Running a salon takes work. Between keeping guests and employees happy, managing finances, and drumming up business through marketing, you have your hands full as a salon owner. The good news is that technology can help you by automating and simplifying many of your routine tasks, so you have more time for the exciting aspects of being a business owner. But how do you choose the right business management tool from the countless options out there?
by Staff
With pockets of drought throughout the country and a summer of record-high temps, salon owners are looking for ways to reduce water usage. Sustain Beauty Co. offers these top tips.
by Su Clark
For the last 16 years, I have performed makeovers on women battling cancer and during that time, I have learned a ton of dos and don’ts. Here are 5 mistakes we may make when working with a salon client with cancer and how to correct them.
by Kim Becker, Founder of Hello Gorgeous! of HOPE, Inc.
Celebrate your team, honor your clients and recognize your business. Share your success through the SALON TODAY 200, the highly esteemed competition for salon business.
Strategies' Neil Ducoff offers 5 sound strategies for tackling raising costs and preparing your business for possible recession.
SALON TODAY's annual technology guide helps salons, spas and barbershops compare and contrast different tools, from salon management software to specialty apps, to make the smartest decisions for their business operations.
A generous program rewards clients for their loyalty the old-fashioned way—by giving them free stuff.
Sunkissed Salon scoops the Grand Prize for salon and spas and Electric Barbering claims the Grand Prize for barbershops. See inside the winning businesses.
With a floating shroud, Minerva's new Triton Shampoo System an enhanced experience for both clients and stylists.
by Staff
As clients search for more convenient ways to pay and more personal methods to tip, Tippy answers the call with instant tip delivery, zero tip-processing fees for owners and an average 22.3% increase in tips through personalized messaging.
by David Tashjian
The new Intense Brow(n)s system from RefectoCil lets you tint clients’ brows with an FDA-compliant formula. Generate new revenue and give a finishing touch for color customers and those with skimpy brows. Intrigued? Here are eight important things to know about Intense Brow(n)s.
When it comes to shopping for a new salon, almost half of Americans are influenced by online reviews, and 72% say they use Google to search nearby salons.
by Staff
Advances in artificial intelligence yield new, time-saving solutions for marketing open salon appointments, keeping on top of client questions and training new team members. Discover how a virtual assistant can make your life easier.
Vish's intelligent color management software enables salons to use color more precisely by helping them avoid color waste, cut color expenses, and gain insight about client's formulas for more accurate color use. Find out how Vish can provide your salon new opportunities for profit.
Research published this month shows salons are increasingly abandoning traditional charging in favor of new pricing structures made possible by technology. The report, published by Vish, identifies three pricing strategies in the industry that reduce and even remove the profit variance of color that so often works against it.
by Su Clark
Adora Winquist, founder of The Soul Institute, shares a starter guide on how to incorporate crystals into self-care, starting with how to use crystals, how to care for them, and how to tap into their magic.
by Staff
The owner of the west coast salon puts systems in place to manage both routines and surprises.
