Salon Management

Vagaro’s New Features Bring Big Benefits to Salons

Vagaro recently added three new features to its software: Add-Ons, Vagaro Pay Later, and Maps. With more tools for success, salon owners can give their guests a more convenient salon experience. Find out what Vagaro can do to help grow your business.

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Smart Retail Merchandising Professionalizes the Floor, Drives Sales at Penzone Salon + Spa

The brand’s six locations lock in retailing success with beautiful, targeted displays.

How Tippy Transformed One Owner’s Business

VIVO Beauty Bar Owner Samantha Sharpless, her Beautytender Allison Gillespie, and Tippy's Marci Zerbe share how implementing Tippy to manage tips has made a difference for the salon, its team members, and the clients, including lower credit card processing fees and higher tip volumes.

Increase Your Team Members’ Tips with Tippy

Tippy is an easy way for clients to give their stylist or barber personalized tips. For stylists, Tippy provides a debit card that makes their tips instantly accessible. Find out how Tippy can increase tips from clients who don't carry cash.

The Era of Ingredient Shortages

Supply chain issues is one more post-pandemic concern, and may impact your ability to retail. While this blog from Bob Tilling is written more for manufacturers, it sheds some light on some of the reasons it's so hard to bring products to market in this era.

Accuracy in Color Pricing Yields New Revenue

Vish's intelligent color management software enables salons to use color more precisely by helping them avoid color waste, cut color expenses, and gain insight about client's formulas for more accurate color use. Find out how Vish can provide your salon new opportunities for profit.

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Introducing the Oribe Candle Collection

Housed in new collectible candle vessels inspired by sculptural works, architecture and jewelry design, the candles are available in three scents.

Inspired Retailing

Creating a merchandising spotlight table and capturing your client's attention starts with a strong retail story. Learn how to tell yours.

Retail Respect 

With a combination of strategies, a Miami salon raises its annual retail revenue by nearly 40 percent.

Deciphering Clean Beauty Products

When it comes to clean beauty products, experts caution to beware of 'greenwashing' and to do your own research to determine what is in your products and how they are made. Innersense Organic Beauty's Greg Starkman points you to credible resources and talks about why this is a valuable market to tap into.

Presale Builds Retail Success for North Carolina Salon's Holiday Open House

Bella Lago added a presale strategy and Vegas theme to turn its annual event into a huge day of profit.

'Tis the Season for Holiday Sales

November is just around the corner and it's time to deck those stations and wrap those gift sets. Here are 7 strategies to boost service, retail and gift card sales.

How the Pandemic Has Impacted Retail Design

The pandemic forces salon owners to look at their businesses in a new light. Here, Collins' Matt McGuire shares observations on how salon retail will be designed differently.

A Fragrance Study Reveals the Most Popular Perfume Notes

Whether a salon carries perfume in its retail or their clients are attracted to the scent of the haircare or skincare lines it carries, fragrance plays an important role in the both the client experience and retail sales. Here, a research study digs a little into the most popular scents.

Fragrance Study Reveals the Most Popular Perfume Notes

Whether a salon carries perfume in its retail or their clients are attracted to the scent of a haircare or skincare line, fragrance plays an important role in the both the client experience and retail sales. Here, a research study digs a little into the most popular scents.

3 Strategies to Energize Your Clientele and Revive Your Retail

How you market to your clients has changed since the pandemic. Beauty 360's Allyson King shows you three strategies to capture your client's attention, energize them into action and boost your retail sales.

The Top 5 Trends in Product Label Design

Whether you're creating your own private label brand or are in the process of deciding on which new lines to bring in this year, these top trends in product label design may sway some of your decisions.