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 ICA news
Katilin Wright (Kati) is the Marketing Manager at Lone Star Car Wash Systems, where her parents, Clay and Kelli Wilson are general partners. Her husband, Brandon, is director of operations. Her younger brother works in maintenance for Racer Car Wash. She also has a cousin in product development with National Carwash Solutions, whose dad was in the industry before him.
Industry News
Source: Geospatial World
Hyundai Motor announced its strategic partnership with Autotalks, a leading technology company specialized in the manufacturing of Vehicle to Everything (V2X) communication chipsets. Hyundai Motor forms a strategic partnership with Autotalks through a direct investment to accelerate the development and deployment of the next generation chipset for connected cars.
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Source: CNBC
The employment part of the economy continued to power forward in June, adding another 213,000 jobs though the unemployment rate rose to 4 percent, according to a government report Friday.
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Source: Arts ATL
In Atlanta, you can now contemplate art and get your car sparkling clean at the same time. The Westside Mural Project — a collaboration between West End restaurant Lean Draft House and artist/curator Letter 75 (a.k.a Michael Jones) — is a site-specific project at the Clean Moto Carwash at 1339 White Street near the Atlanta BeltLine Westside Trail in Southwest Atlanta. The project, which kicked off on June 21 with a three-day painting event, enlisted 14 Atlanta-based artists to paint the interior walls of the self-service car wash bays. The result is an eclectic mural gallery for car wash customers to discover while they wash their vehicles.
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Source: Houston Chronicle
Quick Quack Car Wash has started construction on a location in Katy's Grand Morton Town Center with opening planned in December. The California-based company has signed a long-term ground lease for 1.26 acres at the Grand Parkway and Morton Ranch Road near Kroger from NewQuest Properties. The deal represents its fourth location in the Houston area.
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Leadership
Source: Inc.
That first meeting as a new manager is a daunting event. First impressions are often lasting ones and there’s no better time and place to solidify that impression than the first meeting with your entire team. Whether you’re taking over a brand-new team, or you’re a first-time manager, here’s how to approach that first meeting.
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Source: Fast Company
You’re a new manager now. Perhaps it’s the first time you’re leading a team. Or you’re taking over a new team as a manager. Either way, that first meeting as a new manager is a daunting event. What should the agenda for that first meeting with the new team be? How should you set expectations as a new manager? Should you make prepare some sort of "new manager introduction speech"?
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Marketing
Source: Small Business Trends
Every marketer needs the right tools in order to succeed in running marketing campaigns. Good tools make your life easier, from blogging tools to research and tracking tools. Unicorn tools are unique and magnificent time-savers that free you up to focus and prioritize. Here’s a list of every marketing tool you need updated for 2018.
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Source: Search Engine People
According to the latest stats, Facebook currently has more than 2 billion monthly active users. Besides being a great place to connect to people, it’s one of the most profitable marketing platforms of today. As everybody and their momma (literally) has an account on Facebook, it’s the perfect platform to market and sell on. However, as Facebook keeps evolving and new trends in digital marketing arise, using the same old tactics simply won’t cut it any more
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Supplier News
Source: Business Insider
DRB Systems is pleased to announce the shipment of its 10 millionth FastPass Tag to Zips Car Wash. To celebrate this milestone, Zips awarded customer Myra Cuthbertsen a free unlimited wash pass for a year! The event took place during the grand opening weekend at Zips Car Wash in Clemmons, NC.
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