PlanetLaundry Podcast
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Serving in Uncertain Times
The Laundry Doctor Shares His Plan of Attack During the COVID-19 Outbreak What we’re all going through right now with the COVID-19 pandemic is truly a once-in-a-lifetime event. It’s a test of who we are as people – and what we are as a civilization. As laundry owners,...
Marketing During Times of Crisis
Some Promotional Do’s, Don’ts and Considerations as We All Try to Navigate the COVID-19 Crisis It’s easy to get downhearted about the state of the world in the middle of COVID-19’s madness. With social distancing measures, self-quarantines in place and a heightened...
What’s Next for the Economy?
An Interview with Alan Beaulieu of ITR Economics Alan Beaulieu is the president of ITR Economics, the oldest privately held, continuously operating economic research and consulting firm in the U.S. With a reputation as an accurate and straightforward economist, Mr....
Headlines
‘Making a Bouquet’
Promoting Your Laundromat in Today’s Culturally and Generationally Diverse Marketplace During the last 20 years, the changes that have occurred – from both technological and cultural/social standpoints – have been profound. And these changes have had a major impact on...
Financial Assistance Now Available to Renters
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is currently working with the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency to help...
Free Equipment for Your Laundromat!
Well, Not Quite… But Here’s a Not-So-Secret Formula That Will Make It Almost Seem Like Those New Washers and Dryers Came Free of Charge What if I told you I had the secret to getting brand new commercial washers and dryers for your laundromat? Would you be interested?...
GNA Appoints Digital Marketing Manager
Girbau North America has named Melissa Kuhn its new digital marketing manager. Kuhn, who has more than nine years of marketing and digital marketing experience, will be responsible for planning and executing the company’s digital marketing and advertising strategies...
CleanCloud, SpyderWash Announce Payments Integration
CleanCloud, a laundromat point of sales system, and Setomatic Systems-SpyderWash, a supplier of laundry payment systems since 1968, recently announced a new cross-platform integration. This integration of SpyderWash into CleanCloud will provide operators with...
Mr Jeff Names Managing Director for U.S. Market
Mr Jeff, a laundry home delivery franchise, has named Peter Stern the company’s new managing director in the United States. With more than 20 years of experience in the laundromat industry, Stern will play a critical role in helping Mr Jeff reach its goal of becoming...
LaundryCares to Host 4th Annual Literacy Summit
The LaundryCares Foundation and the Laundry Literacy Coalition, including Too Small to Fail, have announced that the 4th annual LaundryCares Literacy Summit will be held September 21, 23 and 28. This free, three-day, virtual series will focus on bringing the...
PlanetLaundry Podcast Episode 22: An Interview with Daniel Sofranko
Welcome to the PlanetLaundry Podcast – brought to you by PlanetLaundry, the magazine of the Coin Laundry Association. In this episode PlanetLaundry Editor Bob Nieman chats with Daniel Sofranko, the owner of Perfect Wash – Express Laundry Center, located in Huntington...
Making Laundry Cool
A Look at Seven of the Most Interesting Laundromats in America Going to the laundromat to do the week’s laundry can be a rather dull and tedious chore. No doubt about it. Then again, who says laundromats can’t be cool and fun? Across the U.S., creative store owners...
Messe Frankfurt Cancels Texcare International 2021
Messe Frankfurt has announced the cancellation of Texcare International 2021, which was scheduled for November 27 through December 1, 2021, in Frankfurt, Germany. Growing uncertainty over the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic led a number of the laundry and...
Health and Wellness Tips from CLA’s Health Insurance Provider
The Coin Laundry Association, in collaboration with LIG Solutions, offers various health insurance programs, including a new prescription drug benefit, for CLA members, as well as their families and employees. LIG wants you and your family to stay healthy this fall,...
Wash with Wally: Battling Bleach Stains
A few of my drop-off laundry customers have complained about small bleach spots on their clothes. However, we don’t use bleach on their clothes, nor do we place the garments where bleach could be splashed on them. The only thing I can think of is that maybe the bleach...
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- Tech on the Rise: How Operators Are Using Innovation to Run Smarter, Faster Laundromats: From AI phone systems to real-time data tracking, operators and suppliers share how technology is reshaping the modern laundry business and what’s coming next.
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Industry News
Maytag Honors Customer Achievements
Maytag Commercial Laundry recently honored its top industry customers at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, in conjunction with this year’s Clean Show. “Maytag Commercial Laundry is excited to be back at the Clean Show and continue our tradition to honor our...
Clean 2022: CLA’s ‘Women in Vended Laundry’ Luncheon Sells Out
More than 100 laundry professionals took part in the Coin Laundry Association’s “Women in Vended Laundry” luncheon program at Clean 2022 in Atlanta. The sold-out session served as a key focal point of the association’s initiative to recognize, empower and connect...
Clean 2022: CLA Panel ‘Delivers the Goods’
Many laundromat owners have taken their self-service business to the next level by adding wash-dry-fold and pickup-and-delivery services. What’s more, those who already provide their customers these full-service offerings are raising the bar. Residential wash-dry-fold...
Clean 2022: Evaluating New Technology for Your Business
With so many different systems available for laundromat management, payment acceptance, accounting, point-of-sale for wash-dry-fold and pickup and delivery, and more, it can be overwhelming to choose the right system for your business. In the second CLA educational...
Clean 2022: CLA Panel Speaks to Aspiring Laundry Owners
The second day of the Coin Laundry Association’s educational program at Clean 2022 in Atlanta kicked off with a focus on prospective investors and aspiring laundromat owners. The morning’s first session – “Everything You Need to Know About Your First Laundromat” – was...
FROM YOUR FAVORITE INDUSTRY EXPERTS
Columns
The Laundry Doctor
Stains Are Not Created Equal
Originally posted - Apr 04, 2014 When it comes to drop-off laundry, there are different levels of wash-dry-fold service. And it's up to each individual owner to define what that level of service should be for his or her particular store. For instance, I recently spoke...
The Business Mind
The Mind of the Customer
7 Not-So-Obvious Insights into Customer Psychology Sure to Help You Grow Your Business I've come to the conclusion that the greatest threat to a self-service laundry's growth - and perhaps even its survival - in our modern, high-tech and significantly diversified...
Wash With Wally
Wash with Wally: Calculating Folding Space, Competing for Employees, More…
Is there some formula or rule of thumb that would guide me as far as how much folding space I should provide for my customers? According to most vended laundry industry data, three square feet of folding space for every dryer pocket in your facility is considered to...
Viewpoint
Iowa Laundry Owners Get a Big Raise
"Is this heaven?" "It's Iowa." "Iowa? Could have sworn it was heaven…" – "Field of Dreams" (1989) While the specters of baseball players past may have confused Iowa for heaven in the movie, you wouldn't blame Hawkeye laundry owners for thinking they're living in the...
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