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Protecting Your Investment
How to Strategically Approach Your Laundromat’s Business Insurance Let’s face it, insurance renewals are not circled on our calendars, and it’s certainly not something we look forward to. In fact, if you’re purchasing a business, it’s probably the last hurdle to...
The Road Less Traveled
Don’t Overlook Some of the Tried-and-True Methods for Promoting Your Laundry Services It’s been said that, to be truly noticed, you have to go where everyone else isn’t. I once met the governor of New Jersey and got her autograph at a campaign stop at a local...
Setting the Standard
Laundromat Owner’s Journey of Innovation, Excellence and Growth Art Jaeger’s plan for his Simi Valley Laundry Center has always been crystal clear. “Our philosophy is that we want to be the biggest and the best in whatever community we serve,” explained Jaeger, of the...
Headlines
Eastern Funding Adds Brendan Ristaino to Commercial Financing Sales Team
Eastern Funding LLC, a financial lender to laundromats and other businesses, recently announced that Brendan Ristaino has joined the company as a loan officer. Ristaino joins Eastern Funding with several decades of experience in the laundry industry. He began his...
Paystri Introduces New Program to Protect Laundry Owners from Chargebacks
Paystri, a payment processing company based in Salem, Mass., has launched Laundry Guard, a new program created to protect its laundry-owner customers who utilize Card Concepts Inc. payment equipment from chargebacks and fees that cut into profits. According to...
Milnor Promotes Brock Pellerin to Vice President
Pellerin Milnor Corp., headquartered in Kenner, La., has announced the promotion of Brock Pellerin to the position of vice president. Pellerin began his career with Milnor in 2006 as a member of the company’s Application Engineering Department. However he previously...
LG Expands Relationship with WASH
LG Electronics recently announced that it has grown its relationship with WASH, one of the largest laundry route businesses in North America. The new agreement will enable LG to increase its position within the multi-family housing and university dormitory laundry...
Eastern Funding Launches Workshop Series for Laundry Businesses
Industry financial lender Eastern Funding LLC recently announced the launch of its latest round of workshops for laundry businesses. These in-person sessions are designed to provide a forum for laundry owners, prospective investors, and other industry participants...
The Many Faces of Pickup and Delivery
A Look at Some of the Various Laundry PUD Business Models John MacKrell likes to quote the following statistic: doing laundry is the second-most-disliked chore in the United States – behind cleaning toilets. Although we don’t know exactly what this tidbit means for...
Cents Announces Reserve with Google Integration
Laundry business management provider Cents recently announced that it has been named the inaugural booking provider for the laundry industry on Reserve with Google. Reserve with Google offers industries like restaurants, salons, and contractors the ability to book...
Cents, LaundryCares Join Forces to Launch Charitable Donation Program
Business management platform Cents and the LaundryCares Foundation have teamed up. Thanks to this newly formed partnership, laundromat visitors across the United States can contribute to the LaundryCares mission through a pioneering round-up program, which allows...
CLA Names Executive Vice President
The Coin Laundry Association has promoted Danielle Bauer, CAE to the position of executive vice president. Bauer most recently served as the association’s director of membership and education. In her new role, she will oversee CLA’s marketing and communications,...
PayRange, KioSoft Settle Patent Dispute
Payment providers PayRange Inc. and KioSoft Technologies have settled a four-year patent dispute over mobile payment technology used to enable consumers to pay self-service retail machines, including laundry and vending machines. PayRange had alleged that KioSoft and...
Know Your Customers
Here’s How to Keep Your Laundry Business Growing Steadily by Systematically Tracking Your Client Metrics “Revolve your world around your customers, and more customers will revolve around you.” – Anonymous It’s widely accepted that today’s consumers are inundated with...
Protecting Your Investment
How to Strategically Approach Your Laundromat’s Business Insurance Let’s face it, insurance renewals are not circled on our calendars, and it’s certainly not something we look forward to. In fact, if you’re purchasing a business, it’s probably the last hurdle to...
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This Month's Issue
- Artificial Intelligence: Transforming Laundry Day: The Practical Impact of AI on the Laundromat Industry
- Store Operations: The Art and Science of Managing Slip and Fall Injuries
- The Business Mind: Proven Techniques to Help Manage Your Laundry Business and Its Employees
- Women in Vended Laundry: Laundrylux’s Gianna Guerra Shares Her Outlook on the Future of Women in Laundry Leadership
- And More…
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Industry News
Drycleaning Trade Associations Team Up to Strength Industry Events
In an unprecedented move, the sponsors of the four largest regional drycleaning and laundry trade shows in the country are collaborating to strengthen these events. The South Eastern Fabricare Association, the California Cleaners Association, the Southwest Drycleaners...
Eastern Funding Bolsters Commercial Financing Sales Team
Industry financial lender Eastern Funding LLC has announced that Cameron Clark has joined the company as a loan officer. An industry veteran with more than 18 years of experience, Clark previously managed a successful family-owned distributor of commercial laundry...
Bill to Regulate Commercial Washers Introduced in Illinois
A bill has been introduced in the Illinois State Senate that would require new washing machines for both commercial and residential use to be equipped with microfiber filtration systems featuring a mesh size of not greater than 100 micrometers. This legislation,...
Pending Legislation Seeks to Extend Sales Tax to Laundromats in Nebraska
As part of the 2024 legislative session, various lawmakers in Nebraska have introduced no fewer than eight bills that seek to expand the sales tax base within the state. Currently, self-service laundry is exempt from the collection of sales tax in Nebraska. However,...
Wash-Dry-Fold POS Unveils New Logo, Brand Refresh
Since its inception in 2016, the Wash-Dry-Fold POS logo has been characterized by a simple icon of a desktop computer on top of washer icon in navy blue and off-white. Celebrating the transition to the modern hardware and cloud-based software it now sells, the...
FROM YOUR FAVORITE INDUSTRY EXPERTS
Columns
The Laundry Doctor
Locked and Loaded
Are Lockers the Answer to Building a Profitable, Round-the-Clock WDF Operation? I’ve recently had a number of store owners approach me about the use of lockers for their laundry operations. At The Laundry Doctor, we’ve been utilizing lockers to help facilitate the...
The Business Mind
Vive La Différence
How to Use Diversity Marketing to Boost Sales and Grow Your Laundry Business For a long time, marketing efforts for companies big and small had one major common denominator. Essentially, they all targeted an older, white audience. Years ago, this strategy may have...
Wash With Wally
Wash with Wally: The Keys to Cleaning Cloth Restaurant Napkins
I have potential commercial account that would require us to launder cloth napkins for an Italian restaurant. The napkins are red and most certainly will have oil and other food stains. The client wants these napkins laid out flat for delivery. What are the best...
Viewpoint
What’s Your Secret Sauce?
In researching and writing the July cover story on the use of ozone in laundromats, one main theme kept popping up among everyone I spoke with – differentiation. Of course, some laundromat owners have been incorporating ozone into their operations for years. And,...
Digital Marketing
Cooking Up Success with Your Laundry Promotions
Creating Irresistible Promotional Programs for Your Business I love cooking. But, to be honest, I’m not a huge fan of following recipes to the T. I prefer to keep it simple and to add my own twist with different ingredients – a dash of this, a sprinkle of that… and...
Strategic Corporate Allies Program
Our Strategic Corporate Allies support CLA’s mission through advocacy, education, and innovation to strengthen the industry, advance our members’ businesses, and prepare the next generation of laundry professionals for the future.
Interested in becoming a Strategic Corporate Ally of CLA? Contact President & CEO, Brian Wallace via email at [email protected] or call (630) 491-0499.
