Designing for Success

Winning Ideas for Your Next Laundromat Design, Layout, or Remodeling Project Designing or remodeling a laundromat requires careful planning and strategic decision-making to create a space that is both functional and inviting. A well-designed laundromat not only...

Tide Laundromat Expands Footprint in Chicago

Tide Services, a subsidiary of Procter & Gamble, is expanding its Tide Laundromat footprint in Chicago with a new location in the city’s Lakeview neighborhood. The fourth Tide Laundromat in Chicago, this location is part of an expansion led by U.S. Laundry LLC,...

Marketing Through Design

How a Well-Planned Laundromat Boosts Customer Engagement and Loyalty I have the exciting opportunity to sit on the board of a concert venue, and we spend a lot of time talking about the overall experience for attendees and the artists. Every detail matters – where the...

PayRange Acquires Laundry Operating System Turns

PayRange, a provider of mobile payment solutions for unattended retail, has acquired laundromat operating system Turns. The PayRange platform, now combined with Turns’ solution for full-service laundromats, provides single-store and multi-location laundry owners with...

PlanetLaundry Podcast

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‘There’s No Downside’

‘There’s No Downside’

LaundryCares Family Read, Play & Learn Centers Have Taken Colorado Owner’s Laundromats to the Next Level People are creatures of habit – especially laundromat customers. For most, their designated “laundry day” is unwavering and practically set in stone – which is...

Free Equipment for Your Laundromat!

Free Equipment for Your Laundromat!

Well, Not Quite… But Here’s a Not-So-Secret Formula That Will Make It Almost Seem Like Those New Washers and Dryers Came Free of Charge What if I told you I had the secret to getting brand new commercial washers and dryers for your laundromat? Would you be interested?...

Making Laundry Cool

Making Laundry Cool

A Look at Seven of the Most Interesting Laundromats in America Going to the laundromat to do the week’s laundry can be a rather dull and tedious chore. No doubt about it. Then again, who says laundromats can’t be cool and fun? Across the U.S., creative store owners...

Headlines

Alliance Adds Quality Assurance Positions

In its North America service area, Alliance Laundry Systems has created the position of quality assurance specialist – with industry veterans Tony Berton and Scott Demotts taking on those roles focused on large-chassis and small-chassis products, respectively. Berton...

Wash with Wally: Increasing Drying Capacity

My laundromat currently has 40 30-pound stack dryers. However, they’re 18 years old, and I’m starting to have some mechanical issues with them – so I think it may be time to replace them. Lately, I’ve been considering possibly purchasing 50-pound stack dryers to...

Powering Your Laundromat

A Look at What’s Ahead for Natural Gas and Electricity Prices It’s no secret that electricity and natural gas prices are rising across the board – and have been for a while. Electricity prices began rising shortly after winter storms in February 2021 and have been...

HappyNest Names Digital Marketing Director

Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has named Turner Scott as its new director of digital marketing. Scott – who most recently served as digital marketing manager for a specialty home décor company – is responsible for coordinating and executing HappyNest’s...

Alliance Names National Service Manager

Alliance Laundry Systems recently announced that Andy Lubahn has re-joined the company as national service manager. In this role, Lubahn will oversee the regional field service managers and increase Alliance’s emphasis on service training for its customers and...

LIG Health and Wellness Roundup

The Coin Laundry Association’s exclusive health coverage provider – LIG Solutions – has offered a number of wellness tips and information for the association’s members: LIG Health and Wellness Roundup: Spring 2022 Edition As spring rolls around, find healthy living,...

EVI Announces Record-Breaking Third Quarter

EVI Industries Inc. has announced its results for the three- and nine-month periods ended March 31, 2022, as well as updates related to its long-term buy-and-build growth strategy. Some highlights of the company’s three-month financial results, compared to the three...

Are Your Attendants Happy?

Developing a Positive Employee Culture is One of the Most Important Ways to Strengthen Your Laundry Business A large and growing body of research devoted to positive organizational psychology has demonstrated that not only is a “cut-throat” business environment...

15 Steps to a Smooth Laundry Project

1. Make sure your site is zoned for a laundromat before you buy or start the project. Also, make sure of what size signage you can install and where you can put it. 2. Oversize your utilities – 400-amp, three-phase service. Know whether you will need a transformer on...

GNA Honors Fowler Laundry Solutions

Fowler Laundry Solutions, headquartered in Union, N.J., has received its seventh consecutive Girbau North America Multi-Housing Distributor of the Year Award for outstanding service, sales and support. Led by Doug Fowler, the multi-generational company currently...

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This Month's Issue

 

  • Designing for Success: Winning Ideas for Your Next Laundromat Design, Layout, or Remodeling Project
  • Guest Feature: Five Lessons I Learned from Selling My Laundry Business
  • Digital Marketing: A Well-Planned Laundromat Can Boost Customer Engagement and Loyalty
  • Business Profile: How Chicago’s Wash Smart Chain is Redefining the Laundry Experience
  • And More…

THE LATEST ON LAUNDROMATS

Industry News

Pellerin Milnor Celebrates 75th Anniversary

Pellerin Milnor Corp., headquartered in Kenner, La., is celebrating 75 years as a commercial laundry equipment manufacturer. Founded by W.A. Pellerin, his wife Mildred, his son Norvin, and brother-in-law A.W. “Jack” Walsdorf in 1947, Milnor – a name derived from...

Whirlpool Named to List of ‘Most Responsible Companies’

Whirlpool Corp. has landed in the No. 3 overall spot on Newsweek’s 2023 list of America’s Most Responsible Companies, up from the fourth position in 2021. The annual recognition, acknowledging the top 500 most responsible companies in the United States across 14...

Alliance Laundry Systems Distribution Relocates Dallas Office

The Dallas-area headquarters of Alliance Laundry Systems Distribution has relocated to the Dallas suburb of Coppell, Texas. The office previously was based in Farmers Branch, Texas. “I can’t wait to open the doors of our new office to customers,” said Sam Husain,...

Iowa Laundry Hosts ‘Clean for a Cause’ Event

Clean Laundry in Ottumwa, Iowa, recently partnered with Whatsoever You Do Inc., a Christian nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the less fortunate, during one of the laundromat’s “Clean for a Cause” charitable events. Clean Laundry co-founder Phil Akin...

FROM YOUR FAVORITE INDUSTRY EXPERTS

Columns

The Laundry Doctor

Two for One

The Doctor Tackles a Couple of Common Laundry Questions Recently, a number of self-service laundry owners have asked me about two specific topics related to their businesses. As a result, I thought I would address each issue in this month's column. One of the topics...

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The Business Mind

Making Your Advertising Stand Out

Making Your Advertising Stand Out

Being Intuitive, Innovative and Truthful Will Help Your Ads Cut Through All of Today’s Promotional Clutter The amount of advertising that bombards us these days is astronomical. All of us are constantly deluged with promotional messages – on our computers, on our...

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Wash With Wally

Viewpoint

Continuing to Do Well by Doing Good

Thank you for the continuing privilege of serving you as the chair of the Coin Laundry Association's Board of Directors. Here we are at mid-year - our financial results for the first two quarters are in... and summer is upon us. The reports are in from Minding Your...

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Digital Marketing

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