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LaundryCares Hosts Summit to Promote Childhood Literacy in Laundromats
What better day than Dr. Seuss' birthday to focus on childhood literacy? Last month – coinciding with the famed author's March 2nd birthday, as well as National Read Across America Day – the Coin Laundry Association's LaundryCares Foundation launched its inaugural...
The Keys to Profitable Vending
Are You Maximizing Your Laundromat's Beverage and Snack Vending Operation? Beyond washers, dryers and folding tables, perhaps the most commonly found pieces of equipment in nearly every self-service laundry are vending machines. In fact, according to recent Coin...
‘Innovation Is Not Just a Tagline’
Primus Brings More Than 100 Years of Success in Europe to the North American Commercial Laundry MarketFounded in 1911, Primus began its journey in Europe as a manufacturer of residential washing machines and household dishwashers.During the 1960s, the company realized...
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Western State Design to Host Spring Service Seminars
Western State Design has announced that it will host free service seminars in April. These events were created to help vended laundry operators learn best practices for the optimal operation and maintenance of their Dexter Laundry equipment. The training sessions will...
CLA Announces Speakers for Excellence in Laundry Conference
Every two years, the Coin Laundry Association hosts the Excellence in Laundry Conference, drawing hundreds of laundry industry professionals from across the country. The 5th biennial Excellence in Laundry Conference will bring world-class speakers and industry...
CLA Brings Together Laundry Professionals in New Jersey
Current and potential store owners, as well as laundry equipment distributors and manufacturers, gathered in Hackensack, N.J., on February 5 to network, enjoy a nice meal and sharpen their business knowledge at the most recent CLA Connect LIVE event. The program...
Industry Roundtable: Maximizing the Dry
Leading Manufacturers Weigh In on the Current State of the Vended Laundry Dryer – And Its Impact on Today’s Laundry Owners and Customers What’s really new with dryers and drying? Dryers and the very act of drying clothes and other items, by definition, represent half...
HappyNest Launches New Location in Kentucky
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has expanded into the Lexington, Ky., market. “As we build our brand in the southeast region, we have several key markets where we want to find the best operators, and Lexington is one of them,” said HappyNest founder John...
Going Full-Time
Making Laundry Your Main Gig As a part-time business on the side, a laundromat certainly checks off several of the boxes – from such tangible advantages as being a cash business with flexible scheduling for the owner, to requiring no product inventory and (depending...
For Rent
A Linen Rental Service May be the Perfect Way to Keep Your Washers Turning – And Your Business Growing Traditionally, when we speak of doing commercial accounts work in a laundromat setting, we’re most often talking about customer-owned goods. This is where the...
HappyNest Expands into Nashville Market
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has launched a new location in Nashville. “Nashville has quickly become one of the hottest spots in the country, and we wanted to be a part of the action,” said HappyNest founder John MacKrell. “The Wash House has quickly...
LaundryCares, Dexter Laundry Exchange Awards
LaundryCares Foundation Executive Vice President Dan Naumann recently visited Dexter Laundry’s headquarters in Fairfield, Iowa, to present the manufacturer with an award recognizing the company as a signature sponsor of the charitable foundation and its mission....
Wash with Wally: ‘What Should I Name My Store?’
I’m building a brand new modern laundromat in my town. It’s almost completed, but I’m still at a loss as to what I should name my new business. We’re nearly ready to install the store’s signage, yet I’m still really stuck on a name. Can you give me any ideas? I would...
Master Your Message
Proven Principles to Help You Craft More Impactful Advertising Advertising has one purpose and one purpose only – to affect someone’s behavior. You want consumers to try something different. More specifically, you want them to switch from their current laundromat to...
HappyNest Launches Detroit Location
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest recently expanded into the Detroit market. “We are starting to build our brand in middle America, and Detroit is at the heart of it all,” said HappyNest founder John MacKrell. “Aaron McLean is a great business owner, very...
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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)
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North Carolina Library Launches Laundromat-Based Literacy Program
The Wilkes County Public Library has announced a new literacy project called “Wash and Learn,” which will be based at the Wilkes Laundromat in North Wilkesboro, N.C. The library received a $3,500 Library Science and Technology Act grant to provide an early literacy...
Update on Government Relief Programs
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program expired on December 31, 2021, and is no longer accepting new loan applications or advances. However, the SBA will continue to accept and review appeal requests for loan applications...
Report: The Five Most Tax-Volatile States
Government relations firm MultiState Associates recently published its tax revenue volatility report, taking a wider view of tax policy by looking at state revenue volatility – measured by total revenue cuts and increases as a result of policy choices – from 2011 to...
LaundryCares Honors Vend-Rite’s Hansen
The LaundryCares Foundation recently honored Vince Hansen of Vend-Rite Manufacturing Company, headquartered in Cicero, Ill., with signature sponsorship recognition for his continued support of the foundation and its mission. LaundryCares Executive Vice President Dan...
Industry Mourns Dick Lutts
Laundry industry pioneer Dick Lutts recently passed away at the age of 98. Lutts, a former vice president of Salem Laundry Company in Salem, Mass., is widely credited with moving the company away from a strictly laundry delivery business model to one that also...
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The Laundry Doctor
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The Business Mind
Become a Show Off
Grab a Larger Share of Your Market Using Carefully Crafted Television Commercials During the last 15 years or so, I'll wager that I've written, directed and/or appeared in about 50 television commercials to advertise my self-service laundry business – or to help...
Wash With Wally
Wash with Wally: Battling Garment Odors, Cleaning Tablecloths and More…
I bought a laundromat a few months ago, and I have been seeing the wash-dry-fold business decrease every month. I've taken my own clothes to my store to have them washed with our drop-off service, and the clothes came out smelling quite bad - to the point where I had...
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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.
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