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Industry Roundtable: What’s Next for the Laundry Business?
Leading Manufacturers Weigh In on the Current State of the Vended Laundry Industry – And Where They See It HeadedWhat's ahead for the vended laundry industry?The resurgent U.S. economy of recent years has strengthened and grown the laundromat business in nearly every...
Business Bio: Happy Life Laundromat
Matt Clark and Brian Harrington Happy Life Laundromat Cherry Valley, Ill.Before Getting Into the Laundry Business…Matt and Brian were involved in self-storage management and construction.Store OpeningJanuary 14, 2018Business Hours8:00 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily...
Making Connections, Part 4
The Basics of Setting Up a Secure, Successful Wireless Network at Your Laundry Business[This is the fourth in a series of articles written to offer helpful suggestions about where to begin and how to better manage an existing or planned Wi-Fi network. Among the topics...
Headlines
GNA Promotes Kuffel to Senior Management Role
Girbau North America has promoted Pamela Kuffel to the position of director of strategic business efficiencies and solutions. In her new role, she is responsible for partnering with leadership to identify and execute solutions that drive business value and result in...
CLA Brings Together Laundry Professionals in the Southeast
Current and potential laundry owners, as well as industry distributors and manufacturers, gathered in Nashville, Tenn., on February 26 for the first-ever CLA Connect LIVE program in this area. The event featured speaker Joy Collins, digital marketing manager at...
Meeting Families Where They Are: The Powerful Role of Laundromats
Please take a moment to picture the face of a child you care about. This child may be your own son or daughter, a niece or nephew, grandchild, a youth you may have coached, or a little one who runs into your laundromat with her mom each week. I think of my own two...
SPYNR Names New Project Manager
SPYNR has appointed Trey Bowden its new project manager. Bowden, who joined the digital marketing firm late last year, is already helping manage client campaigns and projects, according to company owner and founder Dennis Diaz. Bowden brings to SPYNR more than 20...
The Art of Primal Persuasion
Here’s How to Influence Customer Buying Behavior through the Principles of Neuroscience It’s a most unfortunate fact that literally billions of dollars are wasted on advertisements across all industries – including the vended laundry business – that simply fall short...
Girbau North America Adds New Staffers
Girbau North America recently welcomed several new team members. They are: Jacob Bruneau, shipping and receiving specialist; Amy Bartol, consumer finance associate; Anjelynn Coyne, inside sales associate; Brett Lobajeski, GNA technical field support specialist; and...
HappyNest Launches New Location in Florida’s Broward County
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest recently expanded into Florida’s Broward County market. “We have been very successful at finding the best partners in the Florida market, and Lon Gopie is no different,” said HappyNest founder John MacKrell. “He has built...
CLA Releases ‘The Best of Wash with Wally’
The Coin Laundry Association has released “The Best of Wash with Wally,” a printed collection of many of the highlights of PlanetLaundry magazine’s popular and long-running garment care column, “Wash with Wally. The monthly Q&A column is written by laundromat...
You’re Invited: 2020 Excellence in Laundry Conference
A Video Invitation CLA President and CEO Brian Wallace gives a brief overview of what you can expect at the 2020 Excellence in Laundry Conference. Best of the Best The 2020 Excellence in Laundry Conference will bring together top laundry professionals,...
EVI to Acquire Commercial Laundry Equipment Company
EVI Industries Inc., headquartered in Miami, has executed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of Commercial Laundry Equipment Company Inc., a distributor of vended and on-premises laundry products based in...
Girbau Group Names Joris as President
Commercial and industrial laundry equipment manufacturer Girbau has appointed Serge Joris as the company’s new president. Joris’ professional career spans more than 25 years of working internationally in key roles at companies in the technology and industry sectors....
Upgrading Your Laundromat
Five Steps to a Successful Retooling Project Since opening my first laundromat – O-Town Laundry in Salt Lake City – approximately five years ago, I’ve retooled three more stores, am currently building two stores and have three more waiting in the wings. Working with...
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This Month's Issue
- Tech on the Rise: How Operators Are Using Innovation to Run Smarter, Faster Laundromats: From AI phone systems to real-time data tracking, operators and suppliers share how technology is reshaping the modern laundry business and what’s coming next.
- Business Profile: Delivering a Superior
Laundry Experience - Member Spotlight: Rick Rome –
Innovating Laundry, One Customer at a Time - Guest Column: How AI Changed Google Reviews (What Laundromat Owners Need to Know)
- And More…
THE LATEST ON LAUNDROMATS
Industry News
Aaxon Holds Tech Training, Presents Service Awards
Aaxon Laundry Systems, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., conducted technician training for its service team this past December at the company’s Laundry Lab. The event also featured the presentation of five-, 10-, 15- and 20-year service awards, which were given...
LIG Health and Wellness Roundup: Winter 2022 Edition
The Coin Laundry Association, in collaboration with LIG Solutions, offers various health insurance programs, including a new prescription drug benefit, for CLA members, as well as their families and employees. LIG wants you and your family to stay healthy this winter,...
Automatic Laundry Names Chief Operating Officer
Automatic Laundry, headquartered in Newton, Mass., has promoted Scott Scarpato Jr. to the position of chief operating officer. For the last six years, Scarpato Jr. has worked in numerous roles within the company, including field service, logistics and finance. Since...
CSC ServiceWorks Announces Technology Acquisitions
CSC ServiceWorks Inc. – which delivers technology-enabled laundry services within the multifamily and academic housing markets – recently announced the closing of its acquisition of Happily Inc. (dba One Tap Away), as well as the principal assets of The Laundry Chute,...
Cents Partners with Atmosphere TV
Cents has announced an exclusive partnership with Atmosphere TV, which will provide laundromat owners with the ability to offer television entertainment to their customers, as well as to run their own marketing promotions. Cents, a business management and in-store...
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The Laundry Doctor
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The Business Mind
‘Good Enough’ Just Isn’t
When It Comes to Managing Your Laundry Business, Success Is In the Details If I had a dollar for every time I've heard a laundry owner say, "Heck, that's good enough," when referring to some specific aspect of his or her laundry business – rather than working just a...
Wash With Wally
Wash with Wally: Mattress Pads, Mildew Odor and More…
I'm toying with the idea of opening a store that caters strictly to drop-off laundry customers, with no self-service business at all. The location I'm considering is densely populated, with residents in the upper-middle income range. What do you think? The drop-off...
Viewpoint
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Digital Marketing
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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.
