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CSC Laundry Machine Firm Up For Sale; Could Fetch $4B
Partnerships / Acquisitions // January 15, 2020

Laundry machine operator CSC ServiceWorks Inc. is up for sale and could fetch as much as $4 billion, according to those familiar with the company. CSC operates laundry machines in New York City and worldwide. The owners, Pamplona Capital Management and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan,...

Taking A Peer-To-Peer Approach To College Laundry
Retail // September 26, 2019

College students may find it challenging to do laundry between attending classes, studying for exams and working at their jobs. Washing, folding, and drying clothes takes precious time that today’s students might not have with all of their day-to-day responsibilities. The Laundry Chute aims to...

European Laundry Startups Merge To Dominate UK Market
Partnerships / Acquisitions // June 28, 2019

Laundry service startup Laundrapp announced that it has merged with its biggest competitor, Zipjet, to become the largest on-demand laundry service. Together, the companies will process over 150,000 items of laundry every month — that’s nearly 2 million clean shirts, skirts and trousers every year....

The Lure Of Laundry On Demand
Retail // February 22, 2019

It is hard to oversell the value of a good catchphrase when it comes to capturing consumers. The ability to elicit an immediate memory response with a few words is a nifty trick for the handful of brands that have pulled it off over the...

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CSC Laundry Machine Firm Up For Sale; Could Fetch $4B

January 15, 2020
Laundry machine operator CSC ServiceWorks Inc. is up for sale and could fetch as much as $4 billion, according to those familiar with the company. CSC operates laundry machines in New York City and worldwide. The owners, Pamplona Capital Management and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, are trying to find firms interested in buying CSC. Those […]

European Laundry Startups Merge To Dominate UK Market

June 28, 2019
Laundry service startup Laundrapp announced that it has merged with its biggest competitor, Zipjet, to become the largest on-demand laundry service. Together, the companies will process over 150,000 items of...

Tide Launches Omnichannel, On-Demand Laundry Service

February 20, 2019
Tide, the laundry brand owned by CPG Detergent, is introducing a service called Tide Cleaners, an on-demand dry cleaning and laundry service, at 1,000 locations in cities across the country,...

TRRIGR Launches On-Demand Laundry App For iPhone And iPod In New York

June 16, 2015
TRRIGR, a new on-demand laundry and dry cleaning service, launched an app for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch Monday (June 15) in New York. The company said in a release announcing the new app...