Salon Management

Data Stories: Keeping Score to Do More

At the Data-Driven Salon event, Van Council, co-owner of the Van Michael Salons and Spas in Atlanta, shares how he leverages data for everything, including helping team members and salon locations achieve goals and reach new compensation levels.

How-to Conduct a Winning Guest Consultation

The Guest Consultation is the single most powerful opportunity for the stylist to explore and determine the best service to enhance each guests image. 

Data-Driven Salon 2017: Ramping Up Retail

Allyson King of Hair+Co. BKLYN and Beauty 360 Consulting Group walks you through the data points of retail success and gives you strategies for engaging your team.

How One Salon Owner Built Financial Stability and Improved Culture through Team-Based Pay

Krista Harvey, owner of Studio7 Salon and Spa in Ames, Iowa, describes how converting her salon to team-based pay helped her pull the business out of debt and build a strong and productive culture.

SALON TODAY RECOMMENDS: 5 Articles on Solving Struggles in Retailing, Retention, Legislation and More

Being a salon owner means managing the education of stylists, retention of staff, progress of profits and more. Inevitably, there are land mines in all of these areas and the path to success is not always clear. We've explored the Aveda Means Business blog and found stories of several salon owners who think outside the box to find solutions to common small-business struggles. Read about the areas where their businesses struggled and what they did to implement systems that work.

New Study Shows Significant Growth in Sales of Appliances and Shears

Manufacturer sales for salon and pro beauty industry appliances and shears grew by 4.5% in 2016, primarily due to premium entries, according to a new study, which reveals the Top 10 companies by sales, with Conair leading the category.

Data Stories: Robert Cromeans Uses Data to Monitor the Health of his Team

With a few hundred employees across three states, Robert Cromeans has gotten so good at reading individual staff member's performance data, he says he can predict how well they are doing in their personal lives, as well as at work.

Financial Planning: Making the Most of Your Money

Learn how to make the most of your hard-earned dollars from a financial adviser. Her three-step plan requires you to commit to saving, make it a habit and allocate wisely.

Win the Complete line of Wahl's 5-Star Clippers, Trimmers and Shavers

You heard right! You can win the complete line of Wahl's 5-Star clippers, trimmers and shavers, plus an honorary place on the Wahl Education and Artistic Team (W.E.A.T) for one year. Boost your arsenal of products plus score a spot on this highly coveted team of professionals.

Data Stories: The Commitment List

Laura Ortmann and the management team at Ginger Bay Salons and Spas learn they can accomplish big goals more easily after they developed The Commitment List and started assigning goals and accountability to specific team members.

SALON TODAY RECOMMENDS: 5 Areas of Expansion That Every Salon Should Explore

Here are five areas that are smart focuses for development in 2017.

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SALON TODAY RECOMMENDS: 5 Salon Business Topics to Be Aware of in 2017

Business is always changing and salon owners need to know the next best practices if they don’t want to be left in the dust. Aveda Means Business has been sharing articles on the ways business is shifting between you and your staff, as well as you and your clients. These are the discussions to be involved in to stay ahead of the curve.

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SALON TODAY RECOMMENDS: Salon Success Stories—Referrals, Retail, Online Booking and Hiring

Salon ownership is about innovation; implementing new methods that will grow business and client satisfaction is key. At SALON TODAY, we're always on the lookout for accounts from salon owners on ways that they have made their business more efficient and profitable. Here are a collection of success stories gathered by Aveda Means Business which outline paths to gaining referrals, growing retail sales, implementing online booking and hiring smart.

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Data Stories: Starting with the Big Picture

Before she takes the stage at the Data-Driven Salon event in Atlanta June 25-26, Hair and Co. BKLYN's Allyson King shares her goal-setting process with her employees and it all starts with the big picture.

Data Stories: Salon Management by the Numbers

Before he takes the stage at Data-Driven Salon in June, Monty Howard talks about how he uses data to get the team's buy-in on sales strategy, as how to make a point in one-on-one meetings.

Data Stories: Gene Juarez Proves Membership has its Privileges

Examining frequency rates of spa guests leads Gene Juarez CEO Scott Missad and his management team to design a membership program that significantly boosts the operation's spa service sales.

Tune into "Barber Battle" Hosted by Wahl Professional

Barbers will compete blade-to-blade for the grand prize in Wahl Professional’s first exclusive online barber battle competition.