Longtime Laundromat Owner on 23 Years of Service, Challenges, Community Impact

For more than two decades, Lee Ann Geurts has been a steady force in her Brooklyn Park community in Minnesota, running three laundromats that have become known not just for clean clothes, but for connection, comfort, and care. What began as a business venture for her...

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...

Leveling the Playing Field

John Um wanted to make sure small business owners could get fair pricing and access to reliable suppliers without needing to have significant buying power. As a leader whose career spanned several major retail and e-commerce companies, he had seen firsthand how hard...

Staying Fierce: Haley Gould Finds Perfect Fit in Vended Laundry

Haley Gould is the Director of Partner Success for HappyNest. She manages an internal team while leading more than 100 partners across the United States building a successful pickup and delivery operation in addition to running their laundromat business. A consummate...

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Business Bio: BW Laundry Inc.

Boyd Woodard BW Laundry Inc. Magic Laundry, Lawndale, Calif Neighborhood Wash, Hawthorne, Calif. Before Getting into the Laundry Business… Mr. Woodard was a senior manager of engineering at a multinational medical device company. Store Openings ML: September...

Filling a Common Need

When His Family’s Laundry Chain Needed a POS System for Its Drop-Off Business, Brian Henderson Created One – Now He’s Built a Company Around That Solution It is a common scenario: an entrepreneurial individual solves a desperate need for his or her...

On the Bright Side

The Keys to Efficient and Impactful Laundry LightingIn the most recent Coin Laundry Association survey on laundromat customer behavior, two of the top three answers respondents gave as reasons why they would choose one self-service laundry over another are...

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Washlava Launches Cashless Laundromat in New York City

Washlava, a mobile technology startup that enables laundry customers to reserve and pay for machines from their smartphones, has opened its second cashless, exclusively app-enabled laundromat - this time in New York's Astoria neighborhood. "We have seen truly...

Laundry One to Open Branch Office in Indianapolis

Laundry One – a commercial laundry distributor based just outside of Columbus, Ohio – has announced that it will open a branch office in Indianapolis next month. The company is an authorized Dexter Laundry dealer, serving the vended, on-premises and multi-housing...

CLA Names New Director of Membership, Section Relations

WashClub – an app-based, on-demand laundry and drycleaning service – recently opened its newest branch in Akron, Ohio. This new WashClub branch is owned and operated by lifetime Akron resident Brenda Schwarz. The company said it chose Akron for its latest market...

TLC Names New Vice President

TLC Tri-State Laundry Companies, Inc. has named Keith Quarles its new vice president of sales. Quarles will oversee TLC's team of sales professionals, which covers the Eastern Seaboard from southern Virginia to northern Florida.Quarles boasts 25 years of commercial...

Continental Adds New Team Members

Continental Girbau Inc. recently welcomed three new team members: National Accounts Manager Kylie McArthur, Consumer Financing Associate Grant Meerdink and Technical Services Manager Shannon Rose. McArthur develops and executes strategies for achieving national...

Mulberrys Expands into Dallas Market

Mulberrys Garment Care, an eco-friendly laundry and drycleaning provider, has announced its expansion into Dallas. The company also has a presence in the Minneapolis and San Francisco markets. In Dallas, the company will offer on-demand service via its mobile app,...

EnviroStar to Acquire Scott Equipment

EnviroStar, Inc., headquartered in Miami, recently announced that it has executed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of Houston-based Scott Equipment, Inc. for $13 million - half of which will be paid in...

Laundry One to Host Open House

Laundry One will hold an open house on September 20 at the company's headquarters in Canal Winchester, Ohio. This free event is being held to help educate store owners and potential investors about the latest products available from Dexter Laundry and other industry...

Wash with Wally: The Importance of Rinse Cycles

Due to the high cost of water, I recently eliminated the last two rinses on all of my washers. My machines are now set to deliver a prewash, a wash cycle, and one rinse cycle. Did I make a mistake, or is everyone doing this these days? Honestly, I don't know of any...

Get More Bang for Your Buck

Eight Sure-Fire Tips for Maximizing the Impact and Effectiveness of Your Laundry's Marketing BudgetMarketing means money out of pocket, but it's essential to the revenue growth of your laundry business. So, when making a marketing investment, be sure to get the...

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September Magazine Issue

This Month's Issue

 

  • Connecting, Learning, Advocating: CLA Maximizes Impact at Clean Show 2025

  • Member Spotlight: Finding a Niche in the Laundromat Industry

  • PlanetLaundry Podcast: Turning Setbacks into Success: Saichelle McNeill’s Journey

  • A Laundromat With Heart: Inside Cherry Drive’s Customer-First Approach

  • And More…

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Industry News

PWS to Develop Five New Laundromats in California

PWS Inc. has announced that it will develop five new vended laundry locations across California, with another two locations in final lease negotiations. The new stores will serve customers in Angels Camp, Citrus Heights, Modesto, Orange and Salinas. Most of them will...

Speed Queen Adds Long’s Laundry Equipment to Distributor Network

Speed Queen recently added Long’s Laundry Equipment, based in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., to its commercial distribution network. “I’m exceptionally confident that owner Eric Long and his staff will deliver great service to Speed Queen vended laundry customers,” said Kathryn...

HappyNest Launches New Location in Omaha

Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has expanded its reach into Omaha, Neb. “We have several laundry owners who have been using our Springboard platform to manage their local pickup-and-delivery service and who have been very successful growing this piece of...

EVI Industries to Acquire Eastern Laundry Systems

EVI Industries Inc., headquartered in Miami, has executed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Eastern Laundry Systems, a laundry equipment distributor based in Taunton, Mass. This acquisition is consistent with EVI’s strategy “to build the largest and most...

CLA Adds New Directors, Announces Executive Committee for 2021

The Coin Laundry Association recently welcomed two highly respected industry leaders to its Board of Directors for 2021. Those new directors are laundromat owner Yvette Morton Williams of Conyers, Ga., and distributor Alex Harris, president and CEO of Professional...

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