Will Walters

Laguna Auto SpaAurora, Ill.

Q: Tell us about your business.

A: We are a beach-themed, full-service car wash and detailing...

Corporate charitable contributions dipped during the recession, but they’re on the rise again, according to Maureen O’Brien,...

In 2001, Gene Krahenbuhl bought a rundown carwash in Kansas City, Mo. He renamed it All Seasons Car Wash and invested serious money to...

BRIAN GLEASON is serving in his third year on the ICA board of directors. Gleason is vice president for sales and marketing at PECO Car...

As a continuing feature to CAR WASH Magazine, we will occasionally provide excerpts from The Great American Car Wash Story. Former ICA...

Improving leadership skills allows for advancement within a company and increases the performance of those you work with. Patrick Donadio,...

There’s not a single successful business that doesn’t have at least some productive, hard-working employees. If you’ve been in business...

In 1995, two Harvard Business School professors, Collis and Montgomery, published a paper that shook the strategic planning world. The...

Are you tired of competing on price? Remember when there was only one Tide laundry detergent? When I counted last, there are now more than...

Champ, I’m really trying to create the ultimate car wash experience with my new site. What suggestions do you have to set me apart from my...

When Zep Inc. bought the vehicle-care division of Ecolab Inc. last December for about $120 million, it was hardly the standard business...

I receive about 50 legitimate business e-mails a day (along with a few hundred spam e-mails). My biggest recommendations are:

Always...