Awards & Contests
Sport Clips Announces Winners of "The Look" Creative Competition
El Paso Stylist Valerie Rivera is the winner of Sport Clips Haircuts' "The Look" creative competition, with this year's theme focusing on curls.
The 2024 North American Hairstyling Awards (NAHA) Celebrates 35 Years
NAHA 2024 moves to Orlando, FL for its 35th annual event, in conjunction with Premiere Orlando on June 2nd for an evening of “Beauty and Brilliance.”
Applications Open for Salons of the Year 2024--Deadline Extended to May 31
SALON TODAY's annual interior design competition, SALONS OF THE YEAR, is now open and the deadline has been extended to May 31!
by Stacey Soble
The 2024 SALON TODAY 200: All in One Place
Now that all of the 2024 SALON TODAY 200 have been revealed, we put the entire list together in one spot for you. Here, the team from Frangipani Salon in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, celebrate with confetti.
by Stacey Soble
Intercoiffure's Annual Contest Honors Educators
Each year, Honor Your Teachers, encourages cosmetology students to spotlight their favorite instructors and the finalists travel with their nominators to ICA's Fall Atelier. Find out how to nominate your best instructor.
2024 SALON TODAY 200: Growth, Part Two
In our final day of the 2024 SALON TODAY 200 Alerts, we meet 50 more honorees in Growth. These owners, including Stacey Holmes and Brandie Lohmann, owners of Steel Blade Men's Salon in Albuquerque, New Mexico, have learned to tap into new products, services and trends to build sales, while maximizing the time and talents of their team members.
2024 SALON TODAY 200: Growth, Part One
On Day 9 of our 2024 SALON TODAY 200 we reveal the first 50 honorees in the category of Growth. These salons, including Dr Fly Salon and Spa in Joplin, Missouri, mastered a number of best practices to achieve overall sales growth of 18% or better.
2024 SALON TODAY 200: Salon Leadership
In our 8th Day of the 2024 SALON TODAY 200, we meet the honorees who excelled in Salon Leadership, including Luisa G. Garcia of Soleil Salon and Spa in Windham, New Hampshire. These owners know it's a leader's responsibility to develop a vision for the people they guide, then they have to inspire their team to follow that vision.
by Stacey Soble
2024 SALON TODAY 200: Environmental Sustainability and Technology
We're on a roll! On the 7th Day of our 2024 SALON TODAY 200, we introduce you to the honorees in two categories--technology and environmental sustainability. These tech-savvy honorees leverage the latest tools to automate and streamline their processes and communications, while green-minded honorees, including April Wetzel of Sunbeam Studio in Louisville, Colorado, make strategic decisions that better the world around them.
by Stacey Soble
2024 SALON TODAY 200: Compensation and Benefits
In Day 6 of the 2024 SALON TODAY 200, we present the honorees in Compensation and Benefits, including the team from Posh Salon and Boutique in Grand Junction, Colorado.These salons offer rewarding compensation and benefits programs and design transparent career paths that retain talent longer.
by Stacey Soble
2024 SALON TODAY 200: Employee Education
It's Day 4 of our 2024 SALON TODAY 200 Alerts, and time to meet the honorees in the category of Employee Education. These owners, including Debra Penzone of PENZONE Salons + Spas in Columbus, Ohio, know that education is a career-long process that helps new team members develop their skills and confidence and seasoned staff continually stretch creatively.
by Stacey Soble
2024 SALON TODAY 200: Customer Service
In Day 3 of the 2024 SALON TODAY 200, meet the salons in the category of Customer Service. These honorees, including Eneth and Michell Eubanks, founders of MW Salon in Ovideo, Florida, know that customer service impacts the overall experience, and salons and spas that deliver it with each and every visit boost sales, as well as client loyalty.
by Stacey Soble
2024 SALON TODAY 200: Client Retention and Referral
In Day 2 of the 2024 SALON TODAY 200, we celebrate the honorees in the category of Client Retention and Referral, including Rachel and Jason Gribbin, owners of Define Hair & Skin in Ellicott City, Maryland. These owners know a salon's ability to attract new guests fuels its growth, and its ability to get those clients to return again and again dictates its overall success.
by Stacey Soble
2024 SALON TODAY 200: Salon Culture
On Day 2 of our SALON TODAY 200 announcements, we celebrate the honorees in the category of Salon Culture. These salons, including the Barbie-loving team from The Changing Room in Aventura, Florida, have mastered the art of building that magnetic energy that binds and propels a team, attracts clients, and forges a brand.
by Stacey Soble
2024 SALON TODAY 200: Philanthropy and Retail and Merchandising
In our first day of SALON TODAY 200 announcements, we introduce you to the 2024 honorees in two categories: Philanthropy, and Retail and Merchandising. The first group, like Hi Texture Hair Salon in Lawrenceville, Georgia, search their communities for causes where their time, talent and money can enact the most positive change. The second have learned to pull the whole team together to master the retail game.
by Stacey Soble
Wishing You a Peachful New Year
Pantone named Peach Fuzz as its 2024 Color of the Year, and we take a moment to reflect how this will impact the world, including our own SALON TODAY universe.
by Stacey Soble
Strategies for Tackling the 2024 SALON TODAY 200 Application
Stacey Soble, SALON TODAY director of brand content, shares the meaning behind the SALON TODAY 200 and specific strategies for improving your chances as the extended deadline of November 15th nears.
by Stacey Soble