Laura Ortmann believes establishing her salon’s culture is a challenging, never-ending job. As a former attorney who purchased the existing Ginger Bay Salon and Spa in St. Louis in 2008, one of her first tasks was defining the ...
Attending Luxury Brand Partners’ Front Row in Miami in January resulted in a big payoff for Santiago Romero, owner of Project Luxe Salon in Albuquerque, New Mexico.Romero was the grand prize winner of an on-site raffle held by one of the ...
It’s time to take off the blinders and re-think our roles in the Business of Beauty. Our view should not be limited to cutting hair, nails and spa services. It most certainly should not be focused solely on women.What are we missing? ...
As the leader of the Front Desk Division for Summit Salon Businesss Center, Kristi Valenzuela coaches salon owners to be mindful of the culture gap that often exists between the front desk staff and the rest of the salon team.“Whether ...
At America’s Beauty Show to debut V76’s new packaging, Vaughn Acord took a moment to step away from the busy show floor to discuss the opportunity men present salons with Salon Today’s Stacey Soble via Periscope. Below are some ...
Leon Alexander is on a mission.In fact, Alexander, who holds a Ph.D. in behavioral psychology and is the founder and president of the salon design company Eurisko, is striving to elevate the thinking of the professional salon industry on how to ...
If you’ve taken a peek at Salon Today’s Total Salon Makeover application and considered entering, Estelle Bouras, owner of the Jon Kailey Salon in Wilmette, Illinois, encourages you to do it. “Last year, I deleted the email ...
Pamela McNair-Wingate opened the first Gadabout Salon in 1979 with a staff of eight in an 800-square-feet space. Today, the Tucson-based, family-owned Gadabout brand is an award-winning business including five salon locations, two VerVe ...
Pro-Panorama is the 2016 national launch of Club Intrigue, a shared education event that focuses on local communities coming together face-to-face and without barriers to build relationships, collaborate, and have fun.The event which has its ...
The energy was high as attendees flooded into Atlanta’s hot Havana Night Club for the first, highly anticipated Club Intrigue of the New Year.Club Intrigue is a shared education event, focusing on local communities coming together ...
This year, Syntec Business Systems, Inc. (Syntec), the developers of Insight Salon & Spa Software, proudly celebrate their 25th year in the professional beauty industry. The effective and user-friendly software helps salon owners schedule ...
Located in Silicon Valley, Umbrella Salon caters to an upscale class of young professionals with an industrial design punctuated with statement art pieces. Kien Hoang, his brother, Khiem Hoang, and Michelle Givens co-founded the salon in 2000, ...
Branded client apps are no longer just for the large-scale salons, thanks to the new mySALONapp just released by Shortcuts Software.Salons of all sizes using Shortcuts can now run their own customizable mobile apps, available for their clients ...
Premier luxury haircare brand ALFAPARF Milano is bolstering its global reputation as a leading creative and educational heavyweight with the appointment of one of America’s favourite Brits, Instagram star Paul Stafford, as Global ...
Despite the fact that vibrant Mardi Gras parades were going on all around them, nearly 2,000 salon owners, managers and stylists gathered in the historic Saenger Theater January 31-February 1 in New Orleans for Serious Business 2016.The ...
Daniel Kaner, one of the founders and a co-president of Oribe, recently attended a graduation ceremony for the Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing and Management master’s program at the Fashion Institute of Technology. As part of the ...
When Luxury Brand Partners hires a new employee, he or she is given a copy of Jim Collins’ book, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t. When Lyndsey Bardnell, LBP vice president of learning and development, ...