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The Buyer’s Journey to Your Door
Once You Understand How Customers Find Your Laundry, the Goal Should Be to Make It Easy for Others to Follow in Their Footsteps Anyone who's ever walked into your laundry has a story behind how they got there, and you'd do well to listen to them whenever you get the...
Business Bio: Laundromart
Philip Kodroff Laundromart Hollywood, Fla. Before Getting into the Laundry Business… Kodroff was a corporate executive in the fashion industry. Store Opening April 20, 2016 Business Hours 24 hours a day. The laundry is open every day, except for Christmas Day. Staff...
Embracing Change
A Look at Massachusetts-Based Changer Manufacturer Triad Design Group Triad Design Group, headquartered in Littleton, Mass., has been involved with developing products that dispense coins and currency since 1975 – although not always specifically for the self-service...
Headlines
CLA Announces 2019 Board of Directors
Trade Group Adds Three Store Owners and a Distributor to Its Current Board Lineup For 2019, the Coin Laundry Association has added four new laundry professionals to two-year terms on its Board of Directors. These new directors include one distributor and three store...
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,...
W-D-F 2.0
What Does the Future Hold for the Wash-Dry-Fold Business? As I’ve been saying in this column for several years, the wash-dry-fold business continues to grow, morph and evolve into something new seemingly each time we look in a different direction. The future of...
Procter & Gamble Announces National Expansion of Tide Laundry Service
Procter & Gamble’s popular Tide brand is aggressively targeting today’s urban Millennial and Gen Z consumers, with the national expansion of its pickup-and-delivery laundry service. Tide plans to double its pickup locations to more than 2,000 by next year, after...
Free Laundry Day Scheduled for Durham, N.C.
On Saturday, February 23, The Wash House Laundromats will host a LaundryCares Free Laundry Day at its two locations in Durham, N.C., from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The two locations are: The Wash House, 2000 Chapel Hill Rd., Durham, N.C. The Wash House, 1839 Liberty St.,...
American Changer Acquires Rowe
American Changer Corp., headquartered in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., has finalized an asset purchase agreement with Rowe Bill Changers, LLC, a manufacturer of self-serve money changers for the coin laundry industry, as well as the carwash, amusement and vending markets. The...
EVI Acquires PAC Industries
Laundry equipment distributor EVI Industries, formerly EnviroStar, recently acquired PAC Industries of Harrisburg, Pa., for $12.85 million. EVI, headquartered in Miami, has purchased all of the outstanding shares of PAC’s common stock as part of the agreement – $6.4...
Laundry Owners Warehouse Releases New Short Film
Laundry Owners Warehouse, based in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., has announced the newest release in its current series of short films. This latest release features second-generation American Alberto Mosconi. The short film has been released exclusively on the Laundry Owners...
CLA Brings Together Laundry Professionals in the Southeast
Current and potential laundry owners, distributors and manufacturers gathered in Atlanta on January 30 and in Orlando on January 31 to network, enjoy a nice meal and broaden their marketing skills at the first CLA Connect LIVE events of 2019. Both events featured...
Electrolux Professional to Become Public Company in 2020
Electrolux Professional, the professional laundry and professional kitchen equipment division of Electrolux, has initiated the process of becoming a stand-alone public company in 2020. “Electrolux Professional is the only supplier in the professional appliances space...
Laundry One Announces Spring Service Seminars
Laundry One will host basic and advanced service schools for vended laundry operators this spring at the company’s training center in Canal Winchester, Ohio. The basic service seminar will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 3, while the advanced session is...
Alliance Laundry Systems to Acquire Commercial & Coin Laundry Equipment Co.
Alliance Laundry Systems has reached an agreement to purchase Commercial & Coin Laundry Equipment Co. The deal is expected to be finalized for closing in early March. Headquartered in Gulf Breeze, Fla., CLEC recently expanded into the Texas market and is one of the...
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This Month's Issue
- Beyond Our Borders: A Look at the International Laundromat Market
- Business Management: How a POS System Can Add Value for You and Your Customers
- Guest Feature: Embracing Technology – The Digital Evolution of the Laundromat Industry
- Women in Vended Laundry: An Interview with Lisa Mahan of Daniels Equipment Company
- And More…
THE LATEST ON LAUNDROMATS
Industry News
PayRange Among Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500
PayRange – a provider of mobile payment options for the laundromat business, as well as for vending, amusement and other small-ticket merchants – recently was ranked 83rd on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media,...
COVID Relief: What It Means for You and Your Business
President Trump has signed the $900 billion Consolidated Appropriations Act – or COVID-19 relief bill – which provides stimulus payments to eligible individuals, extended weekly unemployment benefits and more than $300 billion in aid for small business. This...
CLA Advocates Vaccine Priority for Laundromat Staff
With the first COVID-19 vaccines now getting to frontline healthcare workers and those living and working in nursing home facilities, the further prioritization of essential workers for vaccination has become the next hurdle. The Centers for Disease Control’s Advisory...
HappyNest Launches New Houston Location
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest recently announced its further expansion into the Houston market. “We already have a terrific partner in Glenn Catlin serving the Houston metro area, so to have Stephanie Arnett join us to serve the inner loop community is...
PWS to Develop Five New Laundromats in California
PWS Inc. has announced that it will develop five new vended laundry locations across California, with another two locations in final lease negotiations. The new stores will serve customers in Angels Camp, Citrus Heights, Modesto, Orange and Salinas. Most of them will...
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Columns
The Laundry Doctor
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The Business Mind
Dealing with Change (No Matter What Life Throws at You)
Change is Omnipresent, and It's Not Going Away - Embrace It! "When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves." - Dr. Viktor Frankl, noted Austrian psychiatrist Did you know that the word "change"is one of the most commonly used...
Wash With Wally
Wash with Wally: Thoughts on Free Dry
I own a laundry business that has been in my family for 40 years. Although it does well, someone is building a new self-service laundry just a mile and a half away from my store. I've been considering offering free dry. What do you think about this strategy? I think...
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.
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