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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Let the Buyer Beware

Let the Buyer Beware

What You Should Never Do When Looking to Purchase an Existing Laundromat In recent years, thanks in part to writing for this magazine, as well as getting the opportunity to speak to store owners through the Coin Laundry Association’s Connect LIVE program, I’ve been...

Staying Power

Staying Power

Looking Ahead to the Future of Laundromats The coronavirus outbreak has significantly impacted all of our lives in some way or another. Some of us have witnessed the dangers of this virus first-hand and the very real health concerns it presents. Many others have lost...

HR in the Age of COVID-19

HR in the Age of COVID-19

An Interview with Human Resources Expert Claudia St. John Claudia St. John is the founder and president of Affinity HR Group Inc., a national human resources and management consulting firm specializing in hiring, recruiting, HR compliance and employee engagement....

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Marketing Lessons from an Up-and-Down Year (Part 1)

Connecting with Customers During a Time When Connection Has Never Been More Challenging What a year! 2021 has been one for the record books, and it feels as though it flew by. Just like any other year, we’ve learned a lot about how audiences are responding to...

Whirlpool’s Care Counts Program Expands into South America

Whirlpool Corp. has announced that the brand's Care Counts laundry program will expand into its first international market in 2022 – Colombia. The program, which launched in the U.S. in 2015, was created to remove a key barrier to school attendance – access to clean...

SLE Honors Orlando Consultant with Industry Service Award

Statewide Laundry Equipment recently honored Rusty Parks, an Orlando-based consultant for the company, with its highly coveted Industry Service Award for his exemplary dedication to customer service and industry improvement. A member of the SLE team servicing the...

Spend Your Marketing Dollars Wisely

What Are You Getting in Return for Your Wash-Dry-Fold Promotional Budget? Business owners love to discuss and ruminate on what it costs to acquire a new customer. In the drycleaning world, the generally accepted figure is approximately $50 per customer. In the laundry...

CLA ‘Elevates’ the Laundry Industry

The Coin Laundry Association held its inaugural ELEVATE conference on November 10-12 in Huntington Beach, Calif. at the beautiful Pasea Hotel & Resort. ELEVATE provided attendees the opportunity to meet more than 80 store owners representing over 300 stores and...

The Headlines That Shaped the Year in Laundry (Part 1)

The Four Most Prominent Story Lines Impacting Owners in 2021 If this were a typical year, we’d likely be using these pages to recap a successful Clean Show. However, 2021 – much like its predecessor – was anything but typical. Early on, it became apparent that Clean...

Healthcare Startup Brings Community Wellness to Laundromats

Fabric Health, a healthcare startup founded in Philadelphia earlier this year, is working to close gaps in community care and to make healthcare more accessible to busy, low-income families. And it’s doing so by transforming neighborhood laundromats into community...

College Student Launches Laundromat Literacy Program

The idea of transforming a corner of Family Pride Laundry in Springfield, Ill., into a learning space where children can read began with a local college student, according to a recent article in Illinois Times. “I was really attracted to it because I love working with...

SBA Proposes Modified Size Standards

The U.S. Small Business Administration has issued a proposal to modify two of the methods the organization uses to qualify which businesses classify as “small businesses” for SBA loan and investment programs, as well as for government contracts. The proposed changes...

PlanetLaundry Podcast Episode 25: An Interview with Jim Whitmore

Welcome to the Planet Laundry Podcast – brought to you by PlanetLaundry, the magazine of the Coin Laundry Association. In this episode, Brian Wallace, president and CEO of the Coin Laundry Association, interviews Jim Whitmore, owner of Fresh Express Laundry Center in...

‘Learning in Everyday Spaces’

New Partnerships Forged at 4th Annual Summit, Hosted by LaundryCares and Too Small to Fail At the 4th annual Learning in Everyday Spaces Summit – held September 21, 23 and 28, and hosted by the Coin Laundry Association’s LaundryCares Foundation and the Clinton...

EVI Industries Sets First Quarter Records

EVI Industries Inc. reports that it has achieved record revenue, gross profit, gross margin, operating profit, net income and adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended September 30, 2021 – the first quarter of the company’s fiscal year, ending June 30, 2022. The...

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  • Green is Good Business: Green Operations Increasingly Important to Feed Consumer Demand
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HappyNest Expands Presence in Tennessee

Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has expanded its availability within the Tennessee market east of Nashville through the company’s new laundromat partner, Antioch Coin Laundry. “We pride ourselves on offering unparalleled service from our staff, which...

Huebsch Honors Top Distributors

Huebsch recently honored its top-performing distributors of 2021 at an awards ceremony at the Omni Hotel in Atlanta, held in conjunction with this year’s Clean Show. The manufacturer presented Aaxon Laundry Equipment of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., with its Distributor of...

HappyNest Continues Chicago Expansion

Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has expanded within the Chicago market, now available in eastern portion of the city through its new laundromat partner, Easy Clean Laundry. The company had expanded westward earlier this year. “HappyNest was the obvious...

ARM & HAMMER Laundry Partners with Dress for Success

ARM & HAMMER Laundry has continued its support of Dress for Success, a global not-for-profit organization that empowers women to achieve economic independence. Building on a two-year partnership, ARM & HAMMER Laundry will serve as presenting sponsor of the...

Whirlpool Named One of the Top Companies for Multicultural Women

Whirlpool Corp. recently was recognized as one of Seramount’s 2022 Best Companies for Multicultural Women. The award recognizes companies that create and use the best hiring practices while retaining and promoting multicultural women in the United States. “Inclusion...

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The Laundry Doctor

The Three ‘P’s of Wash-Dry-Fold

Packaging, a Personal Touch and a POS System are Keys to Boosting Your Drop-Off Laundry Business In the next five years, you may not recognize the wash-dry-fold business. It very likely will be growing significantly in just about every market. Most of this growth will...

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The Business Mind

Pulling the ‘Trigger’

Seven Psychological Triggers Sure to Boost Your Customer Acquisition MarketingWould you like to know how to attract more customers by understanding what piques their interest in your laundry business?For several years, I have written that the key to successfully...

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Wash With Wally

Viewpoint

In the Service of Others

As we wind down the selection process for the Coin Laundry Association's 2017 Board of Directors, I'm reminded of the many directors who have donated their time and talents to this organization over the years. Our Board does so much more than just oversee the...

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