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....

Member Spotlight: Lab-Tested, Laundry-Approved

How Laundry Labs Plans to Change the Industry In today’s business world, efficiency and quality are paramount – and the commercial laundry industry is no exception. Recognizing the need for superior cleaning solutions specifically tailored to laundromat operators,...

PlanetLaundry Podcast

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PlanetLaundry is the official publication of CLA and is trusted by thousands of laundry professionals to deliver the latest news and industry-specific topics.

Magic in a Box

Magic in a Box

How LaundryCares Family Read, Play and Learn Centers Are Impacting Communities and Changing Lives Before jumping into the “what” and the nuts-and-bolts of the LaundryCares Family Read, Play and Learn Centers, we need to take a step back and examine the “why.” How did...

Get Down to Business

Get Down to Business

There’s Never Been a Better Time to Boost Your Bottom Line with Commercial Accounts In the laundromat business, idle machines represent missed revenue that can never be recovered. Every store operator knows that it’s all about “turns per day.” And no one understands...

‘Like a Fine Gumbo’

‘Like a Fine Gumbo’

A Literacy Theme Runs Throughout Famed New Orleans Laundromat/Restaurant Combo Jane and Scott Wolfe, who own Wash World laundromat in New Orleans, are not novices when it comes to incorporating a literacy theme into their business ventures. In fact, the Wolfes also...

Headlines

Panaram Named 2021 GNA Business Partner of the Year

Panaram International Trading Co., based in Bellville, N.J., recently received the 2021 GNA Business Partner of the Year Award for superior sales and service performance within the car wash industry. Founded by Ira A. Feinberg in 1971 and now headed by his daughter,...

EVI Industries to Acquire Clean Designs, Clean Route

EVI Industries Inc. – headquartered in Miami – recently executed a definitive agreement to acquire Clean Designs Inc. and Clean Route LLC, based in Lakewood, Colo. Known collectively as Clean Designs, the company is a distributor of commercial laundry products serving...

Not Your Father’s Laundromat Buildout

When it comes to building a new laundromat these days, it’s a whole different ballgame that it was 35, 25 or even 15 years ago. I can remember when all I needed was a clean, hand-drawn, to-scale plan with an architect’s stamp – and I could get a building permit within...

LaundroLab Partners with Brokerage

LaundroLab has teamed up with Legacy Partners, a brokerage based in Charlotte, N.C., to help elevate the franchise’s real estate strategy and accelerate growth. “Before we even thought about franchising LaundroLab, we knew we had to work with the best brokers...

White House Expands SBA Program Targeting Underserved Entrepreneurs

Vice President Kamala Harris and Isabel Guzman, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, recently announced reforms to the agency’s Community Advantage loan program, a key SBA tool for Community Development Financial Institutions, Community Development...

Currency Redesign on Schedule, Yet Still Years Away

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing has reported that the upcoming currency redesign process – including the new $20 notes to feature a likeness of Harriet Tubman – is on schedule. In 2013, the Advanced Counterfeit Deterrence Steering Committee indicated that the $10...

Laundry Capital Unveils Mural Memorializing Fire Victims

Laundry Capital Co. LLC recently hosted a memorial event at Clean Rite Center in the Bronx, N.Y., to remember the victims of a recent apartment fire in the neighborhood. On January 9, at Site 4 of Twin Parks North West – a 19-story public housing building in the Bronx...

GNA Adds New Service Support Tech

Girbau North America recently welcomed James Roberts to its service support team. As a service support technician, Roberts handles daily communications with GNA product end-users and distributor technicians to help troubleshoot and resolve laundry product technical...

Spring Cleaning

It’s Time to Refresh, Refurbish and Possibly Retool Your Laundry Business Yes, it’s that time of year again – time to clean out and organize the garage, straighten up the attic, go through all of the rooms in your house, and discard or donate any items you haven’t...

Top Tax Trends of 2022

According to MultiState Associates, a state and local government relations firm based in Alexandria, Va., here are some of the top tax trends for 2022: Record Revenues: Nearly every state has taken in record revenue. No state is projecting a budget shortfall for FY...

CCI, Curbside Laundries Announce Software Integration

Curbside Laundries has integrated its wash-and-fold point-of-sale software with the LaundryCard and FasCard payment systems from Card Concepts Inc. – with both companies’ solutions now working together to centralize purchases, account balances, refunds, reporting and...

Laundroworks, Wash-Dry-Fold POS Team Up

Laundroworks, a manufacturer of card-based payment systems for laundry machines, has partnered with laundromat point-of-sale provider Wash-Dry-Fold POS to bridge the gap between self-service and wash-dry-fold laundry. Utilizing a new integration between the two...

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This Month's Issue

 

  • Metrics That Matter: Profit, Performance, and Planning in Vended Laundry
  • Women In Laundry: Haley Gould Finds Perfect Fit
  • Company Close-Up: Company Founded to Help Small Businesses Shines
  • New Member Spotlight: How Robotics Could Change Laundromat Industry
  • And More…

THE LATEST ON LAUNDROMATS

Industry News

Laundry Luv, LaundryCares Team Up for Free Laundry Event in Texas

The LaundryCares Foundation will welcome the community of Abilene, Texas, to experience a Free Laundry and Literacy Day event at Laundry Luv on December 7. Guests can enjoy complimentary laundry services and cleaning products, plus free food and fun activities for...

Whirlpool Named to 2022 Seramount Inclusion Index

Whirlpool Corp. has been recognized as an inclusive workplace by Seramount’s sixth annual Inclusion Index. The Inclusion Index helps organizations understand trends and opportunities in demographic representation; creates a road map to drive internal change; and...

CLA Hosts Inaugural WDF Workshop

Trade Association Holds Two-Day Event Focused on Full-Service Laundry Operations Nearly 200 laundromat owners and garment-care professionals – as well as those simply doing their initial due diligence on the wash-dry-fold, pickup-and-delivery, and commercial accounts...

CSC ServiceWorks Names Co-CEOs

CSC ServiceWorks Inc. recently announced that its board of directors has appointed Eric Robinson and Rod Castellanos co-chief executive officers and members of the board. “I’m honored to join Rod as co-CEO to lead and accelerate our company toward the opportunities...

Ohio Bank Donates Books to Local Laundromats

The Kiwanis Club of Southern Hills Region in Ohio has received more than 100 books donated by the Southern Hills Bank in Georgetown. The bank recently collected books from its employees, clients and the Brown County (Ohio) Public Library. The books will be given to...

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Columns

The Laundry Doctor

Finding Your Comforter Zone

The Finer Points of Washing, Drying and Processing Comforters For the next few months, my store will be inundated with customers bringing us their comforters to wash. Comforter cleaning has grown to become a sizable segment of my operation, and it can be a hugely...

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The Business Mind

Spread Your Wings – And Don’t Look Back

Spread Your Wings – And Don’t Look Back

It May Be Time to Give Your Vended Laundry Operation a Reboot “There ain’t no future living in the past" – George “Sparky" Anderson, former Major League Baseball manager Human organisms come equipped with memories for a good reason. One is to retain things learned,...

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Wash With Wally

Viewpoint

Retooling: The Gateway to a Stronger Industry

For the past year or so, I’ve been traveling the country giving presentations on how to become a better, more successful laundry operator. I’ve been talking to store owners, distributors… basically, anyone who will listen. I’ve gone to Coin Laundry Association events,...

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