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Consolidation and Culture
November 20, 2018
7 minute Read
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast,” said Peter Drucker, the author and consultant known as the father of the modern business...
Read MoreHuman Resources - Training Your Supervisors
November 20, 2018
5 minute Read
Supervisors and managers serve as a company’s direct connection to their employees. The larger the company, the more essential supervisors...
Read MoreShe IS the guy you want to talk to
November 20, 2018
2 minute Read
Nearly 100 of the car wash industry’s high-performing and high-potential women and the people who support them gathered for the first ICA...
Read MoreNot Yet Fully Charged
November 20, 2018
7 minute Read
Car wash operators are used to customers who are pressed for time and intent on getting in and out as quickly as possible, but Jacy Everett...
Read MorePayments and Payment Trends
November 20, 2018
9 minute Read
Clay Wilson, CEO and Owner of Lone Star Car Wash Systems, has been around long enough to see the car wash industry go from a cash business...
Read MoreSupplying Change
November 20, 2018
5 minute Read
The old adage, “the only constant is change,” rings especially true for suppliers in the car wash industry. Improvements in technology and...
Read MoreOceans Apart, Better Together
November 15, 2018
4 minute Read
Since 1996, the International Carwash Association (ICA) has conducted large-scale quantitative consumer research to unearth...
Read MoreCar Wash Show Australia
November 11, 2018
2 minute Read
In the first year of the partnership between International Carwash Association and Australian Carwash Association the hard work by both...
Read MoreHeading Toward a More Sustainable Future
November 11, 2018
7 minute Read
Jeffrey Shook didn’t think much about sustainability until his daughter started volunteering with environmental clubs at her high school....
Read MoreTariffs - Time to Buckle Up
November 7, 2018
7 minute Read
Over the last few months, the news has been full of stories about tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, retaliatory tariffs from...
Read MoreThe Big Boys Want In
November 7, 2018
6 minute Read
Over the past several decades, mom-and-pop operators have found car washes to be ideal family businesses because of their relatively...
Read MoreMotor City Wash Works Raises More Than 250K at Two-Day Open House Event
November 7, 2018
3 minute Read
In 2008, Motor City Wash Works, located in Wixom, Mich., started a tradition of inviting professionals from the car wash industry to their...
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