In 2003, Ben Melendez was a 27-year-old single dad struggling to make ends meet in his hometown of El Paso, Texas. Working two jobs wasn’t...

Quick, what do Starbucks, AMC Theaters and Volvo all have in common? They have all launched subscription services recently.

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Right now, Facebook has more than 1.4 billion daily active users. While car washes might not need that many customers lining up every day,...

We occasionally provide excerpts from The Great American Car Wash Story. Former ICA Executive Director Gus Trantham and veteran commercial...

WOW Car Wash

Year opened: 2017

Number of Locations: 2, with several roll-outs in process

Building size: 4,700 square feet

Conveyor length: ...

Jaime Harris grew up in Montana before earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines. With...

I keep hearing people say it’s a great time to be in the car wash industry.

They’re not wrong.

Growth and innovation are at historic highs...

I was finally starting to see some results from my Facebook efforts. Now, I saw that Facebook changed its algorithm and that users are...

Are there times where you are not fully engaged with members of your team, a customer, or a vendor?

They talk, and you nod your head in...

Marla Mayer knows her way around a car wash. Raised in the family business in Phoenix, Mayer cut her teeth doing everything from cashiering...