We're telling stories every issue about the great businesses and the great people in the car wash industry. So, we want to know ... what is your story?
Shoot an email to Editor-in-Chief Matt DeWolf at mdewolf@carwash.org or call 612.293.4256 and share your story. In the meantime, check out this story from the latest issue of CAR WASH Magazine on Dave Edwards. Edwards reworked an existing site in a vacation town in Pennsylvania to create the small business opportunity he and his wife had been looking for.
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Source: Akron Leader Publications Speedy Clean Car Wash is undergoing a number of improvements and will soon be renamed Valley Car Wash. Owner Terry Schoen said he has taken over the business and has rebuilt the facility, converting it from a friction car wash, which it was since the early 1990s, to a touch-free wash system.
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Source: MyStatesman.com Jurassic Car Wash now has two coin-operated dinosaurs in addition to the other dinosaur attractions. Put 75 cents into the slot and flip the switch to Tyrannosaurus rex and a 300-pound animatronic T. rex 12 feet long and 6 feet tall will roar, bob his head up and down, move from side to side and flick his tail.
Visit http://www.mystatesman.com/lifestyles/parenting/south-austin-car-wash-dinosaurs-come-alive-for-three-quarters/Ol0f0DXSemGhhmnZLrWinK/ to view the full article online. |
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Source: CNBC Microsoft came to dominate the computer industry not through desktops, but through its moneymaker Windows. Then Apple became the world's most valuable public company thanks not only to mobile phones, but also to the App Store. Now, a company like Tesla could be poised to do the same thing to cars, technology investor Marc Andreessen of Andreessen Horowitz told Bloomberg View columnist Barry Ritholtz.
Visit http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/22/marc-andreessen-of-andreessen-horowitz-on-tesla-self-driving-cars.html to view the full article online. |
Source: MLive.com In the past four months, an Arizona car wash chain has bought up three car wash businesses in the Grand Rapids area. The latest acquisition for Mister Car Wash is Auto Spa Car Wash, a Grand Rapids chain of four express locations. "Grand Rapids is quickly becoming a great market for us as a company," said Joe Matheny, vice president of operations for Mister Car Wash, in a statement.
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Source: KSDK At the corner of Long Road and Edison Avenue in Chesterfield Valley, there's a gas station with all the bells and whistles. Not only is there an attached drive-thru bakery from McArthur's, but there's a full service car wash facility that wraps around the back. Operations Manager Mace Nosovitch said, "The best description of this place would be a standard convenience store but on steroids."
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Source: Forbes Will automakers or technology companies put consumers behind the wheel of autonomous automobiles? Certainly, the car manufacturers have the edge on the hardware, but a small tug of war is brewing when it comes to the intellectual property that will ultimately make connected and self-driving cars a reality on the road.
Visit https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliverwyman/2017/05/17/google-racks-up-more-patents-than-most-automakers-on-connected-and-self-driving-cars/#1362229641ef to view the full article online. |
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Source: Fast Company In the traditional corporate model, strong leaders pursued a singular vision through the strong command of an organization. Today, we live in a time of rapid change, when products and services often become obsolete overnight, and competition includes startups and companies in adjacent industries — the traditional leadership archetypes need not apply.
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Source: LinkedIn, The Learning Blog Talk about an intensive study. Over the course of 10 years, Harvard Business Review (HBR) analyzed more than 17,000 assessments of C-suite executives across all verticals, including 2,000 CEOs, as part of their "CEO Genome Project." Their goal was to find the qualities shared by the best CEOs, in an effort to improve leadership across the board.
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Source: Inc. It takes a lot of time and effort to develop and maintain a marketing campaign that resonates with your intended audience. As a strategic thinker, however, the development of a marketing campaign takes even more consideration. After all, we're always searching for ways to gain the oh-so important competitive edge.
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Source: Entrepreneur Leave it to a dating app to demonstrate the instant success a creative social media marketing approach can bring to a new business. Tinder, the location-based dating service that facilitates matchups between interested parties, used a tactic best described as word-of-mouth advertising in a digital format to successfully launch its app.
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