Strategy Everyone's Doing Wash and Fold. Almost None Run the Same Business. The CLA 2025 survey shows what that pricing spread is already doing to margins, and where it's headed. By Waleed Cope / 20 Sep 2026
Strategy / Paid-only Why Long-Horizon Operators Buy From Short-Horizon Sellers Downturns are the window where the long-horizon operator harvests what the short-horizon operator built. By Waleed Cope / 13 Sep 2026
The Signal / Paid-only EVI's Q4 shows the profit engine they've been building toward Sales up 11%, adjusted EBITDA up 26%, and the earnings power EVI has been describing for years is finally visible in a single quarter. By Waleed Cope / 10 Sep 2026
Industry / Paid-only How the Word "Sophisticated" Rewrote Who Counts in Our Industry The term originally came from securities law with a specific meaning. Somewhere along the way, we adopted a different one. By Waleed Cope / 6 Sep 2026
Finance What 8,042 federal loans say about buying a laundromat One in 3 approved in 2006 ended in a write-off, and the ones since 2021 are only now entering the same timeframe. By Waleed Cope / 30 Aug 2026
Client Experience / Paid-only Why Community-Focused and Community-Embedded Laundromats Aren't the Same The industry uses one word for both. The research shows they're running different businesses. By Waleed Cope / 23 Aug 2026
The Signal / Paid-only Alliance grew 7% last quarter. Half of it was pricing. Alliance told investors these price increases are already in place and protected by tariffs and their manufacturing setup, and raised what they expect to earn this year. By Waleed Cope / 19 Aug 2026
Ownership / Paid-only The Owners Who Chose to Buy a Job Michael Huang has run a small Brooklyn laundromat for over 30 years. He'd never call what he does a job. By Waleed Cope / 16 Aug 2026
Industry / Paid-only Is Our Industry Built on Data or on Selection Bias? A confident retool claim at an industry event and what the numbers look like when I went looking for data. By Waleed Cope / 9 Aug 2026
The Signal / Paid-only EVI/Sudsies: the distributor crosses the aisle $34.6 million, 98% cash. $7.1 million goes to the founder personally, separate from the business. By Waleed Cope / 4 Aug 2026
Strategy A Case for a Better Buying Experience in Laundromat Equipment You can spend more on equipment than a Ferrari. Why is their buying experience better? By Waleed Cope / 2 Aug 2026
