Salon Management
2016 Coaches and Consultants Guide: Strategies
strategies.com800-417-4848bruce@strategies.comOwner: Neil DucoffStrategies offers salons and spas the guidance, systems and accountability needed to achieve consistent bottom-line profits, dynamic team-driven cultures and unrivaled customer ...
2016 Coaches and Consultants Guide: Signatures Consulting and 3-Day Work Week
3dayworkweek.bizinfo@3dayworkweek.bizOwner: Wendy White-McCownSignatures Consulting/3 Day Work Week helps salons and spas learn how to have a happier staff and higher profits.WHY WE’RE DIFFERENT: Since salons are uniquely different, we ...
2016 Coaches and Consultants Guide: Qnity
qnityinc.com952-237-7729info@qnityinc.comOwner: Tom KuhnWe help salon teams reach the next level of prosperity with training, tools and practices that are simple, visual and easy to implement. Outcomes of working with Qnity are higher cash flow, ...
2016 Coaches and Consultants Guide: Kopsa Otte CPAs + Advisors
kopsaotte.com800-975-4829info@kopsaotte.comOwners: Larry Kopsa, CPA; Candy Otte, CPA; Stacey Stark, CPA; Katie Stoll, CPAKopsa Otte CPA’s + Advisors is a trusted advisor to many salons, in all aspects of their business, from their ...
Find Your Voice: Elaine Travis
When Elaine Travis, owner of Lux Color Lounge in Conshokocken, Pennsylvania, saw a promotional e-mail about the first Stages workshop in 2012, she signed up.“At the time, I was struggling to get started teaching in the beauty ...
Find Your Voice: Brenton and Julie Lee
Brenton Lee started his career as an educator when he was only 18 years old and fresh out of beauty school.“I love to share and be in front of people,” says Lee, who owns Brenton Lee Salon in South Pasadena, California. “I love ...
Find Your Voice: Jeff South
Jeff South, owner of Intrigue Salon in Marietta, Georgia, was already a successful educator for Goldwell when he met Bonnie Bonadeo and heard about Stages.By opening up his salon space at night for educational events, South also founded and runs ...
Find Your Voice
Making a career change frequently requires a major leap of faith. After years of planning events like the North American Hairstyling Awards for the Professional Beauty Association (PBA), Bonnie Bonadeo was ready to take her own leap.About five ...
Love Conquers All: Non-Profit Love Out Lavender Calls on the Creativity of Stylists to Defeat Cancer
Colored ribbons have become the international symbol of support and awareness for a wide array of causes, not least of which is cancer. Every type of cancer is aligned with a color—pink for breast cancer and gold for childhood cancer for ...
Buying an Existing Salon--Is It Worth It?
I got a call today from the existing salon interested in selling. We’re making progress! Buying the right salon in the right location for the right price can be an awesome way to get into your salon location. We’ve found ...
by Allyson King
Mother/Daughter Braiding Party Fundraiser at Calm, A Salon
Eryn Harrison, owner of Calm, A Salon in Oakland, CA, raised over $1,100 in ticket sales by hosting two Mother/Daughter Braiding Parties. Proceeds benefited local school to support vital programs from math to library activities to help ...
by Anne Moratto
Structuring Your Business
For any successful business, the first step is choosing the legal business structure. The proper legal foundation for a business structure protects the owner's hard work. The owner's decision impacts the business's tax liability, the ...
by Stacey Soble
How Do We Make Decisions?
During the course of the day, each salon owner and service provider makes a number of decisions that vary from what to eat for lunch to fundamental decisions that affect the salon business. But what criteria do we use when making a business ...
3 Reasons Why Having the Biggest Book Won’t Make You Richer
When it comes to your client base, less can definitely be more. Building a busy book is critical to long-term success and stability in the beauty business; but stuffing your books full of quick and low quality appointments is doing a ...
Sponsored by Milady
WATCH LIVE: Join Club Intrigue Presenting George Alderete, Douglas McCoy and Mike Karg
Today, Oct. 12, Club Intrigue, an educational event with stylists educating stylists, will present George Alderete, Keune Academy Trainer, Douglas McCoy, owner of House of POp salon and Mike Karg, dry-cutting stylist and shear master, ...
by Anne Moratto
Aloxxi: Shades with Personality
Who We AreWith a haircolor collection that trades typical designations such as 9N and 6K for shades like “Party in Lombardy” and “Roman Goddess,” it comes as no surprise that founder George Schaeffer was also behind ...
Sponsored by Aloxxi International
Keratin Complex: Healthy, Color-Treated Hair
Who We AreIn 2006, a small group of industry innovators identified an opening in the market: the lack of viable alternatives to the traditional straighteners being used in salons at the time. Working with leading chemists and haircare experts, ...
Sponsored by Keratin Complex