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A.V.W. Equipment Co., Inc.
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More than 12 hours of education is available at The Car Wash Show™ 2017, all designed to help you enhance your business and take it to the next level. Don't miss your opportunity to drive forward and hear from the best playmakers in the business.

Visit http://www.carwash.org/thecarwashshow/education/education-sessions to view the full article online.

 
Zep Vehicle Care, Inc.
Industry News
 
   
Keeping professional car washes affordable to reduce stormwater pollution is the idea behind a legislative effort being mounted by the Puget Sound Car Wash Association. The PSCWA is seeking an exemption from state retail sales tax for all professional car washes in Washington State.  As of this writing, bill language has been drafted and a sponsor is being sought for this legislation.


Visit http://www.carwash.org/news-landing/2017/01/25/sales-tax-exemption-work-in-washington-state to view the full article online.

 


Road salt and brine, a water and salt mix, keeps roads ice free but auto experts said it causes "car-cancer," as it penetrates cars causing irreparable rust. Salt and brine are a reality of the season. It’s meant to keep the roads clear and drivers safe, but it comes at a cost to cars. 

Visit http://www.channel3000.com/weather/brine-salt-can-cause-cancer-to-cars-if-not-washed-off/291360152 to view the full article online.

 
 
   
Autobell® Car Wash Inc., headquartered in Charlotte, recently added a new market within its five-state territory, opening its first location in northern Virginia. The full-service car wash resides at 45655 Shepard Drive in Sterling, VA, in the former Sweetwater Splash Car Wash location. Lucas
Farrants is the store manager.

Visit http://www.carwash.org/news-landing/2017/01/25/autobell-car-wash-nation-s-second-largest-car-wash-company-expands-territory-with-first-northern-virginia-location to view the full article online.

 
 
   
Mister Car Wash added two express car wash locations with the recent acquisition of Four Seasons Auto Wash Express, increasing Mister’s total store count to 12 in the greater Atlanta area.


Visit http://www.carwash.org/news-landing/2017/01/25/mister-car-wash-adds-two-atlanta-locations to view the full article online.

 
 
   


A new car wash has opened on the Elgin corner that used to be home to JB's Pub, a bar gone in part because of the five-year, $45 million project revamping the interchange of McLean Boulevard and Route 20, which was finished in 2016.

Visit http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-elgin-car-wash-st-0118-20170118-story.html to view the full article online.

 


Waves Car Wash, 17246 Five Points Square in Lewes, Delaware, will host the inaugural Tunnell Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 31, during which $4 from every car washed will be donated to Beebe Healthcare's Tunnell Cancer Center.

Visit http://www.milfordbeacon.com/news/20170123/waves-car-wash-beebe-healthcare-partner-for-tunnell-tuesday to view the full article online.

 
InstaFinish
Commercial Plus, LLC
Warsaw Chemical Company, Inc.
Ascentium Capital , LLC
Leadership

Source: Inc.

Erin Condren knew her artistic day planners might not leap out at online shoppers, so she asked her regular customers for a favor – buy extras and give them to pals. "I thought, 'If I can just get this product into more hands, they will share it with friends,'" says Condren.

Visit http://www.inc.com/magazine/201702/etelka-lehoczky/customer-referrals.html to view the full article online.

 

Source: CNBC

The ever-increasing presence of knowledge workers (people who know more about what they are doing than their boss does) presents challenges to modern-day leaders that their counterparts in years gone by were not called to address. The main challenge is: "How do you help your team members achieve their goals when you, as a leader, are not an expert on the topic?"

Visit http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/23/one-thing-great-leaders-never-do.html to view the full article online.

 
Chia Ma Car Wash System
Hamilton Manufacturing Corporation
Marketing

Source: Entrepreneur

Recently, I listened to the CEO of a multibillion-dollar corporation tell me about his company’s profit and loss; and I realized that he considered marketing,
sales and PR – all of it – as a single line item. In this man's mind, anything driving new business belonged in just one single category.

Visit https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/286843 to view the full article online.

 


Almost three-fourths of small businesses (70 percent) say they’re going to increase digital marketing investments this year. The primary driver is social media, followed by mobile. This data comes from a new survey of 200 small businesses by GetResponse. The majority (71 percent) of the survey respondents had fewer than 100 employees. 

Visit http://marketingland.com/survey-social-mobile-top-drivers-new-small-business-digital-spending-204003 to view the full article online.

 
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