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Building Culture from the Ground Up with Kate Wolfe
Kate Wolfe came to the laundry industry the way many do, by following a thread of curiosity until it became a plan. A TikTok video about passive income sent her down a research rabbit hole, and within a year or two she had identified a laundromat near her home in Pennsylvania, arranged financing, and called the owner before her husband even knew what was happening.
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Columns and DepartmentsGrowing Full-Service Laundry Revenue — One Stage at a Time
Tyler Willman, Continental Laundry Solutions regional sales manager, works closely with vended laundry owners and distributors to provide laundry solutions and service recommendations to boost revenue…
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Partner PerspectiveFrom the Front Desk to the Plant Floor: CleanCloud’s Physical Evolution
A few months ago, I stood in the back of a high-volume wash-dry-fold operation in New Jersey and watched an employee wrestle with a faded barcode on a 30-pound duffel bag. She tilted the tag under a f…
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Columns and DepartmentsFrom Farm Kid to 22 Locations: How One Operator Used Technology to Build a Modern Laundromat Empire
Dillan Smith thought he was buying a semi-passive business. What he built instead was a technology-driven operation that’s redefining what modern laundromat ownership looks like.
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Laundry BusinessLeading Talent From 1,000 Miles Away Taught Me More Than Any Office Ever Did
The moment I realized talent would make or break my business was not during a hiring decision or a termination conversation, but standing in my kitchen, a thousand miles away from my laundromats, star…
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Sponsored ContentWhere Dependability Meets Everyday Performance
When Maytag Commercial Laundry expanded its multi-load lineup, the objective was straightforward: provide a wider capacity range, dependable performance and a cohesive washer-dryer platform.
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Laundry BusinessHow Much Is your Laundry Worth? Part 1
In this multi-part series, we’re exploring the most common metrics together and arm ourselves with the best possible understanding of how, when and why each part of the valuation is used.
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News
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A New Dean at Laundry University
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CLA Advocacy Has Saved Laundromat Owners and Customers $7.4 Billion, Report Finds
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Wash-Dry-Fold POS Names Ian Gollahon CEO as It Incorporates for Growth
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Twenty-Seven Tons of Laundry Washed During National Free LIteracy and Laundry Day
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Continental Laundry Solutions Expands Its Team With Four Key Hires
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Cents Raises $140 Million from Sumeru Equity Partners to Drive Innovation for Laundry Operators
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Whirlpool Earns a Spot on TIME’s Most Iconic Companies List — and Laundry Is Part of the Legacy


