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The Road to Laundromat Ownership
Should You Build a New Store or Buy an Existing One? After much time thinking about it, you’ve decided that 2021 will finally be your dream year – your time to become an independent owner of a vended laundry business. The question then becomes should you buy an...
Keeping a Roof Over Your Head
Whether Buying an Existing Store, Building a New Facility or Just Trying to Maximize Your Current Laundromat, Don’t Neglect the Roof By definition, a roof with a hole in it is like devouring a Big Mac and a large order of fries right after your workout. It kind of...
Go for ‘Broker’
Working with a Broker to Buy or Sell Your Next Laundromat With some 30,000 laundromats in the United States – give or take – there are stores perpetually being bought and sold in nearly every market throughout the country. This is where a reputable laundry broker...
Headlines
Minnesota Laundromat Launches New Literacy Space
Laundromat owners Taylor and Jessica Witt recently held an open house at their Nokomis Laundry in Alexandria, Minn., to help launch the grand opening of the store’s new LaundryCares’ Family Read, Play & Learn Center. The dedicated kids’ reading and learning space...
EVI Industries Completes Recent Distributor Acquisitions
EVI Industries Inc., headquartered in Miami, has announced that it has completed the company’s mergers with Consolidated Laundry Equipment, Raleigh, N.C., and Central Equipment Company, Columbia, S.C. Known collectively as CLE, both of the acquired companies are...
The Randomness of Business Life
The Statistical Concept of ‘Regression to the Mean’ – and How It Impacts Your Laundry Operation I’m presently working toward a doctorate degree in clinical psychology. And, as part of the program, I’ve been required to take a number of courses in advanced statistics....
Marketing by the Numbers
Four Key Performance Indicators All Laundry Owners Need to Track I’m going to make you do some math in this article. But I promise it’s the good kind of math – the kind that lets you know if your marketing plan is actually doing some good for your laundromat business....
LaundryCares, North Shore Bank and the City of Milwaukee Launch Family Read, Play & Learn Center
The LaundryCares Foundation, along with North Shore Bank and the City of Milwaukee’s Office of Early Childhood Initiatives, recently unveiled a new Family Read, Play & Learn Center at Blue Kangaroo laundromat in South Milwaukee. The early childhood reading and...
CLA Announces 2022 Board of Directors
The Coin Laundry Association recently welcomed two highly respected industry leaders to its Board of Directors for 2022. Those new directors are Brian Henderson, founder and director of operations for Wash-Dry-Fold POS in Broken Arrow, Okla.; and Amanda Konczal,...
EVI Announces Record-Setting Operating Results
EVI Industries Inc., headquartered in Miami, recently announced its results for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2021. During that three-month period, the company achieved record operating results in certain performance measures, generated $9.4...
Fabric Health to Expand into Pittsburgh
Fabric Health, a Philadelphia-based startup, has announced its expansion to Pittsburgh following its first place win in the Richard King Mellon Foundation’s first-ever pitch competition. Winning a $500,000 investment from the foundation, Fabric Health will take its...
Tricks of the Laundromat Trade (Part 2)
Here’s How to Improve Makeup and Combustion Air in Your Laundromat – And Also Get Lint Under Control [This is the second of a two-part series. You can read Part One here.] Last time, we discussed a trick you can use to keep your store’s ceiling looking like new, as...
Five States Focused on Tax Policy
State and local government relations company MultiState Associates is predicting that lawmakers will move quickly to wrap up legislative work this session so that they can get out onto the campaign trail. “Sessions during an election year are always a little slimmer,...
Crunching the Numbers (Part 2)
A Look at Some of the Operational Metrics and Key Data Owners Should Be Monitoring to Keep Their Laundromats on Track for Success [This is the second in a multi-part series on some of the key performance indicators laundromat owners should monitor regularly. You can...
Wisconsin Library Launches Literacy Program Through Local Laundromats
Children’s books are the latest addition to seven laundromats in Eau Claire, Wis., thanks to a collaboration between the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Eau Claire County Extension Office. The outreach service aims to...
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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
HappyNest Adds New Jersey Laundromat Partner
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has expanded its availability to Middlesex County, New Jersey, through the company’s new partner, Sudz N Dripz Laundromat. Based in North Brunswick, the facility now provides HappyNest services to residents and businesses...
States Seeking Inflation Relief
Inflation has become an increasingly prevalent issue for state legislators in recent months. In August, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, which targets energy and prescription drug costs in hopes of having a positive impact on runaway costs. However,...
SBA Announces Grants for Micro-Entrepreneurs
The Small Business Administration has announced a $7.2 million grant award to 38 organizations under the Program for Investment in Micro-Entrepreneurs (PRIME) – a $1.7 million increase, up 30 percent from last year’s allocated $5,500,000 in funding. The PRIME award...
HappyNest Expands Reach in Texas
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has expanded its availability to Georgetown, Texas, through the company’s new partner, U Wash M Laundromat. Based in Georgetown, the laundry facility is now providing HappyNest’s services to residents and businesses in the...
Whirlpool to Reach 100% Renewable Electricity for U.S. Plant Operations
Whirlpool Corp. recently announced that it has entered into a second wind Virtual Power Purchase Agreement to accelerate progress toward its commitment to reach net zero emissions in its plants and operations by 2030. This latest agreement with ENGIE North America...
FROM YOUR FAVORITE INDUSTRY EXPERTS
Columns
The Laundry Doctor
‘Warming Up’ Your Cold Calls
Get to Know Prospective Commercial Clients Before Asking for Their Business Any sales professional will tell you that the easiest person on which to call is someone you know or with whom you have some sort of connection. With that said, when building your commercial...
The Business Mind
Truth or Consequences
Being Less Than Honest in Your Advertising Will Damage Your Reputation and Cost You Customers “The most powerful element in advertising is the truth." – Bill Bernbach, advertising pioneer The fundamental truism about promoting your self-service laundry is that...
Wash With Wally
Wash with Wally: Treating Smoke-Damaged Garments
I’ve been approached by an insurance company to launder clothing and bedding that has been damaged by smoke from house fires. Before I accept the offer, I was wondering if smoke-damaged clothing requires any special care. Also, is there any special way to treat...
Viewpoint
In Working Order…..
During their initial investigation of the laundry business, many potential investors worry about the common myth of whether they are "mechanically inclined" enough to join this industry. The truth of the matter is that they should be much more concerned with whether...
Digital Marketing
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