2016 Salon Today 200: Growth, Part Two
To achieve the business momentum that is sustainable growth year after year, salon and spa owners must master a number of best business practices all while confidently leading their teams forward. For ST200 applicants in this category, it's ...
by Stacey Soble
2016 Salon Today 200: Planned Profitability
These honored salon and spa owners understand the value of working on their businesses versus just in them. By predicting and planning for profit and keeping a vigiliant watch over expenses, they’re building sustainable businesses that ...
by Stacey Soble
2016 Salon Today 200: Retention & Referral Programs
While a salon’s ability to attract new clients fuels its growth, it’s ability to get those clients to come back, and come back frequently, drives its success. These SALON TODAY 200 honorees have designed solid programs for attracting ...
by Stacey Soble
2016 Salon Today 200: Growth, Part One
To achieve the business momentum of sustainable growth year after year, salon and spa owners must master a number of best business practices, all while confidently leading their teams forward. For ST200 applicants in this category, it’s a ...
by Stacey Soble
2016 Salon Today 200: Inventory Control
Inventory Contol is a balancing act. Run too low on product and you miss valuable sales, carry too much and you’re tying up money that could better be used elsewhere. The strongest salons master take tight control, while always creatively ...
by Stacey Soble
2016 Salon Today 200: Customer Service
Customer Service influences the experience your guest has in your salon. And, while solid customer service definitely has an impact on overall sales, it’s a trait that’s hard to measure. These honorees had to prove that they build ...
by Stacey Soble
2016 Coaches and Consultants Guide: Salon Skipper
Salonskipper.com(604) 314-4981info@salonskipper.comOwners: Tara Main, Alberto Cirillo and Meisam MullaAccessible 24/7, Salon Skipper offers affordable coaching and management tools with its online beauty business resource.WHY WE’RE ...
by Stacey Soble
Progressions' Angel Tree Helps Clients Give Back
Working with the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County, Progressions Salon Spa Store in Rockville, Maryland, embraced two community service projects this holiday season. The salon, which is owned by Cindy Feldman, adopted a ...
by Stacey Soble
Smart Tips for Negotiating A Lease
We have a location!!!! Well Almost.We met Eddie this morning, and he had an interesting smirk on his face. While we were negotiating with the existing salon he was working with the owner of the 1,300 square-foot space with full ...
by Allyson King
Every Client is the Most Important Client You'll Ever Have
We’re all human, so there are certainly clients and projects that we get more excited about than others. Times that we wake up motivated and want to redouble our efforts to be the best we can be. There are also times that we would rather ...
by Zane Hagy
Sport Clips Haircuts’ Gordon Logan Named “2015 Vetrepreneur of the Year"
Gordon Logan, founder and CEO of Sport Clips Haircuts, was recognized on November 16, 2015 as “2015 Vetrepreneur of the Year” by the National Veteran-Owned Business Association (NaVOBA) during a ceremony at Pittsburgh’s Heinz ...
by Anne Moratto
Culture Reflects Leadership: Strategies' 2015 Team-Based Pay Conference
Strategies, a leading national business management training and coaching company for salons, spas and medspas, held their second annual Team-Based Pay Conference on September 27-28, 2015 at the Westin Chicago Northwest in Itasca, Illinois. More ...
Get Ready for the Gift Card Boom
Running a successful gift card campaign can be a powerful way to bring in revenue each holiday season, time and time again. Are you ready to reap the benefits of the gift card boom this December? Jonathan Antin, celebrity stylist, ...
by Stacey Soble
Protecting Your Greatest Asset with a Non-Compete Agreement
Non-compete agreements are essential to maintaining a successful business. Customers frequently remain loyal to their stylists, not the salon. Crafting legally binding, non-compete agreements protects your company's most valuable asset: the ...
by Stacey Soble
Owner to Owner: The Gratitude Page
Like most Scottsdale, Arizona-based businesses, Aura Salon and Day Spa feels the slump of a slow summer until the snowbirds return in October. “Toward the end of summer, morale can come down a bit,” admits Sarah Wisda, who owns the ...
by Stacey Soble
Personal Compass: Keri Davis-Duffy
With three locations in San Diego, California, Gila Rut takes its name from its Owner Keri Davis-Duffy’s Hebrew name. Gila means ‘happiness’ and Rut means ‘freedom or friendship.’Davis-Duffy, who is considered by ...
2016 Coaches and Consultants Guide: Salon Search Party
salonsearchparty.com484-709-1771sales@salonsearchparty.comOwner: Co-Venture with Raylon Corporation and Salon Search PartySalon Search Party is a game changer! A new way for your salon website to get on the first page of an internet search! It ...