By Lilly Chapa

When Ryan Cadle was four years old, he faced a rite of passage that many people experience early in life: a ride through a...

By Elsbeth Russell

Ernie Ionno has been working at car washes for nearly his entire adult life.

He started out at the age of 23 by...

“HELP, I’m drowning.”

It’s a cry out you hear every day.

A cry from business leaders drowning in data.

The dawn of the information age and...

“Alexa, pay for car wash.”

With this simple command, a customer can initiate a wash, choose a package and pay for the service all without...

It’s common knowledge that LED lighting is the most energy efficient source for illumination, saving car wash owners on electricity...

By Nicole Nelson

As a general rule, John Stengel isn’t one to make generalized statements. However, this cybersecurity veteran doesn’t...

Q. Tell me about your path into the car wash industry.

A. In 1966, my grandfather Richard Baright noticed a self-serve car wash being built...

By Tom Gresham

Duallies and lowrider

Automatic car washes that use a traditional roller track system often make clear that they cannot...

By Paige McAllister, SPHR, SHRM-SCP

Clean up your compliance.

Laws, best practices, and companies change from year-to-year. Take this time...

By Nick Fortuna

Using Video Intelligence

When Tanuj Thapliyal, Rish Gupta and Sud Bhatija were graduate students at Stanford University,...

By Lilly Chapa

Iona Kearney

Operations Manager at Speedy Sparkle Car Wash

Berthoud, Colo.

“Iona started working at my full service car...

By Sheryl L. Jackson

One of the most difficult decisions a car wash owner has to make is when and how to exit a business that he or she has...