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Featured Articles
Cover Story
Green is Good Business
Green Operations Increasingly Important to Feed Consumer Demand When Green Laundry Lounge co-owners Pulin and Krishna Dasai got into the vended laundry industry, they wanted to change a narrative: laundromats are water and energy-intensive businesses. “The...
Business Spotlight
Business Bio: Laundry Lounge Coronado
Liz and Nick Merrill Laundry Lounge Coronado Coronado Island, Calif. Before Getting into the Laundry Business… Liz and Nick had previously established Sweat Equity Gym, a fitness center based in Bellevue, Wash. In fact, the couple’s vended laundry in Coronado is...
Columns
The Business Mind
Uncovering the Root of Organizational Decline by Jumping into the Trenches
By Ashlee Hofberger It can happen to any organization: a lag in performance, slowing of cash flow, and negative reviews. While nothing specific about your product or service appears to be the issue, you can sense something is off, and it’s enough to hurt business. One...
Wash With Wally
Wash With Wally: Attracting Customers, Equipment Layout
I’m in the process of building a laundromat. I have never been in this type of business before, so I’d like to know what laundry customers want, what attracts them and what keeps them coming back. In my opinion, there are six main elements that your new laundry...
The Laundry Doctor
Productive, Efficient and Motivated
Three Keys to Building a Strong Wash-Dry-Fold Team With both the post-COVID-19 era and the laundry outsourcing revolution upon us, many store owners I speak with are seeing their wash-dry-fold businesses growing rapidly. Given that, how do we – as employers, without...