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: 1 Clean Laundry

May 31, 2015

Ed & Rachael Ellis 1 Clean Laundry Saint Cloud, Fla.Before Getting into the Laundry Business…The Ellises owned a property management company, which specialized in short-term vacation rentals.Store OpeningThe couple's first laundromat opened in December 2009. They...

An Ounce of Prevention

May 27, 2015

How to Safeguard Your Laundry Business from Theft It's 4 a.m., a brick just crashed through your store window… and you're out of town. Do you really feel comfortable having your spouse go to the store alone? This is the type of question many people ask themselves...

Making a Statement

May 27, 2015

The ‘What,' ‘Why' and ‘How' of Mission Statements In a long history of looking at mission statements, researchers and practitioners have almost universally acknowledged the value of a singular mission as a driving force for companies – and yet have been inconsistent...

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LaundryCares to Host Free Laundry Day in Virginia

The Coin Laundry Association’s LaundryCares Foundation will host a free laundry day on March 15 at Laundry Land in Norfolk, Va. This event is scheduled to take place from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. “Free laundry days are the highlight of what LaundryCares...

Cost-Less Parts Launches Enhanced Website

Cost-Less Parts has unveiled a new website – CostlessParts.com – designed to help store owners quickly order commercial laundry equipment parts and accessories, as well as the company’s growing list of machine-specific parts manuals for free...

CG West Adds to Support Staff

Continental Girbau West – headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. – recently named Steve Mendoza parts and warehouse assistant, while also adding Michelle Podany to serve as the company’s office support coordinator. Mendoza, who is fluent in...

Laundry Owners Warehouse to Host Service School

Laundry Owners Warehouse will host a service school on March 8 at the company’s headquarters in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. This event – to be held from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. – will not only educate laundry owners about Dexter Laundry’s latest...

Statewide Laundry Equipment Announces Investment Seminar, Road Show Lineup

Statewide Laundry Equipment, with offices throughout Florida, has announced its lineup of 2017 Investment Seminars and Road Shows. The Investment Seminars were developed to educate and inform those considering investing in the laundry business and who want to take the...

Aaxon Announces Service School Schedule for 2017

Aaxon Laundry Systems, based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will offer its customers and the South Florida laundry owner community free laundry service schools on May 3, July 12 and August 16. The service schools – each to be held at the company’s headquarters...

The Buyer’s Journey

Last year, retail sales topped $655 billion during the months of November and December, and that number is expected to grow. The end-of-year rush to spend money on friends and family is always a good time for businesses, and even the neighborhood laundromat gets some...

A Taxing Situation

Here’s a Look at the Current Legislative Climate Across the U.S. – And What It Could Mean for Laundry Tax ExemptionsOver the last several years, we have seen a significant rise in the number of proposals to impose new state sales taxes on services. Laundry...

We’re Not a Have-To Business – We’re a Want-To Business’

An Interview with Michigan Laundry Owner Mark MurrayMark Murray – who owns the 5,200-square-foot FabriCare Express Laundry at the Adrian Image Center in Adrian, Mich. – grew up in the self-service laundry business. In fact, at one point, his father’s...

Going Practically Green

Laundry Owners Reveal Their Utility-Saving Initiatives - And the Bottom Line Results Utility costs. It’s a topic guaranteed to get every laundry owner in the room talking. After all, water, natural gas and electricity are the lifeblood of every self-service laundry...

Get Sales Out of Your Online Marketing Setup

Six Steps to Properly Setting Up Your Sales FunnelWhen laundry owners contact me about increasing their wash-dry-fold businesses, converting more foot traffic or getting their pickup services off the ground, one of the first things I look at is whether or not their...

Get Sales Out of Your Online Marketing Setup

Six Steps to Properly Setting Up Your Sales FunnelWhen laundry owners contact me about increasing their wash-dry-fold businesses, converting more foot traffic or getting their pickup services off the ground, one of the first things I look at is whether or not their...

Scaling Wash & Fold Operations

Learn how to grow your wash & fold from an offering into a money-making operation.

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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
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CLA Offers Digital Marketing for Laundromats

The Coin Laundry Association has introduced a new membership benefit for digital marketing services, provided by American Marketing & Publishing, LLC. The CLA is collaborating with American Marketing & Publishing to bring store owners a new opportunity to...

CLA Launches Garment Care White Paper with Upcoming Webinar

The Coin Laundry Association will release a new white paper outlining proper garment care and stain removal for laundry professionals on October 16. “Garment Care and Stain Removal Basics for Laundry Owners” is part of the CLA’s Gold Book Research Series of resources...

CLA Connect LIVE Announces Upcoming Events

Register now to attend the following CLA Connect LIVE events planned for the next two weeks. These upcoming events are open to current and potential laundry owners, as well as distributors and manufacturers. CLA Connect LIVE – North Carolina October 2 in Raleigh, N.C....

PWS Adds Payment Systems Specialist

In a move to solidify its place as a complete, full-service commercial laundry distributor, PWS has hired long-time industry veteran Alfredo Duque of AMD Card Solutions. AMD specializes in the installation and service of payment systems in the vended laundry and...

California-Based Laundry Service Receives $10,000 Grant

Royal Quality Laundry, a full-service laundry company based in Malibu, Calif., has been awarded a $10,000 grant to help rebuild the business after last year’s wildfires devastated a good portion of L.A. County. “We lost about 80 percent of our business after the...