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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Against the Grain

Sep 24, 2015

Running a Self-Service Laundry in Rural America Rural laundromat. At first glance, it's almost an oxymoron. Just like "jumbo shrimp," "deafening silence," "virtual reality" and "random order," the term "rural" simply should not be used to describe a self-service...

Centers of Attention

Sep 24, 2015

An Interview with International Council of Shopping Centers Spokespeople Jesse Tron and Noelle Malone Founded in 1957, the International Council of Shopping Centers is the premier global trade association of the shopping center industry. Its more than 70,000 members...

Centers of Attention

Sep 24, 2015

An Interview with International Council of Shopping Centers Spokespeople Jesse Tron and Noelle Malone Founded in 1957, the International Council of Shopping Centers is the premier global trade association of the shopping center industry. Its more than 70,000 members...

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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...

LaundryCares Foundation Hosting Free Laundry Day in Las Vegas to Kickoff Clean ’17

On June 4, 2017 LaundryCares Foundation will host a Free Laundry Day event in Las Vegas, NV from 9 AM until 1 PM. The event will take place at Las Vegas Coin Laundry #6 located at 1200 W Owens Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89106. LaundryCares invites all to join in for a day of...

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...

PlanetLaundry Presents Dennis Diaz of Spynr at CLEAN 17

In a recent survey conducted by the Coin Laundry Association, marketing issues ranked among the top concerns among laundry owners about their operations. If you have burning questions about marketing your laundry business, come to the PlanetLaundry booth (Booth #811)...

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Connecting, Learning, Advocating: CLA Maximizes Impact at Clean Show 2025
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EVI Industries to Acquire Laundry Systems of Tennessee, Affiliates

EVI Industries Inc., headquartered in Miami, recently executed a definitive merger agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Laundry Systems of Tennessee and its affiliates. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. However, consideration of the...

LOW Laundry Releases Video Series on Equipment Service and Maintenance

Laundry Owners Warehouse has released more videos focused on maintaining and servicing commercial laundry equipment. These latest additions to the distributor’s video series bring the total to 1,467 videos now available online for laundromat owners to help them better...

CLA Connect LIVE: The Year in Review

Pictured above: The CLA would like to send a big thank you to its most loyal Connect LIVE attendee, King Lee (left) of Dexter Laundry Inc., who attended the most events in 2019! The new CLA Connect LIVE program officially launched this past January – with the goal of...

Oshkosh Express Laundry Center Donates to Breast Health Fund

Pictured above, from left: Kristi Williams, Oshkosh Express Laundry Center, manager; Molly Yatso-Butz, Aurora Health Care Foundation, North Region, foundation coordinator; and Liz Knoll, Oshkosh Express Laundry Center, assistant manager. Oshkosh Express Laundry...

PT. Triton Internasional, Maytag Commercial Laundry Team Up to Launch Equipment Showroom in Indonesia

PT. Triton Internasional has opened its first Center of Excellence in the Asia Pacific market, in collaboration with Maytag Commercial Laundry. The new showroom – in Jakarta, Indonesia – exhibits Maytag Commercial’s latest innovations, and the location increases the...