Designers' Challenge (Part 2)
Back by popular demand, our industry panel of experts tackles salon today readers’ biggest design dilemmas.
Designers' Challenge (Part 1)
Back by popular demand, our industry panel of experts tackles salon today readers’ biggest design dilemmas.
Network with salon professionals at ISBN
THE TERRANEA RESORT in Ranchos Palos Verdes, California, provided a paradise background for some eye-opening education and even more powerful networking at the 2010 annual conference of the International SalonSpa Business Network. Among the nearly 200 attendees were the owners and management of multiple salon locations, as well as manufacturers, industry consultants and benefit providers.
Tips for Recruiting Salon Employees
The future of every salon rests on its ability to recruit and train top talent. Salon Today invited these owners to give some insight on their interviewing processes and training programs for new employees.
Click for Customer Service
Great customer service training is now just a click away as KMS California launches the new series of educational webisodes, “Customizing the Client Experience.” The dynamic interactive sessions were designed to inform and inspire salon professionals who aspire to offer unparalleled customer service.
Sustain This! Rustic Reusable
LOCATED IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, Rue 48 Salon (rue48.com) placed a large emphasis on reusable and rustic materials in the design of their newly launched salon. “We were thoughtful about blending the right sustainable and recycled components into the practical application when appropriate—such as salvaged furniture and interior finishes,” says owner Susan Johnson, including a 110-year old gothic style church pew, an antique end table found in an alley and a steel table from a reclaimed furniture shop.
Bipartisan Legislation Introduced that would Provide Tax Fairness and Savings for Salon Industry
As part of "National Small Business Week," Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) introduced the Small Business Tax Equalization and Compliance Act, which would allow the salon industry to enjoy the same tax rules on tips paid to employees as is ...
by Stacey Soble
Eric Alt Salon has Zen feel
It's not just the hairstyles that are making waves at the Eric Alt Salon in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey. A new interior design element has changed the salon experience for the clientele and has them really talking—to each ...
by Stacey Soble
Business Builder Podcast (page 2)
Listen in as SALON TODAY editors interview thought leaders in the professional beauty industry, experts on a variety of business topics, salon owners and managers, distributors and manufacturers:
How Design Influences Behavior
Design surrounds you, it influences your thoughts, and subsequently your behavior. Understanding that relationship between the environment and your mind is important. Your brain is not only hard-wired to interpret certain spatial characteristics in certain ways, but your mind also plays a role in how you make decisions based on those interpretations. All in all, design is a type of "food for thought" where your surroundings impact not only how you perceive that world, but also how you interact within it.
Salons of the Year 2010: Judges & Process
The new decade signals a clear shift in salon design, as ultra-luxe interiors retreat, and the clean, the comfortable, and yes, even the conservative, take charge.
Finance in a Flash
How often have you wished for a financial advisor to help you manage the business side of your salon. Now you can have it with the Financial Analysis and Coaching Tools CD, developed by Milady, part of Cengage Learning a leading provider of beauty and wellness learning solutions. This new set of tools helps salon and spa owners track, merge, manage and improve their business’ bottom line.
NAHA adds Master of Salon Business award
This year the National American Hairstyling Awards introduces a totally new competition category, the Salon Master of Business Award. Designed to allow business-savvy salon owners show off their labors of love, the Salon MBA Award encouraged owners to submit information on their salon's demographics, existing and new business strategies, retail promotions and sales, marketing and community service strategies, and current financials and future plans.
by Stacey Soble
Time is Money
We took on Father Time this month, probing salon owners through our Proview Panel about their hours of operation and how those have changed over the years. It must have been an intriguing topic, because a whopping 78 owners participated this month. Here are their thoughts on time:
How to have tough conversations with employees
PBA Symposium’s keynote speaker Susan Scott continues to encourage managers to tackle those fierce conversations, while she takes on the business world’s worst “best” practices.
New men's salon comes to Minneapolis
IN MARCH, KURT KUEFFNER, a 35-year industry veteran stylist and educator who spent the majority of his career with American Crew and Aveda, launched The MENSDEPT, an unprecedented men’s grooming experience in downtown Minneapolis.
Perspectives: Spa Industry Repositioning
The recession caused many luxury businesses to refocus themselves, and no where is that more true than the spa market where the days of strictly pampering are gone. We invited three industry notables to offer their perspectives on: “How should the spa industry reposition itself for future growth?”