Stories Archive
Ask Champ - New Social Media App
July 14, 2021
2 minute Read
I’ve been seeing a lot of scuttle about a new social media app called Clubhouse. Do I need to be figuring out a way to get my business...
Read MoreMeet the Board: Stephan Weber
July 14, 2021
2 minute Read
Stephan Weber is used to traveling the globe exploring the professional car wash industry, but since the global pandemic is limiting his...
Read More5 Interesting Tech Trends
July 7, 2021
7 minute Read
BY NICK FORTUNA
Technological innovations not only take on a new importance during challenging times, they also reflect some pretty...
Full Speed Ahead
July 7, 2021
7 minute Read
BY SANDY SMITHThe struggles are there, for sure: shifting driver patterns, government-mandated shutdowns, product shortages. But where...
U.S. Car Wash Consumer Study - Summer 2020
June 16, 2021
1 minute Read
The findings are available for purchase at www.carwash.org/consumerstudy.
Tunnels of Terror
June 16, 2021
18 minute Read
BY SHANEEN CALVO
Ghoulishly haunted. Eerily scary. Frightfully exciting. Not exactly the words you might think of when describing a car...
Read MoreAsk Champ - Canopy Questions
June 16, 2021
2 minute Read
We specialize in manufacturing canopies for vacuum stations. Our business has seen exponential growth over the last 12 months ...
Read MoreTake a Tour: Swifty Car Wash Stockbridge, Georgia
May 7, 2021
1 minute Read
Year Opened:Stockbridge location:
Meet the Board - Ralph Nasca
May 7, 2021
3 minute Read
If you went to the Lucky 11 Car Wash in Dunkirk, N.Y., when Ralph Nasca was just 14 years old and saw him towel-drying cars, you might not...
Focus on Partnerships
May 7, 2021
4 minute Read
In 2002, after a 20-year career, Gary Dennis decided that investment banking just wasn’t fun anymore. So he partnered up with Chip Hackett...
Operating in the New Normal
April 2, 2021
5 minute Read
BY TOM GRESHAMAs the coronavirus spread in the United States in early March, Celebrity Car Wash in Detroit updated its exterior display...