PlanetLaundry Podcast
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Clean ’19: The Big Show Visits The Big Easy
New Orleans to Host Laundry Industry’s Largest Trade Show and Convention The Crescent City, The Birthplace of Jazz, Mardi Gras City, The City That Care Forgot, America’s Most Interesting City, Hollywood South… and, of course, The Big Easy. New Orleans is referred to...
Three Keys to a Thriving Laundry Business
Store Owners Who Focus on These Critical Aspects of Their Operations Will Dramatically Boost Their Odds of Long-Term Success You’ve opened a laundromat! Congratulations! As a small-business owner, you are among the 13.3 percent of people in the United States who own...
Are You Covered?
Five Business Insurance Questions New Laundry Owners Must Ask When thinking about purchasing a vended laundry, insurance very likely is not at the top of your to-do list. However, it’s probably more important than you think, as insurance coverage for your store is...
Headlines
Marketing Fads to Reconsider
When It Comes to Promoting Your Laundromat, Jumping on the Latest Marketing Bandwagon is Not a Great Idea Remember fidget spinners? It seems like 2017 was decades ago, but it’s only been a few years since the spinning fad took the world by storm – then disappeared to...
PWS to Develop Five New Laundromats in California
PWS Inc. has announced that it will develop five new vended laundry locations across California, with another two locations in final lease negotiations. The new stores will serve customers in Angels Camp, Citrus Heights, Modesto, Orange and Salinas. Most of them will...
Speed Queen Adds Long’s Laundry Equipment to Distributor Network
Speed Queen recently added Long’s Laundry Equipment, based in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., to its commercial distribution network. “I’m exceptionally confident that owner Eric Long and his staff will deliver great service to Speed Queen vended laundry customers,” said Kathryn...
HappyNest Launches New Location in Omaha
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has expanded its reach into Omaha, Neb. “We have several laundry owners who have been using our Springboard platform to manage their local pickup-and-delivery service and who have been very successful growing this piece of...
Silver Linings
Typically, December is a time to pause, look back and take stock of your life and your business. It’s normally the perfect opportunity to reminisce about the 365 days gone by (366, in this case) – and to try to predict what the next 365 have in store. Not this year!...
Giving Thanks for 2020
“…enjoy every sandwich.” – Warren Zevon, songwriter/musician When Zevon uttered these quirky words of gratitude, it wasn’t in a clever lyric from one of his dozens of great songs. Rather, it came in response to a question posed by his friend David Letterman during...
Wash with Wally: Licensed to Launder?
I offer a drop-off laundry service at my store, and I’ve been doing so for years. However, a local business inspector recently visited my laundromat and told me that I need a special license to provide this type of wash-dry-fold service. Do you know anything about...
Tempus Fugit!
Time certainly does fly. It’s hard to believe that the Coin Laundry Association first launched its monthly magazine 30 years ago! At the time, I had the privilege of being the CLA’s Chairman of the Board. And, as I recall, it was a much different environment in those...
EVI Industries to Acquire Eastern Laundry Systems
EVI Industries Inc., headquartered in Miami, has executed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Eastern Laundry Systems, a laundry equipment distributor based in Taunton, Mass. This acquisition is consistent with EVI’s strategy “to build the largest and most...
CLA Adds New Directors, Announces Executive Committee for 2021
The Coin Laundry Association recently welcomed two highly respected industry leaders to its Board of Directors for 2021. Those new directors are laundromat owner Yvette Morton Williams of Conyers, Ga., and distributor Alex Harris, president and CEO of Professional...
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...
Industry Leaders Establish VC Fund Dedicated to the Laundry Business
A group of business leaders has come together to establish Clean Ventures, the first venture capital fund dedicated solely to the laundry industry. The fund’s management team is led by Alex Weiss, founder and CEO of Clean Rite Centers, a laundromat chain that has...
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This Month's Issue
- Beyond Our Borders: A Look at the International Laundromat Market
- Business Management: How a POS System Can Add Value for You and Your Customers
- Guest Feature: Embracing Technology – The Digital Evolution of the Laundromat Industry
- Women in Vended Laundry: An Interview with Lisa Mahan of Daniels Equipment Company
- And More…
THE LATEST ON LAUNDROMATS
Industry News
HappyNest Expands into Idaho
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has expanded into Idaho, through its new laundromat partner, Rave Laundry. The Boise-based facility is now providing PUD services to residents and businesses in Ada County, including Garden City. And, earlier this year,...
Clean Show Announces Upcoming Host Cities, Return to ‘Odd-Year’ Scheduling
The Clean Show has finalized the dates and locations for its next two upcoming editions. After Clean 2022 – which will run from July 30 through August 2 in Atlanta – the trade show and convention will return to its traditional schedule of being held during...
Mississippi City Works with Local Laundromats to Launch ‘Rinse & Read’ Program
In Petal, Miss., the city’s Cosmopolitan Club and its Excel by 5 group – a community-based certification designed to improve children’s overall well-being by age 5 – are providing one more way for children to get their hands on books… at the laundromat. This local...
Atlanta Laundromat Business Announces Grant Program
Multi-Store Operators Wade Williams and Yvette Morton Williams Create Marketing Grant to Help New Laundry Owners Succeed Wash & Spin Coin Laundry, based in Atlanta, has announced its Inspired To Grow Higher Award for 2022. The award features a $2,000 grant to be...
Industry Mourns the Loss of Kenneth Cherry
Laundromat industry pioneer Kenneth Cherry passed away on March 3 at the age of 91. A long-time resident of Columbia, Tenn., Mr. Cherry was born in Clay County, Tenn., and raised on his family’s farm. After graduating from the University of Tennessee, he taught school...
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Columns
The Laundry Doctor
Reaching the ‘Finish’ Line
Originally posted -Mar 01, 2013 There are several ways to bridge the gap between doing "traditional" wash-dry-fold at your store and taking it a step further to offer your customers a more finished laundry product. A lot of laundry owners have bridged that gap by...
The Business Mind
Once Upon a Laundry
Here's a Look at a Day in the Life of a Laundry Owner - And at All of the Many Business and Life Lessons It Can Teach Us There are so many different opportunities to learn. One method is to enroll in formal classes at a school or university. Another way is to attend a...
Wash With Wally
Wash with Wally: Mat Rental, Marker Stains and More…
I have landed a commercial account with the local sewer and water department, washing their leather gloves. But I am having trouble getting the gloves soft and pliable. I also could use some tips on how to remove all of the dirt, grime and grease on them. I would...
Viewpoint
Get Involved… Stay Involved
The year is quickly coming to an end. The time seems to go faster and faster each year. As you reflect back on the goals you set out to accomplish this year, did you meet or exceed them? Did you do what you said you were going to do? It's never too late to set goals...
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