Car Wash News

ICA

At seven weeks out, The Car Wash Show™ 2012 is tracking roughly 30 percent ahead in registration compared to the to-date average of the past four years. With this early indication of enthusiasm around the 2012 show, we're anticipating increased engagement.

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ICA

The spring 2012 issue of CAR WASH Magazine, focusing on business strategy, is now available in digital format. The issue arrives prior to the largest car wash convention and trade show in the world, The Car Wash Show™, and is the perfect primer for the type of diversity and quality content you will find at the show.

Visit http://www.carwash.org/industryinformation/Pages/IndustryNews.aspx to view the full article online.

 

Fast Company

Leaders' primary objective is to empower others to make decisions and take actions that are aligned with the organization’s vision, purpose, and strategy. These nuances are the softer side of leadership, beyond the technical skills that you have already mastered.

Visit http://www.fastcompany.com/1823211/learning-the-softer-side-of-true-leadership?partner=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company+Headlines%29 to view the full article online.

 

Gwinnett Daily Post

With a background in sales, Adam VanCampen has owned or worked in the mobile oil changing business, serviced rental cars, but has settled on owning car washes. The Virginia native went in with two college buddies to open Squeaky's Car Wash 'n' Lube in Suwanee, GA, about three years ago.

Visit http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/2012/mar/17/suwanee-car-wash-owner-places-customer-service-at/ to view the full article online.

 

NewsChannel 10

Even though there wasn't a lot of rain in the Amarillo,TX, area Sunday night, it was still enough to increase sales for some local businesses. Within just twenty minutes of being at the Quick Quack Car Wash on Georgia in Amarillo, Monday afternoon, we saw about seventy vehicles pull in to get washed.

Visit http://www.newschannel10.com/story/17195238/small-amount-of-rain-increases-business-at-local-car-wash to view the full article online.

 

Small Business Trends

The PayScale 2012 Compensation Best Practices report polled thousands of HR and business leaders in small, midsized and large companies about the work force and compensation trends they saw last year and how those trends will affect pay going forward in 2012.

Visit http://smallbiztrends.com/2012/03/employee-salaries-going-up-can-your-company-compete.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SmallBusinessTrends+%28Small+Business+Trends%29 to view the full article online.

 

Plymouth Herald

A Plymouth eco-car wash has cleaned up with a national award. Future Clean, set up in 2010 and specially developed to employ disabled people won the Parking in the Community category at the British Parking Awards.

Visit http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Award-eco-car-wash-firm/story-15557473-detail/story.html to view the full article online.

 

FOX Business

Forget health-care reform and tax policy changes to come in the next year--small businesses are also struggling when it comes to retirement.

Visit http://smallbusiness.foxbusiness.com/finance-accounting/2012/03/14/survey-finds-small-business-owners-clueless-about-retirement/ to view the full article online.

 

ThomasNet News

Dosatron International, Inc. is introducing a new line of chemical metering dispensers into the car wash market. The D14MZ-D Series is perfect for presoaks, detergents, and acidic products.

Visit http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/Chemical-Metering-Dispensers-target-car-wash-market-611039 to view the full article online.

 

SBWire

Daimer Industries, Inc.®, established around the globe for its commercial car wash equipment for car interiors, is now shipping longer hoses with each of the models in its XTreme Power® XPH-9300U line of heated vehicle carpet cleaners.

Visit http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/interior-car-wash-equipment-from-daimer-ships-with-30-foot-hoses-131624.htm to view the full article online.