In The Know
Club Intrigue's In the Club Goes Bilingual
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 ...
by Stacey Soble
Insight Salon and Spa Software Celebrates 25th Anniversary
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 ...
by Stacey Soble
Personal Compass: Umbrella Salon
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, ...
by Stacey Soble
Paul Stafford Named ALFAPARF Milano Global Ambassador
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 ...
by Stacey Soble
The Relentless Rise of Instagram: Predictions for 2016
Our industry’s love affair with Instagram is far from exclusive. We are not the only ones to embrace its power to communicate and engage, or exploit its flawless perfection for showcasing our genius. During 2015, the beauty ...
Top Salons Across the Country Participate in HAIRraising for Boston Children’s Hospital
On Sunday, April 10, top salons throughout the United States will participate in the HAIRraising Cut-a-thon, a massive, one-day fundraising event benefiting Boston Children's Hospital’s Heart Center. Founded in 2010 by longtime ...
Exploring Intimacy at Serious Business 2016
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 ...
by Stacey Soble
Idealogue: Tackling the Tough Questions
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, ...
by Stacey Soble
The Launching of a Luxury Brand
Launching a luxury brand is tough. Launching a luxury brand in the midst of a recession might be madness. For Daniel Kaner and Tev Finger, founders and co-presidents of Oribe, launching a luxury brand in 2008 turned out to be a stroke of ...
Staying Up Late with an Innovative Industry Talk Show
Move over Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers. There’s a new host on the late night front, and he’s got the professional salon industry talking.In late 2015, Tev Finger, president and CEO of Luxury Brand Partners, launched his ...
by Stacey Soble
Personal Compass: Amanda Hair
One might say Amanda Hair’s last name foretold her destiny.As early as high school, the entrepreneurial-minded Hair worked in retail, becoming a store manager before she could legally buy a beer. But as a client at the Bob Steele Salon in ...
ISBN Studies Humanology at Upcoming Conference
Humanology, or the study of human nature, is the theme for the 2016 International SalonSpa Business Network Annul Conference, which will be held May 22-24 at the beautiful Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.During the ...
by Stacey Soble
ISBN's Support Our Future Webinar
Join Gordon Logan, ISBN’s government relations chair, and Frank Schoeneman and Tony Fragomeni from Empire Education Group, on March 2 at 2 p.m. EST/11 a.m. PST to learn how the recent developments impact your salon or spa ...
by Stacey Soble
Watch Live Online Tonight: Hair Color Inspiration from Club Intrigue
Tonight Club Intrigue presents their In The Club event, featuring contemporary hair color and top inspirational looks for 2016. National Goldwell Artist Nick Pagano will be sharing an array of industry techniques including color ...
Beauty Pitch Returns to PBA Beauty Week
The Professional Beauty Association (PBA) and Cosmoprof North America (CPNA) announce the return of Beauty Pitch, to be held Saturday, July 23, 2016. Hosted by CPNA, this one-of-a-kind beauty-centric competition will be held in Las Vegas during ...
by Anne Moratto
StyleSeat Acquires BeautyBooked
StyleSeat, a leading mobile and online destination for booking beauty and wellness appointments, announced that it will acquire NYC-based BeautyBooked - a discovery and booking platform for high end salons and spas. The acquisition of ...
by Anne Moratto
OPI’s Bill Halfacre Passes Away
William “Bill” Earl Halfacre, age 74 of Arrington, TN, passed away Sunday, January 10, 2016. A native of Old Hickory, TN, he was preceded in death by his father, Donald Earl Halfacre.Halfacre was Executive Vice President of Sales ...
by Anne Moratto