remember those? Then, one...
COVID Relief Bill Introduced
Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Ben Cardin recently introduced legislation to create what’s being called the Hard-Hit Small Business Relief Fund (S.4471). For small businesses demonstrating substantial losses in 2020 and 2021 due...
ICYMI: New York City Repeals Retail Laundry License Requirement
On July 18, 2021, New York City enacted Local Law 80 of 2021, which repeals the licensing requirement for retail laundries. This repeal went into effect on December 31, 2021. Beginning last December, a retail laundry license from the city’s Department of Consumer...
What’s Your Secret Sauce?
In researching and writing the July cover story on the use of ozone in laundromats, one main theme kept popping up among everyone I spoke with – differentiation. Of course, some laundromat owners have been incorporating ozone into their operations for years. And,...
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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
CLA Aims to Elevate Industry with New Sponsorship Program
The Coin Laundry Association has partnered with five leading laundromat equipment providers in a bold new sponsorship initiative that will have benefits for the entire industry. Launched this month, CLA’s Strategic Corporate Ally program aims to strengthen services...
State, Local Lawmakers Focus on Natural Gas in New Construction
Although recent fears over the rumored federal proposal to restrict the use of gas-powered stoves in homes appear to have been overblown, state and local lawmakers have been active regarding the usage of natural gas in residential and commercial settings. In fact,...
What Democratic ‘Trifectas’ in Four States Could Mean for Tax Policy
With Democrats in Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Minnesota making a clean sweep of the governors’ mansions and both houses of Congress during the midterm elections in November, state and local government relations firm MultiState Associates recently speculated...
Tax Changes Taking Effect in the New Year
On January 1, 38 states enacted noteworthy tax changes, according to a report by the Tax Foundation, an independent tax policy nonprofit organization. Most of these changes represent net tax reductions, which are the result of an unprecedented wave of rate reductions...
Cents Launches Lending Service
Venture-backed technology company Cents has unveiled a new lending arm – Cents Capital, which was created to facilitate low-interest loans for its customers. This new offering will help laundry owners grow their businesses, whether it be through expanding their...
FROM YOUR FAVORITE INDUSTRY EXPERTS
Columns
The Laundry Doctor
Building a Winning Team
Here's How to Improve Your Chances of Hiring Quality Attendants - And Starting Them Off of the Right Foot [This is the first of a three-part series on hiring and training laundry attendants.] To me, employee training actually starts with the hiring process. And that...
The Business Mind
Be a Smooth Operator
Grow Your Laundry Business by Eliminating Points of Friction Leonardo da Vinci was born in Tuscany, Italy, in 1452. Although he had no formal education, he dabbled in painting (Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, to name a few), sculpting, architecture, engineering,...
Wash With Wally
Wash with Wally: Ozone Injection vs. COVID-19
My laundromat has two banks of washers – for a total of 16 machines – that feature ozone injection. I was wondering if ozone is effective at killing the COVID-19 virus. If so, I will definitely want to begin extensively promoting and advertising this feature of my...
Viewpoint
Attracting and Retaining Top Talent for Your Laundry Business
As any store owner will tell you, one of the toughest parts of running a vended laundry business is hiring – and then hanging onto – quality attendants. However, one of the ways some laundromat operators are overcoming this hurdle is by providing performance...
Digital Marketing
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