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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Going Through Rebab

Jan 30, 2015

Originally posted - Oct issue/2012 Written By: Chris Aycock A New Multi-Store Owner Discusses How He's Breathed New Life into a Couple of Old, Closed-Down Laundromats Professionally, I'm a software engineer, not a coin laundry veteran. However, during the last three...

Going Through Rebab

Jan 30, 2015

Originally posted - Oct issue/2012 Written By: Chris Aycock A New Multi-Store Owner Discusses How He's Breathed New Life into a Couple of Old, Closed-Down Laundromats Professionally, I'm a software engineer, not a coin laundry veteran. However, during the last three...

Tropical Laundry In Holly Hill, Florida

Jan 30, 2015

Owners: Chance and Janine Stone Laundry: Topical Laundry Location: Holly Hill, Florida Before Getting into the Laundry Business… The Stones previously owned a surf shop in the Florida panhandle. Currently, Chance also is a territory manager for a food...

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How to Post Effectively on Social Media

Spoiler Alert: Social Media Isn't ‘Free' Anymore Social media is a beast. Tame it and you've got a powerful platform to promote your business. Let it run wild and it will run over you. Here's an example of "social media gone wild" that you may have experienced before...

Telling Your Story, Shaping Your Brand

An Interview with Branding Expert and Business Author Karen Tiber Leland Karen Tiber Leland is a branding expert and author of "The Brand Mapping Strategy: Design, Build and Accelerate Your Brand." She is also the president of Sterling Marketing Group, where she helps...

Telling Your Story, Shaping Your Brand

An Interview with Branding Expert and Business Author Karen Tiber Leland Karen Tiber Leland is a branding expert and author of "The Brand Mapping Strategy: Design, Build and Accelerate Your Brand." She is also the president of Sterling Marketing Group, where she helps...

Business Bio: Wash-N-Fold Express

Dan Thanh Dang, Gary Miller, BangTam Miller and Quynh Simon Wash-N-Fold Express Edgewood, Md. Before Getting into the Laundry Business... All of the store's owners are still employed full-time outside of the laundry business. Dan Thanh Dang, a former newspaper...

Building a Winning Team, Part 3

The Right Attendants with the Proper Training Will Have Customers Viewing You and Your Staff as Their Local Laundry Experts [This is the third of a three-part series on hiring and training laundry attendants.] Last month, I discussed how to track a new attendant's...

WashClub Expands into Colorado

WashClub, headquartered in Brooklyn, N.Y., recently announced its expansion into the city of Denver. The on-demand laundry and drycleaning services provider now has a presence in more than 31 cities and 16 states throughout the U.S. "Expanding to Denver was a...

Huebsch Honors California Laundry Owners

Huebsch has named Aaron and Andrea Milam the latest recipients of its Store Owner of the Quarter Award. The Milams own The Laundry Room, located in Pasadena, Calif. "The Milams demonstrate exceptional dedication to providing customers with the best laundry experience...

ALJCO Named Maytag/Whirlpool Distributor

After 32 years of providing electronic controls repair and small parts service to the vended laundry and OPL industries, ALJCO, based in El Segundo, Calif., has been named an authorized distributor of Maytag/Whirlpool commercial laundry equipment and parts for the...

WashClub Adds Second Florida Location

WashClub, headquartered in Brooklyn, N.Y., has announced its expansion into Florida's Tampa Bay area. The on-demand laundry and drycleaning services provider now operates in more than 30 cities and 15 states nationwide, including two Florida locations - Miami and now...

Laundry Owners Warehouse Unveils New Website

Laundry Owners Warehouse has launched its new website with a view to providing the company's services and products to clients in a streamlined, optimized manner. The site - lowlaundry.com - features a number of functionalities that are a first within the industry....

Integrity Laundry Solutions Opens Branch Office

Integrity Laundry Solutions - headquartered in Walla Walla, Wash. - recently opened a new branch office in Kent, Wash. The full-service distributor of laundry equipment, parts, ozone systems and chemicals serves the vended, on-premises and multi-housing laundry...

WASH Acquires American Service Company

WASH Multifamily Laundry Systems, headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., recently purchased American Service Company, a route laundry provider based in Redwood City, Calif. This acquisition widens WASH's presence throughout the San Francisco Bay area. "WASH's...

Scaling Wash & Fold Operations

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Continental Promotes Marinho to Girbau Industrial Technical Service Field Manager-North America

Continental Girbau Inc. recently promoted Alessander Marinho to Girbau Industrial technical service field manager-North America. In his new role, he is responsible for coordinating and overseeing the on-site project management and technical support services required...

Laundry Owners Warehouse Adds to Services Team

Laundry Owners Warehouse, based in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., has named Robert Gonzalez its new foreman for growth and quality elevation in services. With more than 42 years of experience in delivering laundry equipment and supplies, Gonzalez is a perfect fit to spearhead...

LaundryCares Announces Free Laundry Day in New Orleans

On June 19 – the day prior to the start of Clean Show 2019 – the LaundryCares Foundation will hold a free laundry day in the show’s host city of New Orleans. This event, which will run from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., will take place at two locations simultaneously within...

Clean ’19 Sells Out Exhibit Space

With less than one month until Clean 2019 kicks off at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, exhibit space is officially sold out. The textile care industry’s premier exhibition will be held June 20-23. The 2019 edition of this event follows in the...

CG West, Elite Business Investments Host Successful Open House

Continental Girbau West and Elite Business Investments recently co-hosted the Pre-Clean Preview Open House at CG West headquarters in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. The event drew Southern California vended laundry owners and investors, who took advantage of equipment...