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Incorporating PUD in Today’s Laundry: Labor and Workflow (Part 1)

CHICAGO — Opener of three-part series on popular pickup-and-delivery trend ...
Hiring Practices: Stay True to Your Mission (Conclusion)

CHICAGO — Fitting in with team, culture critical to laundry business success ...
Hiring Practices: Stay True to Your Mission (Part 1)

CHICAGO — Acting out of desperation usually leads to regret ...
Unboxing Ready-made Laundry Services Solutions (Conclusion)

CHICAGO — Designed to provide tools for securing path to success ...
Unboxing Ready-made Laundry Services Solutions (Part 2)

CHICAGO — Not unusual to draw investors from outside the industry ...
Unboxing Ready-made Laundry Services Solutions (Part 1)

CHICAGO — Investing in franchises, licensing and partnerships ...
The Importance of Turns Per Day (Conclusion)

CHICAGO — Could it create misleading equipment comparisons? ...
The Importance of Turns Per Day (Part 3)

CHICAGO — Can it signal underperforming machines? Show utilities usage? ...
The Importance of Turns Per Day (Part 2)

CHICAGO — Can it predict repair or replacement needs? Signal business shifts? ...
The Importance of Turns Per Day (Part 1)

CHICAGO — Appreciating the metric’s role in gauging store’s busyness, efficiency ...
Curb Appeal in Today’s Laundromats (Conclusion)

SALT LAKE CITY — Exterior’s appearance can reinforce mission of business inside ...
Curb Appeal in Today’s Laundromats (Part 2)

FORT WORTH, Texas — Transforming ‘dark, dingy cave’ was priority for brand-new laundry owners ...
Curb Appeal in Today’s Laundromats (Part 1)

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Project high-quality service before customers ever step inside ...
Keeping Things Cybersecure (Conclusion)

CHICAGO — Set up separate Wi-Fi access point for laundry customers: FCC ...
Keeping Things Cybersecure (Part 1)

CHICAGO — Wi-Fi and computers are commonplace, but so are security risks ...
Landlord Relations: What’s the Word? (Conclusion)

CHICAGO — Some signs that things may have hit the rocks ...
Landlord Relations: What’s the Word? (Part 2)

CHICAGO — Lease document partly defines owner-renter relationship ...
Landlord Relations: What’s the Word? (Part 1)

CHICAGO — Open communication, common understanding keeps laundry tenant, property owner on same page ...
An Entrepreneur’s Journey to the Laundromat Business (Conclusion)

AZUSA, Calif. — Understanding the value of new equipment, exceptional customer service ...
An Entrepreneur’s Journey to the Laundromat Business (Part 1)

AZUSA, Calif. — Qaqish decides to remodel, retool existing store to produce ‘Super Wash’ ...

Latest Podcast

For six days in 2020, a large cast and crew took over Majers Coin Laundry to film scenes for "Everything Everywhere All at Once." The sci-fi dramedy released in 2022 won seven Academy Awards earlier this year, making the laundromat part of cinematic history. Store owner Kenny Majers recounts his laborious but moving experience.

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