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 ICA news
Get Splash! tickets today and win.Be among the next 100 people to buy tickets for Splash! in New Orleans and you could win a $100 restaurant certificate, two Café Du Monde vouchers (mmm Beignets), two aquarium passes and two hop-on hop-off tour passes.
Splash! gives you an opportunity to break away from the routines and spend time with the car wash community to refresh and find new ideas for your business.
FUN. We'll keep you connected with friends and entertained for the duration!
Join us in New Orleans, Oct. 24-25 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. We'll start with a laid back welcome event in the early evening hours Oct. 24 to give you plenty of time to arrive.
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Industry News
Source: Small Business Trends
Wages at small businesses across the country continue to rise but job growth at the same companies has stagnated, according to the latest Paychex | IHS Small Business Employment Watch.
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Source: Convenience Store Decisions
Demand for car wash services has been rising over the past decade, due to its increased convenience and greater array of budget and luxury options. Convenience store operators can clean up with a car wash, provided they do their due diligence.
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Roark Capital Group, an Atlanta-based private equity firm focused on multi-unit consumer businesses, announced today that its affiliate has closed on the previously announced acquisition of UK-based International Car Wash Group from TDR Capital LLP.
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Source: Chugiak Eagle River Star
Earlier this fall, contractors began groundwork at the future site of the Sudzy Salmon – a joint car and pet wash facility under construction in Eagle River, Alaska.
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Source: Fox 17
The third annual Haunted Car Wash happening late October at Van’s Car Wash and Quick Lube in Muskegon, Mich. The car wash and scare will cost $10, with proceeds going to organizations like Muskegon’s men shelter.
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Leadership
Source: Business Insider
According to Amazon's Jeff Bezos, there are two types of decisions: Type 1 decisions are irreversible and should be made with caution. Type 2 decisions are reversible, like "two-way doors," and should be made quickly. Amazon's willingness and ability to make Type 2 decisions has been a major factor in its success.
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Source: Fast Company
When you’re dealing with a setback at work or undergoing a slow slide into disillusionment, struggling to find meaning or purpose in your work, things can feel pretty hopeless. It’s in times like these that many of us make rash career moves, desperate for any change in our work lives.
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Marketing
Source: Inc.
The number of small businesses who are currently developing their own apps continues to increase. Whereas the cost used to be upwards of $50,000 for an app to be developed, we can now get simple apps developed for less than a $1000.
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Source: Forbes
When the entire staff of your business is just you, how do you handle public relations? Do you hire someone? Do it yourself?
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Supplier News
Hydra-Flex, Inc., manufacturer of innovative fluid handling equipment, has been honored with the Best New Product design award and Jaime Harris – President and CEO of Hydra-Flex – is named Executive of the Year at the 2017 Minnesota Manufacturing Awards.
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Source: CSP
DRB Systems, a point-of-sale (POS) software company offering marketing and business solutions to car-wash operators, is working with equipment finance company Ascentium Capital to develop a customized financing program for car-wash business owners.
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