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Clean ’19: The Big Show Visits The Big Easy
New Orleans to Host Laundry Industry’s Largest Trade Show and Convention The Crescent City, The Birthplace of Jazz, Mardi Gras City, The City That Care Forgot, America’s Most Interesting City, Hollywood South… and, of course, The Big Easy. New Orleans is referred to...
Three Keys to a Thriving Laundry Business
Store Owners Who Focus on These Critical Aspects of Their Operations Will Dramatically Boost Their Odds of Long-Term Success You’ve opened a laundromat! Congratulations! As a small-business owner, you are among the 13.3 percent of people in the United States who own...
Are You Covered?
Five Business Insurance Questions New Laundry Owners Must Ask When thinking about purchasing a vended laundry, insurance very likely is not at the top of your to-do list. However, it’s probably more important than you think, as insurance coverage for your store is...
Headlines
CG West Hosts Educational Session on Laundromat Cleaning
Continental Girbau West, headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., recently hosted “Laundromat Cleaning by Design,” an educational presentation for laundromat owners. The session focused on cleaning and disinfecting hard surfaces, choosing the proper chemistry for...
The Dedication of CLA Volunteers
The Coin Laundry Association could not end our Month of Thanks without recognizing our most valuable asset – our volunteers. From the members who contributed their time to LaundryCares events to those who have served as speakers for our events or authors of articles...
PWS Expands Commercial Laundry Services Team
Commercial laundry equipment distributor PWS recently added four new members to its laundry services team, which boasts more than 250 years of industry experience. The new staffers will enable PWS to provide its customers with more localized and personal service from...
CLA Members Give Back to Their Communities
As the Coin Laundry Association celebrates the third week in our “Month of Thanks” to show our appreciation for our members and the industry, we would like to recognize some of our members across the country and the ways they have graciously given back to their...
Mountain Electronics Acquires ALJ Electronics
Mountain Electronics, headquartered in Burnsville, N.C., has acquired ALJ Electronics/ALJCO. “Al Johnson, founder of ALJ Electronics in the 1980s, was a pioneer in the laundry electronics repair industry,” according to a statement released by Mountain Electronics....
Rinse Acquires Dryv in Continued Expansion Effort
Laundry and drycleaning delivery service Rinse recently acquired Dryv, a Chicago-based, on-demand drycleaning and laundry provider. Dryv is the latest in a series of acquisitions for Rinse. In addition, the company purchased OffToYou earlier this year, Cleanly’s San...
Volunteers and Donors Contribute to LaundryCares’ Growth and Success
The Coin Laundry Association is celebrating a “Month of Thanks” in November to show its appreciation for its members and the industry. The CLA is thankful for the volunteers, donors and other literacy organizations that helped to make the LaundryCares Foundation a...
Clean Show Postponed Until Summer 2022
Messe Frankfurt has announced that the 2021 edition of The Clean Show will be postponed due to the continued global impact of COVID-19. The next edition will be held July 30-August 2, 2022, in Atlanta. After months of strategic conversations with Messe Frankfurt’s...
Speed Queen Adds Daniels Equipment to Distributor Network
Speed Queen recently added Daniels Equipment Company to its distributor network. Daniels Equipment, based in Auburn, N.H., will represent the brand throughout New England – including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut. The...
The Heroes Among Us
Saluting Just a Few of the Many Military Veterans Who Continue to Serve… Now as Part of the Laundry Industry On the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or truce, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany, ending the First World War....
PlanetLaundry Podcast, Episode 15: How’s Business During COVID-19?
In this episode, the conversation between PlanetLaundry Editor Bob Nieman and Brian Wallace, President/CEO of the Coin Laundry Association, continues in this "How's Business?" segment where questions about the coin shortage and other COVID-19 related issues are...
Speed Queen Offers Free Laundromat Technology Webinar
Speed Queen has made a new webinar recording available for free to laundromat owners and investors interested in learning about technology. The “Technology and Your Laundromat” webinar introduces the wide range of technology available to store owners. It looks at some...
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Industry News
GNA Recognizes Lavanett as 2021 Canadian Distributor of the Year
Girbau North America recently presented Lavanett – based in St. Laurent, Quebec – with its second consecutive Canadian Distributor of the Year Award. Led by Earl Eichen, Lavanett was recognized for exemplary performance in the vended and on-premises laundry markets...
EVI Industries Acquires Laundry South, Expands into Mississippi
EVI Industries Inc. has acquired Laundry South Systems & Repair, based in Pearl, Miss. The deal marks EVI’s 19th laundry distributor acquisition. The addition of Laundry South expands EVI’s sales and service operations into the state of Mississippi and increases...
GNA’s Gary Clark Announces Retirement
Gary Clark, the technical service manager for Girbau North America, has retired after 27 years with the company. Clark started at GNA during its formation in 1995 and was among the first employees hired. “We’ve all been fortunate to work alongside Gary, to get to know...
Curbside Laundries, SpyderWash Announce System Integration
Curbside Laundries has announced that it has integrated with Setomatic’s SpyderWash payment system. This integration enables customers using SpyderWash cards to pay for items at the Curbside Laundries’ POS system. “Customers love the convenience SpyderWash offers,...
Report: Many Americans Moving Out of Urban Counties
More than two-thirds of large urban counties saw their populations decline in 2021, according to a recent report by the Economic Innovation Group, using federal statistics. This marked the first time in 50 years that counties with an urban center and more than 250,000...
FROM YOUR FAVORITE INDUSTRY EXPERTS
Columns
The Laundry Doctor
Control Your Own Destiny
Originally posted - Oct 08, 2013 In last month's column, I wrote about the five biggest mistakes you can make when running your drop-off laundry business. One of the pitfalls I warned against was letting your employees work for themselves – essentially allowing your...
The Business Mind
The Power of Optimism
11 Strategic Steps for Developing a More Positive Outlook on Life and Business Permit me to set the stage for this article with a fascinating true story… The winters in Michigan can be frigid – and the winter of 1994 was no exception. As a result, Dale...
Wash With Wally
Wash with Wally: The Keys to Cleaning White Items
At my laundry, we do a lot of commercial and residential drop-off laundry. Unfortunately, I have a tough time getting white socks to look really white. Any suggestions? Also, we wash white towels for a local physical therapist. We routinely receive towels with makeup...
Viewpoint
The More People …. The More Dirty Clothes
"Demography is destiny." - William H. Frey, author of "Diversity Explosion: How New Racial Demographics are Re-making America" In the midst of the New Year's Eve hoopla, I came across a tweet in my Twitter timeline from the U.S. Census Bureau. The message exalted the...
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