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Please Advise…
Successful Laundry Owners Share the Best – And Worst – Business Advice They’ve Ever Received “In life, you need many more things besides talent. Things like good advice and common sense.” – Hack Wilson, Major League Baseball Player from 1923-1934 “No enemy is worse...
By the Numbers
An Interview with Ideal Spot CEO Marc Smookler Marc Smookler has started five companies – three of which are market leaders in their respective spaces: a commercial real estate data platform, an online retailer and a unified communications provider. Mr. Smookler’s...
The Urban Laundromat Renewal
Maximizing Turnover, Revenue and Profit In many urban settings, utility, real estate and rent costs are on the rise, which makes doing business there tricky. Luckily, for the vended laundry owner, there are many concrete ways to effectively combat costs, while...
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Investing in Online Real Estate
A Look at Some Digital Marketing Options to Help You Build Your Laundromat Business As someone who is in the vended laundry business (or is considering investing in a laundromat), you’re also somewhat – by default – in the commercial real estate business as well....
Paychex Offers COVID-19 Vaccination Resources and Guidance
Paychex – a leader in providing human resource, payroll and benefits outsourcing services for small to medium-sized businesses – conducted an online survey of 300 principals of U.S. companies with two to 500 employees. According to the survey results, most business...
‘More Than Just a Place to Wash Your Clothes’
Chicago Owner Points to a Number of Reasons Why Childhood Literacy in Laundromats Makes Good Sense Paul Hansen’s business plan has always included making his laundromats an integral part of the neighborhoods he serves. From regularly hosting free laundry days at his...
Let’s Go to the Phones…
“Who you gonna call?” – Ray Parker, Jr. (Ghostbusters) The pandemic’s challenges have been well-documented within these pages. Given the Coin Laundry Association’s efforts to assure laundromats be deemed essential and open – along with your extraordinary work to...
HappyNest Partners with New York’s CleanFresh Laundromat
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has expanded into New York’s south Westchester County market, through the company’s recent partnership with CleanFresh Laundromat in Yonkers. “We’re proud to be partnering with CleanFresh Laundromat with its new,...
60 Years… And Counting
An Interview with Laundromat Owner Frank Lambing Frank Lambing is one of the laundromat industry’s true pioneers. He opened Lamb Launderette on his family’s farmland in Williamstown, N.J., in 1961. And he’s never looked back. Today, still in the very same location,...
Maytag Commercial Laundry Announces Equipment Replacement Contest
Maytag Commercial Laundry recently announced its Replace Today for $10K Maytag Commercial Laundry Contest. Laundromat owners who purchase replacement equipment between January 1, 2021, and July 31, 2021, will be eligible to participate in the contest to win $10,000....
Alliance Laundry Systems to Acquire D&M Equipment
Alliance Laundry Systems recently announced that it is acquiring the distribution assets of D&M Equipment Co., headquartered in Chicago. This marks Alliance’s third acquisition of 2021 and the first purchase of a distributor of multiple manufacturers’ products....
In Your Face
Never Stop Looking for Creative Ways to Get Your Brand in Front of Your Customers – And Potential Customers If you’re a regular reader of PlanetLaundry, you know that my fellow columnists Stephen Bean and Dennis Diaz are always talking about the importance of your...
Alliance Laundry Systems to Acquire Washburn Machinery
Alliance Laundry Systems is acquiring the distribution assets of Washburn Machinery Inc. and is expected to close on the purchase later this year. Established in 1948, Washburn Machinery, Elk Grove Village, Ill., provides on-premises laundry solutions to a variety of...
General Booth Sales Now Open for Clean 2022
General booth sales are now open for the upcoming edition of the Clean Show, which is scheduled for July 30 – August 2, 2022, in Atlanta. Space is assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. With pre-sales already underway for all 2019 Clean Show exhibitors, the...
PlanetLaundry Podcast, Episode 20: Interview with Yvette Morton Williams
In this episode, you will hear our editor Bob Nieman interview Yvette Morton-Williams, a result-oriented business owner with over ten years in the coin laundry industry. Yvette owns three laundromats in the Atlanta Metro area, is a powerful business leader coming from...
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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
Recruiting Strategies for Tight Labor Markets
In today’s scramble to recruit the best employees, a new or growing business may need to devise creative recruitment strategies to keep pace with the competition. This is especially important in today’s labor market, where the unemployment rate is the lowest it’s been...
Ohio Laundromat Installs Children’s Library
Laundromat Libraries, a pilot program of the Marietta Community Foundation, recently established its first library at Old Town Express Laundry in Marietta, Ohio. “We are just happy to be able to provide a means to encourage young minds to cultivate a love for reading,...
Starchup, ZIPS Cleaners Announce Software Integration
Garment-care software provider Starchup and ZIPS Cleaners recently announced that ZIPS will be using Starchup’s software platform and API tools to launch a new mobile app for customers using home delivery, locker drop off and pickup, and EZ DropSM at ZIPS stores. ZIPS...
CleanCloud Partners with Gusto on Payroll Feature
CleanCloud has teamed up with payroll services provider Gusto to introduce its new CleanCloud Payroll feature. This new product enables laundromat owners to run payroll quickly and easily from the CleanCloud platform. All relevant data, including staff hours, are...
Whirlpool VP Named ‘Corporate Women’s Champion’
Seramount recently named Whirlpool Corp.’s Vice President of Channel Sales and Marketing Lynn Moersch its 2022 Corporate Women’s Champion, as part of Seramount’s Women of Excellence program. Moersch was honored for her outstanding leadership and business success, as...
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Down to a Science
Five Research Findings That Can Jumpstart Your Marketing Strategy As small-business owners, you most likely write your own advertising. And, if you have no formal training or experience in copywriting, I'm willing to wager that you use what is referred to as a...
Wash With Wally
Wash with Wally: Sanitizing Medical Laundry
I just landed a commercial account where I will be required to launder rags used to clean medical equipment. However, I'm unsure as to the specific water temperature needed to completely clean and sanitize these items. I heard somewhere that 140-degree water was...
Viewpoint
Clean 2015: Basic Training – Coin Laundry Style
In addition to veteran laundry owners looking to stay one step ahead with regard to the latest trends and technology, the Clean Show has always served as a starting point for potential investors doing their due diligence. However, as the economy improves and with a...
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