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...

Metrics That Matter 

Profit, Performance, and Planning in Vended Laundry  The laundromat business is like most businesses in that you need to do a lot of things right to be successful. But how do you know if it’s working? According to successful owners, you just need to look at the...

Startup to Scale

How Western State Design Has Been Helping Laundry Businesses Thrive for More Than 50 Years   For more than five decades, Western State Design has been a leading provider of turnkey laundry solutions across the vended, on-premises, and commercial/industrial markets....

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  • Green is Good Business: Green Operations Increasingly Important to Feed Consumer Demand
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A New Phase for PWS Legacy

Brad Steinberg, Brad Pollack Now Sole Company Shareholders/Owners PWS - The Laundry Company has announced that Brad Steinberg and Brad Pollack, co-presidents of PWS, Inc., have concluded a buyout of the corporate stock holdings of Eric Steinberg and Mort Pollack,...

Equipment Marketers Appointed Electrolux, Wascomat Distributor

Laundrylux has announced that Equipment Marketers, based in Cherry Hill, N.J., is now an authorized Electrolux and Wascomat distributor for vended and on-premises laundry equipment. "We are pleased to welcome Richard and Susan LaMaina, along with the entire Equipment...

WashClub NYC Celebrates Earth Day

App-Based Laundry Service Will Plant a Tree for Every Customer Order Received in April In honor of Earth Day on April 22, WashClub NYC has announced that it will plant a tree for every customer order received this month. "We are an Earth-conscious company that...

Continental Welcomes New Vended Laundry Distributor

Manufacturer Announces Partnership with Equipment Marketers Continental Girbau Inc. has partnered with a new vended laundry distributor – Equipment Marketers, based in Cherry Hill, N.J. The distributorship will represent the ExpressWash, ExpressDry, L-Series washer,...

Eastern Funding Names New COO

Financing Company Promotes Stephen Gramaglia Eastern Funding, LLC has promoted Stephen Gramaglia to the position of chief operating officer. Formerly the company's executive vice president, Gramaglia will oversee credit operations, along with a number of the company's...

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