Multigenerational carwashers know that it is difficult to escape the pull of the family business. Kids grow up around carwashes and other operators, and no doubt the conversation around the dinner table often revolves around carwashing. So why not inject the topic with a little fun from the time kids are infants and toddlers?

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Where would family businesses be without conflict? Whether stemming from internal relationships or external factors, conflict and the decisions made or inaction taken to handle or avoid adversity shape the dynamics of family businesses and help determine their successes and failures.

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The green movement has taken its share of lumps lately. With a poor economy already serving as a convenient excuse for some consumers to cast a suspicious eye toward green marketers or alter their buying habits in the name of a more immediate “inconvenient truth,” we learned that the scientific community is perhaps not as unified as some would like us to believe when it comes to climate change.

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