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What Do Your Customers Think About Your Business?
July 1, 2015
9 minute Read
We’ve all seen how the expectations of our customers are constantly changing. So many customers have smartphones, which means they’re able...
Read MoreFalse Alarm
July 1, 2015
6 minute Read
During the depths of the Great Recession, carmakers wondered aloud if young Americans, the millennials, would be the generation that...
Read MoreDon’t Hate the Haters
July 1, 2015
5 minute Read
You know the type: the customers who won’t be pleased no matter how you try to satisfy them. They stand guard over their vehicle, watching...
Read MoreIP Surveillance Cameras
July 1, 2015
5 minute Read
The market for IP-based video surveillance is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.2 percent from 2013 to 2019,...
Read MoreGrit: The Underlying Problem for Car Wash Owners
July 1, 2015
4 minute Read
Grit can act like sandpaper, rubbing against the automotive paint jobs that car wash owners are trying to clean and shine. Gritty road...
Read MoreSafety Tip - Chemical Handling
July 1, 2015
1 minute Read
The United States Occupational Safety & Health Administration has modified the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to conform with the...
Read MorePricing Yourself Into Profit
July 1, 2015
6 minute Read
Pricing and split-second decisions often go hand-in-hand — but consumers should be the only ones making such quick choices.
Rafi...
Read MoreThe Car Wash Show 2015 Best Booth Award
July 1, 2015
2 minute Read
The Car Wash Show 2015 marked the inaugural year of the Brian Campbell Best Booth Award. The viewers-choice style award acknowledges a...
Read MoreBlast from the Past - Summer 2015
April 2, 2015
4 minute Read
We occasionally provide excerpts from The Great American Car Wash Story. Former ICA Executive Director Gus Trantham and veteran commercial...
Read MoreICA Honors Rising Stars
April 1, 2015
11 minute Read
Justin Salisbury
Breeze Thru Car Wash
Justin Salisbury joined the carwash industry in October 2011 as acustomer service attendant for...
Read MoreThe Day Frank Lloyd Wright Went to the Car Wash
April 1, 2015
3 minute Read
Having been a fan of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture for quite some time, I was delighted when the name came up in an interview with car...
Read MorePlanning for Disaster
April 1, 2015
6 minute Read
It was 9:09 on a Sunday morning when Larry Groipen received a call alerting him that something terrible had happened to his business, ERC...
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