Leveling the Playing Field

John Um wanted to make sure small business owners could get fair pricing and access to reliable suppliers without needing to have significant buying power. As a leader whose career spanned several major retail and e-commerce companies, he had seen firsthand how hard...

Staying Fierce: Haley Gould Finds Perfect Fit in Vended Laundry

Haley Gould is the Director of Partner Success for HappyNest. She manages an internal team while leading more than 100 partners across the United States building a successful pickup and delivery operation in addition to running their laundromat business. A consummate...

Metrics That Matter 

Profit, Performance, and Planning in Vended Laundry  The laundromat business is like most businesses in that you need to do a lot of things right to be successful. But how do you know if it’s working? According to successful owners, you just need to look at the...

Startup to Scale

How Western State Design Has Been Helping Laundry Businesses Thrive for More Than 50 Years   For more than five decades, Western State Design has been a leading provider of turnkey laundry solutions across the vended, on-premises, and commercial/industrial markets....

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Going Full-Time

Going Full-Time

Making Laundry Your Main Gig As a part-time business on the side, a laundromat certainly checks off several of the boxes – from such tangible advantages as being a cash business with flexible scheduling for the owner, to requiring no product inventory and (depending...

Is 2020 Finally the Year?

Is 2020 Finally the Year?

If Starting a Laundromat Business is on Your To-Do List for the New Year, Here’s Your Game Plan 2020 has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? It’s very symmetrical and pleasing to look at – and kinda fun to say, too. And, for some of you reading this, it may be a lucky...

‘Disruptive in a Good Way’

‘Disruptive in a Good Way’

Utah Landlord Discovers New Success in the Laundromat Industry In 2006, the housing market was starting its quick descent, and rumors of a recession were beginning to rumble. It was during this time that Joe Jepsen decided to make a big move and buy enough properties...

Headlines

HappyNest Extends Northwest Expansion

Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest recently announced that its offerings are now available in Tacoma, Wash., through the company’s new laundromat partner, Legacy Laundry. Located in Puyallup, Legacy Laundry was established in 2012 and serves...

Leverage Marketing’s Universal Strategies

Three Promotional Tactics That Work Anywhere… For Any Business International companies have a lot to teach us about marketing. They’ve mastered the art of grabbing an audience’s attention and selling a product or service – which is at the core of all marketing...

HappyNest Now Available in San Antonio

Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has expanded its availability into San Antonio, Texas, through the company’s new laundromat partner, High Spin Wash & Dry. “HappyNest has created a pickup-and-delivery service formula that works for its partners and...

FTC Retains Garment Care Label Rule

The Federal Care Label Rule recently avoided repeal, with the Federal Trade Commission voting 5-0 in favor of retaining the directive, according to a report in National Clothesline. The regulation was established in 1971, deeming it to be unfair or deceptive for...

Ozone Examined…

A Look at What Ozone Can Do for Your Laundry Business Since the COVID-19 outbreak, laundromat owners now more than ever have focused on creating safe, clean environments for their customers. As a result, ozone as a laundry additive has been gaining a lot of industry...

CCI, CleanCloud POS Integrate Company Offerings

Card Concepts Inc. and CleanCloud POS have announced a recent integration between the two companies to better serve the laundromat industry with regard to self-service payment, point of sale software and business management. “The updated integration between CleanCloud...

U.S. Rollout of Mr Jeff Franchise Debuts in New York City

Mr Jeff – an international, tech-based laundry service franchise – opened its first U.S. flagship hub inside an existing Clean Rite Centers laundromat on August 8 in New York City. The franchise, now available in more than 30 countries, provides customers with...

CleanCloud Powers Olympics Laundry Service

For the last two weeks, CleanCloud – a POS and business management software provider to the laundry industry – has teamed up with Tokyo-based Wash & Fold laundry service to manage all of the cleaning for the athletes and delegates at this summer’s Tokyo Olympic...

Curbside Laundries Releases Pickup/Delivery App

Curbside Laundries – which provides wash-dry-fold POS and pickup-and-delivery solutions to more than 350 laundromats across the U.S. – has released a progressive web app, created to help simplify the scheduling of laundry pickups. This app will be made available to...

Aaxon Launches Redesigned Website

Aaxon Laundry Systems has unveiled a newly redesigned website to enhance its client experience online. In addition to its new look, the updated site is more user-friendly and can be accessed from all types of digital devices. Measures also have been taken to deliver a...

Special Report: Getting the Job Done

How the Labor Crisis Has Impacted the Laundromat Industry – And How Owners Are Coping and Adjusting Their Operations As the economy continues to awaken from an 18-month, pandemic-induced slumber, the job market seems to be shape-shifting in ways many small-business...

The Psychology of Loyalty

How to Develop an Impactful Customer Loyalty Program for Your Laundry Business Consumer loyalty is mighty fickle these days. In fact, it’s been estimated that 77 percent of current brands could simply disappear and no one would really care. This likely applies to...

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  • Green is Good Business: Green Operations Increasingly Important to Feed Consumer Demand
  • Women In Laundry: Lee Ann Geurts Loves a Challenge
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Industry News

Worker Classification Rule Under Review

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs is in the process of reviewing a proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division to rewrite how workers should be classified as independent contractors. The draft proposed rule, “Employee or...

EEOC Updates COVID Guidance

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has updated its guidance across several different areas relating to COVID-19 and the workplace, including when employees can be required to undergo COVID-19 testing, reasonable accommodations, and parameters around mandatory...

LIG Health and Wellness Roundup

The Coin Laundry Association works with LIG Solutions to provide CLA members with health care insurance, as well as prescription drug services. Below are some articles LIG has provided to help expand your health and wellness awareness, and to learn about new health...

P&G, Supermarket Chain Partner in Flood Relief Effort

Procter & Gamble and supermarket chain Food City recently teamed up – through the Tide Loads of Hope mobile laundromat – to help provide clean clothes and some needed relief to those affected by the recent flooding in southwest Virginia. “During times of disaster,...

LaundroLab to Add Boston Location

Laundromat franchise LaundroLab is set to launch its first location in Boston, spearheaded by local money manager Bill Shean. After more than 30 years as a professional money manager, Shean decided it was time for a career change. “I think it’s interesting to do...

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Columns

The Laundry Doctor

Reflecting on Injecting

Originally posted - Feb 10, 2014 In past columns, we've discussed all of the different types of products and chemicals than can be used to successfully handle heavy-duty commercial accounts, as well as to service some of the more challenging wash-dry-fold orders. With...

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The Business Mind

Head Games

The Psychological Aspects of Entrepreneurship – And the Six Primary Emotions That Inevitably Grip All Business OwnersA number of years ago, it was quite common in Detroit and other larger cities to have actual elevator operators in tall buildings. And, while riding in...

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Wash With Wally

Viewpoint

Lease Negotiation: Mistakes to Avoid

When putting together your self-service laundry business, the lease is one of the most important pieces of the puzzle. Here are some of the most common – and dangerous – pitfalls to avoid when hammering out your next laundry lease: • Failure to secure exculpation of...

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