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The Lifeblood of Your Laundromat
A Look at the Current Utilities Markets – And What Laundry Owners Are Doing to Control Costs Natural gas futures collapsed to a 25-year low below $1.50 per MMBtu in late June, due in part to an ongoing supply glut made worse by the coronavirus-induced drop off in...
‘Adjusting Your Sails’
An Interview with Multi-Location Laundromat Owner and Serial Entrepreneur Daniel Marrazzo Daniel Marrazzo is a lifelong resident of Bucks County, Pa., who started his professional career in the construction industry, after graduating from Norwich University – The...
On the Money
Securing Economic Relief During These Difficult Times According to a recent Coin Laundry Association survey, nearly 40 percent of the laundromat owners who responded indicated that they had applied for federal funding assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Store...
Headlines
EVI to Acquire Consolidated Laundry Equipment, Central Equipment Co.
EVI Industries, Inc., headquartered in Miami, has announced that it has executed a definitive agreement to acquire commercial laundry distributors Consolidated Laundry Equipment, Raleigh, N.C., and Central Equipment Co., Columbia, S.C. The addition of the companies –...
HappyNest Expands Availability in Northern California
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest is now available in San Jose, Calif., through the company’s new laundromat partner, NextGen Cleaners & Alterations. With that partnership, HappyNest is servicing residents and businesses throughout Santa Clara County,...
GE Provides Laundry Equipment to San Diego Zoo
GE Appliances recently announced that it has partnered with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, outfitting the zoo and its safari park with 31 commercial washers and dryers to help tackle their extensive laundering needs. Installed at various locations throughout the...
The Headlines That Shaped the Year in Laundry (Part 2)
The Four Most Prominent Story Lines Impacting Owners in 2021 [This is the second of a two-part feature article. You can read Part 1 here.] In addition to the labor crisis and the supply chain issue, here are two additional story lines we felt had the greatest impact...
Marketing Lessons from an Up-and-Down Year (Part 1)
Connecting with Customers During a Time When Connection Has Never Been More Challenging What a year! 2021 has been one for the record books, and it feels as though it flew by. Just like any other year, we’ve learned a lot about how audiences are responding to...
Whirlpool’s Care Counts Program Expands into South America
Whirlpool Corp. has announced that the brand's Care Counts laundry program will expand into its first international market in 2022 – Colombia. The program, which launched in the U.S. in 2015, was created to remove a key barrier to school attendance – access to clean...
SLE Honors Orlando Consultant with Industry Service Award
Statewide Laundry Equipment recently honored Rusty Parks, an Orlando-based consultant for the company, with its highly coveted Industry Service Award for his exemplary dedication to customer service and industry improvement. A member of the SLE team servicing the...
Spend Your Marketing Dollars Wisely
What Are You Getting in Return for Your Wash-Dry-Fold Promotional Budget? Business owners love to discuss and ruminate on what it costs to acquire a new customer. In the drycleaning world, the generally accepted figure is approximately $50 per customer. In the laundry...
CLA ‘Elevates’ the Laundry Industry
The Coin Laundry Association held its inaugural ELEVATE conference on November 10-12 in Huntington Beach, Calif. at the beautiful Pasea Hotel & Resort. ELEVATE provided attendees the opportunity to meet more than 80 store owners representing over 300 stores and...
The Headlines That Shaped the Year in Laundry (Part 1)
The Four Most Prominent Story Lines Impacting Owners in 2021 If this were a typical year, we’d likely be using these pages to recap a successful Clean Show. However, 2021 – much like its predecessor – was anything but typical. Early on, it became apparent that Clean...
Healthcare Startup Brings Community Wellness to Laundromats
Fabric Health, a healthcare startup founded in Philadelphia earlier this year, is working to close gaps in community care and to make healthcare more accessible to busy, low-income families. And it’s doing so by transforming neighborhood laundromats into community...
College Student Launches Laundromat Literacy Program
The idea of transforming a corner of Family Pride Laundry in Springfield, Ill., into a learning space where children can read began with a local college student, according to a recent article in Illinois Times. “I was really attracted to it because I love working with...
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This Month's Issue
- House of Laundromats: Real Estate Trends and What to Watch
- Member Spotlight: Bringing a Century of Expertise to the Evolving Laundromat Industry
- PlanetLaundry Podcast: Reimagining Community: How the Hub Laundromat Cafe is a Change Catalyst in Detroit
- Women In Vended Laundry: How Adrienne Hurrington Keeps the Wheels Turning as SAMCO
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Industry News
Continental Creative Services Changes Name to Girbau Creative Services
Continental Creative Services, a division of Girbau North America, has changed its name to Girbau Creative Services. “We wanted to change the name to better align with our parent company, Girbau Global Laundry Solutions,” said Creative Services Manager Kim Foxcroft....
Speed Queen Laundry Franchise to Open in South Carolina
Speed Queen has announced that the first Speed Queen Laundry franchise in South Carolina is set to open in Greenville, with grand opening activities slated for September 7-14. The 2,800-square-foot location features touchscreen controls, washers with capacities...
Cents Acquires Starchup, Expands PUD Platform
Venture-backed technology company Cents has acquired Starchup, a provider of pickup and delivery, POS and drycleaning software. Through this acquisition, Cents stated it will be able to bolster its existing pickup and delivery platform by adding functionality and...
Business Partners to Open Five LaundroLab Locations in St. Petersburg Market
Laundromat franchise LaundroLab has announced it will expand its reach in Florida – with four entrepreneurs bringing five new locations to the St. Petersburg area. Carlie Canfield, Matt Denault and their spouses had been flipping single-family homes since 2019, when a...
HappyNest Expands Presence in Tennessee
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has expanded its availability within the Tennessee market east of Nashville through the company’s new laundromat partner, Antioch Coin Laundry. “We pride ourselves on offering unparalleled service from our staff, which...
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The Laundry Doctor
At Your Service
Originally posted - Jun 03, 2014 Last time, I discussed some of the questions you should ask your wash-dry-fold customers in order to best process their laundry. In this article, I'd like to take that customer service topic a bit further and talk about training your...
The Business Mind
Pulling the ‘Trigger’
Seven Psychological Triggers Sure to Boost Your Customer Acquisition MarketingWould you like to know how to attract more customers by understanding what piques their interest in your laundry business?For several years, I have written that the key to successfully...
Wash With Wally
Wash with Wally: The Importance of Rinse Cycles
Due to the high cost of water, I recently eliminated the last two rinses on all of my washers. My machines are now set to deliver a prewash, a wash cycle, and one rinse cycle. Did I make a mistake, or is everyone doing this these days? Honestly, I don't know of any...
Viewpoint
Is Now the Time to Upgrade Your Laundry?
Laundry owners got an early Christmas present this past December, when the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 was signed into law. This new law permanently (until further notice, at least) expanded the Section 179 deduction limit to $500,000....
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