Stacey Soble

Director of Brand Content Strategy

Stacey Soble has been involved in the conversation of salon business for more than two decades—as a reporter, a consultant and as the editor in chief of SALON TODAY. She has been responsible for growing the brand's celebrated recognition programs, SALON TODAY 200 and SALONS OF THE YEAR, and has launched two new competitions in recent years--STAMP (SALON TODAY's Annual Marketing Program) and the SALON TODAY Total Makeover Competition. She is a frequent speaker on the topic of salon business at industry events.

Stacey Soble wrote

Celebrating Stylist Appreciation Day

Celebrating Stylist Appreciation Day

by Stacey Soble

Shortcuts Software has paid more than lip service to hairstylists this year for Stylist Appreciation Day on 30 April; the company has created a video about the joys of working in the world’s most beautiful industry."We wanted to ...

Culture Starts at the Top

Culture Starts at the Top

by Stacey Soble

The older I get, the less excited I am about collecting the afternoon mail. Bills and junk mail tend to overwhelm anything of interest, and sorting through the stack tends to waste valuable time.Recently though, a small, hand-addressed envelope ...

Shannon King, co-owner of Hair & Co. BKLYN and the newly appointed ambassador of Exthand Shears,...

Innovate or Detonate

by Stacey Soble

The best and most successful salons are those that constantly innovate, says Shannon King, the co-owner of Hair & Co BKLYN and the newly appointed ambassador to Exthand Shears. In this blog, King offers some powerful advice on how to drive ...

Wendy White McCown (center), owner of Signatures Salon in Lake Charles, Louisiana, flanked by...

Culture Club: Signatures Salon

by Stacey Soble

Signatures Salon in Lake Charles, Illinois, is a prime example of a business that leverages its culture to drive its business decisions. Several years ago, Owner Wendy White McCown charged her leadership team with developing the salon’s ...

The team from Spa Bleu work with Qnity's Tom Kuhn on the corporate culture.

Culture Club: Spa Bleu

by Stacey Soble

Two years ago, the team at Spa Bleu, with two locations in Barrington and West Dundee, Illinois, came up with 10 shared values to help define their culture.“First, the leadership team narrowed down the values,” says Heather Hazlett, ...

A fun moment from one of Maximum FX's annual salon retreats.

Culture Club: Maximum FX

by Stacey Soble

Chris Murphy, who co-owns three Maximum FX salons with Javier Herrera, came to the salon industry with a background in finance. They bought the original salon in 2002 and expanded into a second location in 2006. Currently, there are three ...

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