Planet Laundry Podcast Episode 24: An Interview with Mike Kelly
Welcome to the PlanetLaundry Podcast – brought to you by PlanetLaundry, the magazine of the Coin Laundry Association. In this episode, Coin Laundry Association Director of Membership and Education Danielle Bauer chats with Mike Kelly, director of distribution...
Embracing Change
I began my career in the commercial laundry industry in 1980 as a regional sales manager for one of the major equipment manufacturers. Since then, I’ve held various sales and management positions, owned a finance company focused on the laundromat industry, served as a...Statewide Laundry Unveils Enhanced Website
Statewide Laundry Equipment – a regional distributor serving Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and southern Virginia – has launched a redesigned website featuring a number of new user-friendly features. The company has remodeled its website to better...
Make Yourself Replaceable
Stop Working IN Your Laundromat Business One of the most common questions I receive when helping other laundromat owners is how to build a great team. Typically underpinned within this question is a bigger question, and it usually follows shortly thereafter – that...SuperSuds Adds Third HappyNest Territory
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest is now available in Richmond, Va., via its laundromat partner, SuperSuds. The Richmond-based facility is also serving Chester, Chesterfield, Henrico and Midlothian. Earlier this year, HappyNest expanded into Prince William...
‘Web’ Site Selection
Developing a Strong Online Community for Your Laundry Business We all know that finding just the right site for your laundromat can make all the difference in whether or not your new business is a success. And the same goes for your “digital site” – that is, your...
Signs, Signs… Everywhere a Sign
How to Make Signage an Essential Ingredient of Your Laundromat’s Marketing Strategy Have you ever thought about how many signs you see in a given day? Likely, it numbers in the hundreds if you consider the signage on the internet, on buildings, on billboards, and in...Wash-Dry-Fold POS Hires Customer Success Manager
Wash-Dry-Fold POS has named Chelsea Ramsey as the company’s customer success manager. Most recently, Ramsey managed eight locations within the Splash ’Em Out Coin Laundry chain in Kentucky. “Not only had she already taught dozens of laundromat attendants how to use...
Big Time
Are We Seeing the Rise of the Large-Format Mega-Laundry? Dave Menz is admittedly a bit consumed with the laundromat business. “Since 2010, I’ve been obsessively studying and researching the industry, and networking with those within it,” explained Menz, who added that...
CLA Business Solutions
CLA is working with select service providers to offer programs and services to help you with your business operations
New Laundromat Entrepreneur
Get this free guide to the laundry industry that will help you navigate your start-up. This is the definitive handbook from the CLA for potential investors interested in purchasing or building a laundromat.