Salon Management
Women of Substance: Sydney Berry
AFTER TAKING TURNS at being a stylist then a salon owner, Sydney Berry ‘decided to pursue a new role as a sales consultant for a distributor. Today, she owns that distributorship along with her husband Miles Berry and their business partner George Learned Berry has long been admired for her perseverance in encouraging her salon customers to network with one another and share best practices, and for her leadership role within the professional beauty industry to raise the bar for all.
Women of Substance: Karie Bennett
WHEN KARIE BENNETT cut her bangs on her third birthday, her family didn’t know she was taking the first step on her career path. And when the young stylist took her first styling job at Command Performance, she hadn’t yet envisioned that she’d own two (soon three) salons, capture the 2011 NAHA Salon Master of Business Award and follow another path by enrolling in the Writer’s Group at Stanford University and becoming a magazine and newspaper writer. “It all seemed to unfold depending on the choices I made.” she says “I wasn’t afraid to take a risk or make a mistake.”
Asked and Answered: Words of Wisdom
WOMEN REPRESENTING VARIOUS POSITIONS IN THE INDUSTRY SHARE THEIR LESSONS LEARNED, THEIR SMARTEST MOVES AND THEIR BEST ADVICE FOR ANY WOMAN LAUNCHING A BEAUTY CAREER:
Cleaning Up
WITH ALL THE OTHER pressing concerns of running a salon, housekeeping procedures can go to the bottom of the list. Not so for Denise Provenzano, owner of live high-end full-service salons in suburban Chicago. When you enter one of her Zano Salon & Day Spa locations, even the unforgiving morning sunlight reveals shelves that sparkle with nary a dust mote in sight. Denise has engaged her team in an initiative that truly takes clean to a new level.
Find the Right Salon Space
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE guru, and Vice President of Cursor Realty Corp, Willow Shambeck, works directly with renters looking for the perfect salon space. Here he provides SALON TODAY with tips on what salon owners should consider before buying in regards to market, location and incoming costs.
Graft Extensions
“Hair extensions aren’t just for long hair, they are also for the client who desires fuller or volumized hair.” says owner and Simplicity educator Jessica Chaney. “The hair graft extension, which is designed for the client who wants her short or medium length hair fuller, costs $30 for each piece.
It’s Not Really About the Hair: The Honest Truth about Life, Love and the Business of Beauty
Tabatha Coffey was raised within strip clubs in a broken family and how that experience prepared her to become the strong, self-assured businesswoman she is today. She explores the good, the bad, and the ugly of her life in a funny, yet honest fashion.
Keep Your Salon Buzzing
How do you find great stylists to work in your salon? My answer is always the same:
October Musts
An annual holiday celebration can build morale, so now is the time to start planning your gathering to reward and celebrate your hard-working staff:
A Soft Rumble
This month we celebrate the thousands of talented, fierce, passionate, visionary and leading women in our industry.
by Stacey Soble
Recruiting from the Trenches
Recruiting future superstars from the beauty colleges in my area has always been an important component in our business growth.
Find The Right Salon Space
Commercial real estate guru, and President of Cursor Realty Corp, Willow Shambeck, works directly with renters looking for the perfect salon space. Here she provides SALON TODAY with tips on what salon owners should consider before buying in regards to market, location and incoming costs.
Target Marketing
We decided to ask some of our Salon Today Facebook fans where they were focusing their client marketing efforts. We got many responses, indicating that this is an area that is getting a lot of attention. In a tough economy, service businesses cannot rest on their laurels. Everyone needs to reach an increased range of clients. Here are some of the new markets salon owners tell us they are pursuing.
Concrete Accountability
After several years as a salon owner, Zilinski decided to enlist her staff in the training process with an accountability program that makes stylists responsible for addressing a particular salon issue, presenting it to the rest of the staff and ultimately implementing positive changes in salon procedure.
The New Target Markets
For this article, we decided to focus on four of these new niches, explore the forces that are driving them, and showcase the salon and stylists who’ve strengthened their businesses by delivering exactly what these niches want. We hope our exploration will help you think about your clients in a different way, even encourage you to line up a new niche in your sights.
Leading Lady
In this one-on-one interview, Hollywood’s favorite male grooming expert Diana Schmidtke offers the behind-the-scenes look at her job styling on the set; details her newest adventure with John Paul Mitchell Systems’ Mitch, and tells you what your male clients really think.
Diana Schmidtke with Stacey Soble
As Hollywood's leading stylist for male celebrities, Diana Schmidtke knows men, and in this exclusive podcast with SALON TODAY's Stacey Soble, she opens up about what it's like to work on a film set, how she's involved with John Paul Mitchell Systems' MITCH launch and what your male clients really think.
by Stacey Soble