How to Get Off Manager’s Island
Shanalie Wijesinghe, director of education at Boulevard, outlines the critical steps leaders can take right now to create a better, more inclusive experience for themselves and their teams.
How Data Empowers You to Operate Your Salon Smarter
Data can elevate your business by helping you personalize the client experience, manage inventory and optimize sales. Square shows you how to run a data-driven business.
Sponsored by Square
An Epic Eco Week for EasyDry
The eco warriers Easydry are celebrating an epic week of eco-friendliness. Sustainability has always been at the core of Easydry, and this week marks several milestones in the company's eco mission.
7 Business Ideas That Will Help You Earn More Money
As the leader of your salon, one of your main roles it to always search for new ideas to generate traffic and more income. Lucas Renfroe, a salon owner and the founder of Salon.Marketing is here with 7 ideas to generate both.
Scrummi Towels Prevent Massive Water Waste
Not only is the single-use towel better for the environment than cotton towels, it saves salons money and time spent on laundry.
Salon Today 200: Kenneth’s is a Rare Employee-Owned Salon Group
Long-time salon owner Kenneth Anders adapts the ESOP structure to the salon industry.
How Gender Neutrality Can Help Your Business
In recent years, a new culture of beauty has bloomed, and it’s grown into a rich garden of diversity & inclusivity. The beauty industry is saying goodbye to the Eurocentric standard of beauty—tall, young, thin, blonde, and blue eyed—and hello to present-day values of inclusion. Along with this shift is the rise of genderless fashion, and hair stylists are helping to shape this new narrative.
Managing Change in the Salon: Heath Smith of Ruiz Salons on Creating Systems That Work
Heath Smith, co-founder of Ruiz Salons in Austin, Texas, has experienced his fair share of salon change since going into business with Allen Ruiz in 1988. In the process, he's discovered a solid system for managing it.
Sponsored by Vish
Vagaro Rolls Out New Features to Improve Salon Efficiency
Vagaro scheduling and management software helps keep salons and spas running efficiently with all the tools a modern owner needs, including online booking, a POS system, email and text marketing, push notifications and much more.
Sponsored by Vagaro
Five Ways to Increase Profits With Memberships
Membership and subscription-based business models are on the rise. In fact, The "subscription economy" is predicted to grow to $1.5 trillion by 2025.
Would You Rather? Salon Owner Edition
A fun, quick-thinking quiz that tests your management decisions. There's no right or wrong answers, just a Would-You-Rather choice between two options.
by Stacey Soble
RECYCLE: Building a Green Salon with the Three Rs
Continuing our series on how to build a more sustainable business while looking out for the planet through the 3Rs of the Environment, Valorie Tate from Sustain Beauty looks at RECYCLE.
KPIS: A Roadmap to Wherever You Want to Go
Determining the Key Performance Indicators you want to focus on is the first step in growing your business. Zane Hagy walks you through the process.
by Zane Hagy
How Bosses Impact Employee Happiness
A new study finds good leadership is the top factor when it comes to job satisfaction.
by Stacey Soble
Level up Your Guest Experience with the Right Technology
2021 was an unusual year for the beauty and wellness industry. Businesses were trying to get back to normality after a year of uncertainty and lockdowns, while society was gaining the confidence to venture outside and enjoy some well-earned freedom.
Business-building Crash Course Points Hair Pros Toward Wealth
Flourish Salon Business Development launches Thrivers Society Prep School to give beauty professionals a clear path to setting and achieving their business goals.
REUSE: Building a Green Salon with the Three Rs
Valorie Tate from Sustain Beauty Co. is back with the REUSE installment on her 3R series to green your salon. Here, she offers strategies that not only lessen the impact on the environment, but save you money over time.