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Business Bio: Happy Life Laundromat
Matt Clark and Brian Harrington Happy Life Laundromat Cherry Valley, Ill.Before Getting Into the Laundry Business…Matt and Brian were involved in self-storage management and construction.Store OpeningJanuary 14, 2018Business Hours8:00 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily...
Making Connections, Part 4
The Basics of Setting Up a Secure, Successful Wireless Network at Your Laundry Business[This is the fourth in a series of articles written to offer helpful suggestions about where to begin and how to better manage an existing or planned Wi-Fi network. Among the topics...
LaundryCares Hosts Summit to Promote Childhood Literacy in Laundromats
What better day than Dr. Seuss' birthday to focus on childhood literacy? Last month – coinciding with the famed author's March 2nd birthday, as well as National Read Across America Day – the Coin Laundry Association's LaundryCares Foundation launched its inaugural...
Headlines
Aaxon Hosts Annual Sales Meeting
Aaxon Laundry Systems recently held its annual sales meeting at the Embassy Suites in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. During this event, the company’s executives took part in recaps and upcoming plans surrounding marketing, finance, technology and sales “to position Aaxon as...
PayRange Provides Instant Cash Access During COVID-19 Crisis
PayRange, a provider of mobile payment options for unattended retail locations, has launched a new program that enables machine operators to instantly transfer their mobile payment settlements on demand to a debit card, 24 hours a day. The goal of this program is to...
Building a Winning Team
Finding, Attracting and Retaining Great Employees The numbers are sobering, if not downright depressing. Studies suggest that the annual turnover rate for hourly employees hovers around 50 percent. What’s more, these figures vary broadly by industry and by business....
United We Stand
We are all in uncharted territory these days. No doubt, the news regarding the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) changes by the day, the hour… and sometimes the minute. As unsettling as this situation may sometimes seem, be assured that the Coin Laundry Association is...
CCI Names National Retail Account Manager
Card Concepts Inc. – a provider of payment, marketing and management solutions to the vended laundry industry, headquartered in Addison, Ill. – has announced Michael Sokolowski as its new national retail account manager. Sokolowski will be responsible for new business...
Speed Queen Expands SLE’s Coverage to Southern Virginia
Speed Queen recently expanded the territory of Statewide Laundry Equipment, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The distributor will now represent the Speed Queen brand in the southern Virginia market. “We are thrilled to now be serving our incredible customers in...
HappyNest Adds New Atlanta Location
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has expanded into the Atlanta market. “Our strategy has been to build out the East Coast of the U.S., and Atlanta is another perfect market for HappyNest,” said company founder John MacKrell. “We discussed the platform...
What the CARES Act Means for Laundry Owners
President Donald Trump has signed a massive $2.2 trillion economic rescue bill in an effort to offer some financial relief to the nation, which has been shaken by the recent COVID-19 outbreak. The package – called the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security...
CLA Forced to Cancel Excellence in Laundry Conference
In light of the current health concerns surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak and related government actions within the state of California, the Coin Laundry Association has announced the cancellation of its upcoming Excellence in Laundry Conference. The event – which had...
PlanetLaundry Podcast – Episode 1: Interview with Marlena Norris for “Going Full Time”
In this pilot episode of the PlanetLaundry Podcast, Editor Bob Nieman interviews Marlena Norris, owner of The Laundry Centers in Atlanta, GA. The entire story consisting of interviews of four laundry owners can be found in the February 2020 Issue of the magazine....
Hermes Commercial Names VP of Sales
Hermes Commercial Laundry Equipment, headquartered in Bloomington, Ill., has named Robert Mattocks its new vice president of sales. Mattocks – who will report directly to Hermes owner Mark Wilkins – has more than 15 years of account management and sales experience....
Trump Signs COVID-19 Worker Relief Bill
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, a measure created to ensure paid sick leave for workers and to widen coronavirus testing. Senators overwhelmingly supported the House bill that covers the cost of all coronavirus...
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This Month's Issue
- Fast Forward: Industry Insiders Review the Past Year – And Unveil the Key Factors That Likely Will Shape the Laundromat Business in 2025
- Business Profile: The Community-Driven Mission Behind Wash Bar Laundromats
- Company Close-Up: Southeastern Laundry Equipment Sales Sets the Standard for Industry Excellence and Innovation
- Women in Vended Laundry: An Interview with Samantha Peters of Advanced Laundry Systems
- And More…
THE LATEST ON LAUNDROMATS
Industry News
Industry Mourns Dick Lutts
Laundry industry pioneer Dick Lutts recently passed away at the age of 98. Lutts, a former vice president of Salem Laundry Company in Salem, Mass., is widely credited with moving the company away from a strictly laundry delivery business model to one that also...
Idaho Laundromat Partners with Local Library to Promote Childhood Literacy
Get The Funk Out Laundromat, based in Caldwell, Idaho, has teamed up with the Caldwell Public Library and the Laundry Literacy Coalition to help promote early childhood literacy by installing a Family Read, Play & Learn Center within the laundry business. “Over...
Leading Regulatory Issues Facing Businesses in 2022
The pandemic has reshaped the regulatory landscape and created uncertainty for businesses, especially around compliance. As a result, HR and payroll services provider Paychex has identified some of the top regulatory challenges businesses may face in 2022: Workplace...
ACI Names Digital Communications Senior Director
The American Cleaning Institute – a trade association for the cleaning products supply chain, including laundry detergents – has promoted Jessica Ek to senior director of digital communications. Ek has been with ACI since 2018, previously serving as director of...
New Year Ushers in Higher Minimum Wages Across the Country
The new year brought pay hikes for hundreds of thousands of workers, with a record number of cities, counties and states raising their hourly wage minimums – many of them hitting or surpassing $15 an hour. On January 1, 2022, the minimum wage rose in 21 states and 35...
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Columns
The Laundry Doctor
On the Road Again
Originally posted - Nov 24, 2014 At a presentation on commercial accounts that I conducted for the Southern California Coin Laundry Association, one of the most popular questions from the audience was about pickup and delivery vehicles. When should you by a van? What...
The Business Mind
Back to School
Strengthen Your Business by Earning Your Ph.D. in ‘Laundrology' I recently got the idea to add a new category to the long list of scientific "-ology" subjects that exist in our world today. I've decided to create a brand new discipline and call it "laundrology," which...
Wash With Wally
Wash with Wally: Fighting Oil Stains, Operating a Delivery Service and More…
On occasion, I will receive drop-off laundry that has one or two pieces with oil stains. Is there anything available at the local supermarket or hardware store that I can use to remove these stains? If so, what is it, and how do you use it? There are a few products...
Viewpoint
Vital Signs
Neglect Your Store's Signage at Your Own Risk Because a laundromat is a self-service business, there is the tendency among some owners to have a "build-it-and-they-will-wash" attitude toward their stores. In other words, the focus is primarily on the equipment offered...
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