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Get Down to Business
There’s Never Been a Better Time to Boost Your Bottom Line with Commercial Accounts In the laundromat business, idle machines represent missed revenue that can never be recovered. Every store operator knows that it’s all about “turns per day.” And no one understands...
‘Like a Fine Gumbo’
A Literacy Theme Runs Throughout Famed New Orleans Laundromat/Restaurant Combo Jane and Scott Wolfe, who own Wash World laundromat in New Orleans, are not novices when it comes to incorporating a literacy theme into their business ventures. In fact, the Wolfes also...
The Future of Wash-Dry-Fold
A Look at the Evolving Full-Service Laundry Business Model Long before COVID-19 turned many – at least for a while – into semi-reclusive shut-ins venturing out only as far as the front porch to retrieve their latest Amazon packages, numerous companies offering...
Headlines
Panaram Named 2021 GNA Business Partner of the Year
Panaram International Trading Co., based in Bellville, N.J., recently received the 2021 GNA Business Partner of the Year Award for superior sales and service performance within the car wash industry. Founded by Ira A. Feinberg in 1971 and now headed by his daughter,...
EVI Industries to Acquire Clean Designs, Clean Route
EVI Industries Inc. – headquartered in Miami – recently executed a definitive agreement to acquire Clean Designs Inc. and Clean Route LLC, based in Lakewood, Colo. Known collectively as Clean Designs, the company is a distributor of commercial laundry products serving...
Not Your Father’s Laundromat Buildout
When it comes to building a new laundromat these days, it’s a whole different ballgame that it was 35, 25 or even 15 years ago. I can remember when all I needed was a clean, hand-drawn, to-scale plan with an architect’s stamp – and I could get a building permit within...
LaundroLab Partners with Brokerage
LaundroLab has teamed up with Legacy Partners, a brokerage based in Charlotte, N.C., to help elevate the franchise’s real estate strategy and accelerate growth. “Before we even thought about franchising LaundroLab, we knew we had to work with the best brokers...
White House Expands SBA Program Targeting Underserved Entrepreneurs
Vice President Kamala Harris and Isabel Guzman, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, recently announced reforms to the agency’s Community Advantage loan program, a key SBA tool for Community Development Financial Institutions, Community Development...
Currency Redesign on Schedule, Yet Still Years Away
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing has reported that the upcoming currency redesign process – including the new $20 notes to feature a likeness of Harriet Tubman – is on schedule. In 2013, the Advanced Counterfeit Deterrence Steering Committee indicated that the $10...
Laundry Capital Unveils Mural Memorializing Fire Victims
Laundry Capital Co. LLC recently hosted a memorial event at Clean Rite Center in the Bronx, N.Y., to remember the victims of a recent apartment fire in the neighborhood. On January 9, at Site 4 of Twin Parks North West – a 19-story public housing building in the Bronx...
GNA Adds New Service Support Tech
Girbau North America recently welcomed James Roberts to its service support team. As a service support technician, Roberts handles daily communications with GNA product end-users and distributor technicians to help troubleshoot and resolve laundry product technical...
Spring Cleaning
It’s Time to Refresh, Refurbish and Possibly Retool Your Laundry Business Yes, it’s that time of year again – time to clean out and organize the garage, straighten up the attic, go through all of the rooms in your house, and discard or donate any items you haven’t...
Top Tax Trends of 2022
According to MultiState Associates, a state and local government relations firm based in Alexandria, Va., here are some of the top tax trends for 2022: Record Revenues: Nearly every state has taken in record revenue. No state is projecting a budget shortfall for FY...
CCI, Curbside Laundries Announce Software Integration
Curbside Laundries has integrated its wash-and-fold point-of-sale software with the LaundryCard and FasCard payment systems from Card Concepts Inc. – with both companies’ solutions now working together to centralize purchases, account balances, refunds, reporting and...
Laundroworks, Wash-Dry-Fold POS Team Up
Laundroworks, a manufacturer of card-based payment systems for laundry machines, has partnered with laundromat point-of-sale provider Wash-Dry-Fold POS to bridge the gap between self-service and wash-dry-fold laundry. Utilizing a new integration between the two...
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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 Hosts Inaugural WDF Workshop
Trade Association Holds Two-Day Event Focused on Full-Service Laundry Operations Nearly 200 laundromat owners and garment-care professionals – as well as those simply doing their initial due diligence on the wash-dry-fold, pickup-and-delivery, and commercial accounts...
CSC ServiceWorks Names Co-CEOs
CSC ServiceWorks Inc. recently announced that its board of directors has appointed Eric Robinson and Rod Castellanos co-chief executive officers and members of the board. “I’m honored to join Rod as co-CEO to lead and accelerate our company toward the opportunities...
Ohio Bank Donates Books to Local Laundromats
The Kiwanis Club of Southern Hills Region in Ohio has received more than 100 books donated by the Southern Hills Bank in Georgetown. The bank recently collected books from its employees, clients and the Brown County (Ohio) Public Library. The books will be given to...
Report: Residential Washers May Be Inadequate for Healthcare Laundry
More than 700,000 nurses in the United Kingdom wash their uniforms at home, according to a report by Laundry and Cleaning News International. The National Health Service in the U.K. encourages nurses to maintain and care for healthcare workwear at home, even where...
EVI Reports Fiscal First-Quarter Results
EVI Industries Inc. has reported record operating results for the first quarter of its fiscal year, ending June 30, 2023. The first quarter financial highlights are: • Revenue increased 31 percent to a record $83.4 million. • Gross profit increased 39 percent to a...
FROM YOUR FAVORITE INDUSTRY EXPERTS
Columns
The Laundry Doctor
The Ozone Revolution
If You Haven't Thought About Adding Ozone Injection to Your Laundry Operation, Now Is the Time to Start Considering It I was in my office at my store recently when one of my attendants came in and told me there was someone there who wanted to speak with me. As it...
The Business Mind
Are You a Good Role Model?
Success in the Workplace Leads to Success in the Marketplace Did you know that the strategies you use as a laundry owner in your workplace dictate employee performance and their specific behaviors toward your customers? This article is about you, the laundry owner,...
Wash With Wally
Wash with Wally: Removing Sunscreen Stains
I recently had a wash-dry-fold customer bring in several shirts with a distinct rosy stain around the necklines and down the fronts. We’ve determined that the stains were caused by sunscreen. All efforts to remove the stains have failed. Do you have a suggestion for...
Viewpoint
Retooling: The Gateway to a Stronger Industry
For the past year or so, I’ve been traveling the country giving presentations on how to become a better, more successful laundry operator. I’ve been talking to store owners, distributors… basically, anyone who will listen. I’ve gone to Coin Laundry Association events,...
Digital Marketing
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