The following operator snapshots offer a ground-level view of navigating the evolving mix of coin, cash and digital payments ...

A well-maintained coin-operated laundromat can provide its owner with many years of nearly effortless income. Not only can the business generate income from its coin-operated washers and dryers; it ...

Potential investors poured into the convention of the National Institute of Dry-cleaning two years ago, clamoring to find out about a new “wonder business” that was virtually guaranteed to coin ...

Editor's note: This article was originally published on February 1, 2008, and has been updated. It was excerpted from our Coin-Operated Laundry start-up guide, available from Entrepreneur Bookstore.

There was a time before portable TVs and personal media players when the idea of putting coin-operated TVs everywhere, from restaurants to airports and laundromats, would have seemed like a solid ...

Coin-operated machines have a longer history than you might think. Ancient temples used them to dispense, for example, holy water to the faithful in return for their coins. Old payphones rang a bell ...