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
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...
Keeping a Roof Over Your Head
Whether Buying an Existing Store, Building a New Facility or Just Trying to Maximize Your Current Laundromat, Don’t Neglect the Roof By definition, a roof with a hole in it is like devouring a Big Mac and a large order of fries right after your workout. It kind of...
The Psychology of Risk
Mastering the Uncertainties of Laundromat Ownership “Ninety-five percent of thought, emotion and learning occur in the unconscious mind without our awareness.” – Dr. Gerald Zautman, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University It’s a well-accepted fact that all business...
Speed Queen Launches Podcast
Speed Queen recently launched a podcast called Laundromat Insights, which has been developed to educate and entertain both laundry industry veterans and newcomers, according to the company. The podcast will leverage industry experts and laundry owners to offer advice...
PlanetLaundry Podcast, Episode 16: Here’s to Your Health
In this episode you will hear our editor Bob Nieman interview Tim McNichols of LIG Solutions, the newest healthcare insurance program added to CLA Business Solutions. You can read the entire story, “Here’s To Your Health” in the December 2020 edition of the...
Go for ‘Broker’
Working with a Broker to Buy or Sell Your Next Laundromat With some 30,000 laundromats in the United States – give or take – there are stores perpetually being bought and sold in nearly every market throughout the country. This is where a reputable laundry broker...
Stay on Target
Knowing Your Audience is the Key to a Strong Advertising Message It’s a fact that many laundromat owners love to advertise. And it’s equally true that several of these operators, unfortunately, do so incorrectly – thus, spending large sums of money for very little...
HappyNest Names Chief Technology Officer
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest Inc. has named Bill Doll its new chief technology officer. Most recently, Doll served as senior vice president and CTO at Ipswitch Inc., prior to the company’s sale to Progress Software in 2019. For the last 12 months,...
CG West Hosts Educational Session on Laundromat Cleaning
Continental Girbau West, headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., recently hosted “Laundromat Cleaning by Design,” an educational presentation for laundromat owners. The session focused on cleaning and disinfecting hard surfaces, choosing the proper chemistry for...
The Dedication of CLA Volunteers
The Coin Laundry Association could not end our Month of Thanks without recognizing our most valuable asset – our volunteers. From the members who contributed their time to LaundryCares events to those who have served as speakers for our events or authors of articles...
PWS Expands Commercial Laundry Services Team
Commercial laundry equipment distributor PWS recently added four new members to its laundry services team, which boasts more than 250 years of industry experience. The new staffers will enable PWS to provide its customers with more localized and personal service from...
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This Month's Issue
- 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.
- Business Profile: Delivering a Superior
Laundry Experience - Member Spotlight: Rick Rome –
Innovating Laundry, One Customer at a Time - Guest Column: How AI Changed Google Reviews (What Laundromat Owners Need to Know)
- And More…
THE LATEST ON LAUNDROMATS
Industry News
Alliance Laundry Systems Launches Charitable Initiative
Alliance Laundry Systems has announced the launch of Alliance Laundry Cares, the company’s new charitable giving initiative. Through Alliance Laundry Cares, the company will address the basic need for cleanliness, comfort and dignity for those most vulnerable in the...
GNA Honors OPL Distributor of the Year
Girbau North America recently presented Aadvantage Laundry Systems – headquartered in Garland, Texas – with the distributorship’s second consecutive GNA On-Premises Laundry Distributor of the Year Award for outstanding sales and service performance within the OPL...
EVI Acquires Laundry Marketing Firm
EVI Industries Inc. has acquired Spynr Inc., based in New York City – marking EVI’s 20th industry acquisition. Spynr is a highly specialized, full-service marketing agency with deep roots in the commercial laundry industry. The company provides owners of laundry...
States Address Rising Gas Prices with Tax ‘Holidays’
In March, U.S. gasoline prices hit an all-time high at $4.33 per gallon, surpassing the previous record set in 2008. Clearly, this is not news to laundromat owners who offer pickup-and-delivery services for their residential wash-dry-fold and/or commercial accounts...
HappyNest Expands Reach in New York
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has expanded within Westchester County, N.Y. – now available in Yonkers through its new laundromat partner, Lucky Suds. In addition to Yonkers, HappyNest laundry services are now available to residents and businesses in...
FROM YOUR FAVORITE INDUSTRY EXPERTS
Columns
The Laundry Doctor
Warming Up to Cold Calls
Originally posted - May 04, 2012 If you're serious about growing the commercial accounts segment of your laundry business, you can't avoid it - eventually, you're going to have to make cold calls on potential clients. Some laundry owners have their drivers handle...
The Business Mind
The Power of Optimism
11 Strategic Steps for Developing a More Positive Outlook on Life and Business Permit me to set the stage for this article with a fascinating true story… The winters in Michigan can be frigid – and the winter of 1994 was no exception. As a result, Dale...
Wash With Wally
Wash with Wally: Oil-Based vs. Water-Based Stains, Uniform Rental and More…
Is there a way of determining whether a stain is oil-based or water-based before I launder the garment? The only way you can determine that is by laundering both types of stains year after year. Visually, there is no way to tell the difference. Some water-based stains...
Viewpoint
Sharpen Your Business Focus in 2015
January 2015 It's my pleasure to be able to serve as your chairman of the Coin Laundry Association's Board of Directors for 2015. I've spent the last 10 years on the board and have had the opportunity to meet many successful people in our great industry – store...
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