Wash-Dry-Fold POS Launches New Feature

Wash-Dry-Fold POS® has announced its new Attendant Checklist Feature. According to Managing Partner Ian Gollahon, it is a simple but integrated tool that is so powerful, it’ll make you wonder how you ever ran your business without it. "You can monitor the checklist...

LaundroLab Celebrates National Laundry Day – April 15

LaundroLab to Offer Free Laundry, Resources Nationwide for National Laundry Day In celebration of National Laundry Day on April 15, 2025, LaundroLab—an innovative laundromat brand focused on reimagining the wash experience—is giving back to local communities by...

I’d Like to Speak to the Manager

On the Front Lines with Some of the Laundry Industry’s Leading Store Managers In an industry once dominated by unattended, self-service operations, the role of store managers in laundromats has never been more critical. As laundries evolve into full-service businesses...

Tide Laundromat Expands Footprint in Chicago

Tide Services, a subsidiary of Procter & Gamble, is expanding its Tide Laundromat footprint in Chicago with a new location in the city’s Lakeview neighborhood. The fourth Tide Laundromat in Chicago, this location is part of an expansion led by U.S. Laundry LLC,...

PlanetLaundry Podcast

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Business Bio: Best Price Cleaners

Tahir Kakar Best Price Cleaners Knightdale, N.C. Before Getting into the Laundry Business... With a background in medicine, Kakar came to the United States from Afghanistan in 2001. While in school to earn an American medical degree, he took a part-time job in the...

Been There, Done That

An Interview with Industry Veteran David Horton David Horton has spent his entire adult life in the commercial laundry business – selling equipment, brokering businesses and building stores – from California to the East Coast to the Central Plains, with stops in...

‘I Was Never Interested in Being Average’

An Interview with Tennessee Laundry Owner Kenneth Cherry Kenneth Cherry opened his first self-service laundry in 1959 in Livingston, Tenn., back when the industry was still in its infancy. Today, he owns three stores. Over the years, Mr. Cherry has always been a price...

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Southern Automatic Grows Sales Team

Southern Automatic Machinery Co. recently added Lane Young to its sales team. Young has more than 20 years of experience in outside sales - nine of which were spent at EcoLab. When asked to describe his sales approach, Young quotes Douglas Adams: "To give real...

Spynr Creates New Technology Division, Nicoletta Joins the Company

Spynr, Inc. has announced the creation of Spynr Technologies, Inc., a new technology division of the company, developed by Spynr President Dennis Diaz and industry veteran JP Nicoletta. Spynr Technologies was created to complement the company's mission of helping...

Clean 2017: Industry Leaders to Appear at PlanetLaundry Booth

Next month in Las Vegas, while making your rounds of the exhibit floor at Clean 2017 and checking out the latest and greatest products the industry has to offer, be sure not to miss your opportunity to meet and chat with three of the laundry business’s leading...

Retail Design Expert to Speak at Clean 2017

The Coin Laundry Association has announced that Brian Dyches, a leading authority on interior design strategies for retail environments, will be speaking at this year's Clean Show in Las Vegas. Mr. Dyches' presentation - "Leading by Design: What Laundromats Can Learn...

Alliance to Discontinue Sales of IPSO Equipment in U.S., Canada

Alliance Laundry Systems has announced that it will discontinue sales and marketing of IPSO-branded laundry equipment in the United States and Canada, beginning in April 2018. The move will not impact sales of the brand outside of the United States and Canada. "This...

Dexter Salutes Laundry Pro of Florida with Top Honor

Dexter Laundry recently recognized Western State Design at the manufacturer’s annual conference and awards ceremony, which was held earlier this year in Rome, Italy. The California-based distributor received top honors for its prior-year sales performance. In all, the...

Laundry Owners Warehouse Donates Washer to Pet Rescue Group

The number of abandoned pets in the U.S. is on the rise, and one organization working diligently to provide safe homes for these discarded pets is Abandoned Pet Rescue. Recently, Florida-based distributor Laundry Owners Warehouse donated a Dexter 200G Express Washer...

Networking Opportunities at The Clean Show

CLA Connect, the Open Forum you will find on our website, has been a major asset to the association. Certainly, in fact, the active and vibrant community that dwells there serves as a model online community for many other associations across the country. In a recent...

Expert Brian Dyches Talks Retail Interior Design Success

The Coin Laundry Association’s keynote speaker for The Clean Show 2017 is Brian Dyches, a leading authority and practitioner of global design, strategy and digital customer engagement in retail environments. On Monday, June 5, 2017 at 8:45 a.m. in the Education Room...

WASH Laundry Wins Microsoft ‘Visionary’ Award

California-Based Multi-Family Laundry Service Provider Recognized in Business Insights Category At Convergence 2015, Microsoft Corp.’s premier event for the business community, WASH Laundry was selected as a Visionary Award winner in the Business Insights category....

CLA’s COO, Michael Sokolowski, at the PlanetLaundry Booth

Chief Operating Office and veteran of the laundry business, Michael Sokolowski, will be present at the PlanetLaundry booth (Booth #811) at The Clean Show in Las Vegas on Monday, June 5, 2017 from 1-3 p.m. He will be available to answer any questions about getting into...

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This Month's Issue

 

  • ‘I’d Like to Speak to the Manager’: On the Front Lines with Some of the Laundry Industry’s Leading Store Managers
  • Business Management: Generate Additional Income Through Greater Market Penetration
  • Company Close-Up: Western State Design Has Been Helping Laundry Owners Thrive for More Than 50 Years
  • New Member Spotlight: How Laundry Labs Plans to Change the Industry
  • And More…

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HappyNest Launches New Florida Location

Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has expanded its operations into Florida’s Palm Beach and northern Broward Counties. “LaundryMe! offers outstanding service at competitive prices, which complements our model perfectly,” explained HappyNest founder John...

Three Texas Distributors Join Forces

Three laundry distributors serving the north, central and south Texas markets recently combined their resources and expertise. AAdvantage Laundry Systems, Scott Equipment and Skyline Equipment have teamed up to better meet the needs of laundry owners and other...

HappyNest Expands into Two New Markets

Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has added a new partner in the Wilmington, Del., market. “We have been fortunate to partner with very strong laundry operators in the mid-Atlantic region, and Leo Shao will add to that list,” said HappyNest founder John...

Florida Distributor Sponsors Top Youth Soccer Team

Laundry Owners Warehouse, a distributor based in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., recently sponsored Panthers FC, a local youth soccer team that finished in third place in the prestigious 3V3Live Soccer Tour’s South Florida Spookout Tournament. The event boasted more than 80...

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