Eric Barke

BarkeWare, LLC, (dba The Farmington Car Wash), Farmington, Minn.

Q: How did you get into the business?

A: I was looking to...

BACKGROUND

International Carwash Association has been periodically engaged in non-North American markets since at least the 1960s. At one...

In February of this year, ICA announced a new partnership with Western Carwash Association (WCA) whereby WCA would no longer sponsor its...

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...

Prime Shine Car Wash was built around the principle of saving — money, time and water.

Since opening its first facility in 1991 in...

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

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...

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...

Is an innovator born or made? That question prompted authors Hal Gregersen, Clayton Christensen and Jeff Dyer to take on an eight-year...

The Russian car wash industry has potential investors looking at the market as a possible next investment in major growth in the car wash...

Innovation experts tell us that failure is part of the innovation process. But companies with fewer innovation failures succeed more often...

As featured in last Spring’s cover story, “Smarten Up,” car wash operators have joined the broader business-intelligence (BI) movement,...