In The Know
2015 Salon Today 200: Growth, Part One
Sustaining steady growth year after year requires that a salon’s leadership master a number of best management practices. From recruiting the best talent to match your salon or spa culture to consistently delivering superb services and ...
by Stacey Soble
PBA Executive Summit: How We Got Here
The leaders of approximately 130 beauty manufacturers and distributors gathered for the Professional Beauty Association’s first Executive Summit December 4-5 at the Montelucia Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona.The event kicked off with a ...
by Stacey Soble
WellaCares Challenge Adds New Sustainability Category
Wella, the salon professional division of P&G, has reimagined its annual Charity Challenge to incorporate another way to challenge salon owners and hairdressers to think about their impact on their community and planet. With the addition of ...
by Stacey Soble
A Familiar Face-book
The time has come. Although you all know our stand on social media at work (an ESSENTIAL, duh!), up until this point there have been many businesses who have continued to hold out, and not allow employees to utilize Facebook during the workday. ...
by Stacey Soble
Salon Hires 94-Year-Old Veteran Stylist
A résumé with 78 years of experience is not too shabby, eh?94-year-old Marion Stout of Brigantine, New Jersey, is making headlines as the newest hire at Animations Salon in Ventnor City, New Jersey.Stout, who began her career as a stylist ...
by Lauren Quick
Justice and Soul's Kate Korpi Salon Debuts in Cambodia
After many months of planning and fund-raising, the Justice & Soul Foundation hosted the grand opening of the Kate Korpi Salon in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on November 22. The Kate Korpi Salon teaches sustainable cosmetology skills to survivors ...
by Stacey Soble
Don Tapscott On Staying Ahead of the Technology Curve
How tech-savvy would you consider yourself and your salon or spa operation? Are you missing opportunities to increase the bottom line, because you’re behind the curve on the adoption of new technology.Don Tapscott is an expert on using ...
by Stacey Soble
SALONS OF THE YEAR: Show Off Your New Look
If you recently poured your time, sweat, stress and budget into a new salon/spa buildout or salon/spa renovation, SALON TODAY would love to see the results and share it with our readers.Each June, our annual SALONS OF THE YEAR competition names ...
by Stacey Soble
Brene Brown Exposes Us To the Power of Vulnerability
As a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, Brene Brown, Ph.D., has spent the past decade studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness and shame. Her 2010 TED talk on the power of vulnerability is one of ...
by Stacey Soble
Generation Flux
The cover story of Fast Company’s November 2014 issue introduces readers to Generation Flux, a group of people who are “defined not by their chronological age but their willingness and ability to adapt. These are the people who are ...
by Stacey Soble
Marcus Buckingham Taps into Your Team's Strengths
Best-selling author, researcher and speaker Marcus Buckingham has made a career of studying what makes world-class managers tick, and sharing his findings with the world. His books and workshops focus on helping businesses discover the untapped ...
by Stacey Soble
2015 Coaches and Consultants Guide: Empowering You
Empoweringyouconsulting.com | 812-455-1367 or 415-866-4560 | amy@empoweringyouconsulting.com | Owners: Amy Carter and Louis MattassiWe empower our clients with the skills, abilities, knowledge and support they need to ...
by Stacey Soble
Modern Salon Wins mediaShepherd Social Media Award
mediaShepherd LLC—a web-based company that provides “actionable intelligence” for media brands—recently announced the winners of their Social Media Awards. Modern Salon was the winner in the business-to-business media ...
by Anne Moratto
Personal Compass: Lupe Voss
Lupe Voss is an over-achiever…in the best possible way. In addition to her main job as the founder and co-owner, along with husband Manuel, of the successful Julian August Salon in Redlands, California and a working colorist, Voss is ...
by Stacey Soble
Crystal Focus Merges Into Summit Salon Business Center
As of November 1, Crystal Focus Salon Coaching, the coaching company launched by Kristi Valenzuela which helps salon owners discover their profit potential by implementing systems to enhance customer service and increase sales through the front ...
by Stacey Soble
SpaFinder Wellness 365 Partners with Wellness for Cancer
Spafinder Wellness 365, the world’s largest network of spas and wellness locations, and Wellness for Cancer, the first organization to establish standardized, objective, cancer-focused training and business criteria for the wellness ...
by Stacey Soble
Salon Design Companies Novvo and Etopa Merge
Novvo, of Toronto, ON, Canada and Etopa based in Baton Rouge, LA, U.S.A have officially merged after years of collaboration and teamwork. Known from this point on as Novvo Etopa, the company will be based out of both Canada and the United ...
by Stacey Soble