Stories Archive
Take A Tour - Isle of Sheppey, Kent, U.K
April 1, 2014
3 minute Read
Queenborough Services
Isle of Sheppey, Kent, U.K.
In this edition of “Take A Tour,” our exploration of car washes across the globe...
Read MoreAsk Champ - Summer 2014
April 1, 2014
2 minute Read
Champ,
I’m struggling with where to put my money when it comes to advertising. Seems like everybody is in the digital space these days. So...
Read MoreNavigating the Mentor Relationship
April 1, 2014
6 minute Read
Jerry Miller opened his first full-service car wash in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1989. When the former ICA president was preparing to start...
Read MoreFocus on The Member - Summer 2014
April 1, 2014
4 minute Read
Eric Barke
BarkeWare, LLC, (dba The Farmington Car Wash), Farmington, Minn.
Q: How did you get into the business?
A: I was looking to...
Read MoreICA Goes Abroad
April 1, 2014
11 minute Read
BACKGROUND
International Carwash Association has been periodically engaged in non-North American markets since at least the 1960s. At one...
Read MoreWin, Win
April 1, 2014
3 minute Read
In February of this year, ICA announced a new partnership with Western Carwash Association (WCA) whereby WCA would no longer sponsor its...
Read MoreThe Car Wash Show™ 2014
April 1, 2014
3 minute Read
The world’s largest car wash convention and trade show drew more than 5,600 industry professionals to Chicago March 31 - April 1 for three...
Read MoreWaterSavers Program Serves as Vehicle to Reach Consumers
April 1, 2014
4 minute Read
Prime Shine Car Wash was built around the principle of saving — money, time and water.
Since opening its first facility in 1991 in...
Read MoreBlast from the Past - Spring 2014
January 2, 2014
6 minute Read
We occasionally provide excerpts from The Great American Car Wash Story. Former ICA Executive Director Gus Trantham and veteran commercial...
Read MoreDoes A Company Really Need to Innovate?
January 1, 2014
3 minute Read
Does a company really need to innovate? This is one of the questions I am asked on a fairly regular basis. There are many folks who firmly...
Read MoreGetting to the Point of Biometrics
January 1, 2014
6 minute Read
While most people pay for coffee by pulling out the wallet, swiping a card and entering a few numbers, that’s not how it’s done in Rapid...
Read MoreThe Innovator’s DNA
January 1, 2014
7 minute Read
Is an innovator born or made? That question prompted authors Hal Gregersen, Clayton Christensen and Jeff Dyer to take on an eight-year...
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