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Salon Design Insights: Trend Watch
Get a jumpstart on your next design project with trend insight from the beauty industry's top experts.
What's Your Silver Lining?
As any small business owner will agree, the changes that our economy has been through in the past few years have been challenging at best. Tightening our entrepreneurial belts has been an unfortunate fact of business life in order to weather the downturn. Some say things are turning around and we're on our way back up. Did we learn anything from the experience? Was there a silver lining?
Joico’s Sara Jones with Jan Hillenmeyer
Sara Jones, senior vice president and general manager of Joico, is the 2011 recipient of the Spirit of Life Award from City of Hope Hospital. She tells us about her women’s cancer initiative and some exciting additions to this year’s City of Hope gala during PBA/Beauty Week.
Let Your Hair Run Wild During Salon Week
Salon Week is happening at a salon near you September 12-18!
Heart of Beauty Benefit
On June 6, Dawn’s Pizzazz hosted The Heart of Beauty, an event to benefit the Healing Hearts Center for Grieving Children & Families.
Vito Mazza Benefit Fashion Show
Vito Mazza Salon & Spa of Woodbridge, N.J. partnered with YMCA’s in Woodbridge, Edison, Metuchen, and South Amboy to raise over $3,000 for the LIVESTRONG at the YMCA program.
Behind the Scenes at the Oprah Show
The recent departure of Oprah Winfrey from network television after 25 years has left us with a gap in our DVRs, but the last few months were filled with exceptional "lasts," including a last makeover show that brought some of the top ...
Salons of the Year 2011 Introduction and Judging Process
It's a year when winning salons are beautiful in their simplicity. But look closer - behind that clean decor are the industry's newest businesses finely honed for efficiency, productivity and customer experience.
New Professional Appliance Study Shows Market Growth
Cyrus Bulsara, president of Professional Consultants & Resources, a leading U.S. salon industry strategic consulting, market intelligence and research data company, has just completed a comprehensive study of the 2010 Professional Salon Industry Appliances Market.
The Salon and Spa Relief Fund - Stacey Soble with Edwin Neill
Edwin Neill III, CEO of Neill Corporation, encourages listeners to contribute to the The Salon and Spa Relief Fund, which was established to help salon and spa owners and their employees rebuild their lives and businesses following natural disasters.
by Stacey Soble
Salons in Crisis: How You Can Help!
When Hurricane Katrina devastated the Keith Noonan Salon in New Orleans, the salon was only 18 months old. Owners Keith and Michele Noonan were overwhelmed and found they didn’t have the energy or resources to rebuild.
by Stacey Soble
Aveda Announces Congress 2011
It's the ultimate gathering of the Aveda network of beauty industry professionals—stylists, hair colorists, makeup artists, students and salon owners: The Aveda Congress 2011. The Congress festival honors top talent, inspires and educates with technical and creative presentations, and fosters a deep sense of connection to Aveda’s heritage of distinctive artistry and social responsibility.
Salon-friendly Apps to Try
Try out these Apps today!PEEKABOO MOBILEWhen customers see great deals, they are more inclined to visit your salon on a more regular basis. Now there is a free Smartphone app called Peekaboo Mobile that can allow your salon to offer deals on ...
Enhance Your Website
So what can you do to spice up your salon's website? Serif offers a product called DrawPlus X4, which is a versatile designer that will help you create artwork and graphics in an easy way.
Revenue Calculator for Salons
Mindbody has just introduced their new Real Results Calculator, a tool to help salons calculate the increased revenue and reduced expenses they might achieve when they use the software.
Sneak Peek! Salons of the Year, Grand Prize Winner
OWNER BRYAN NUNES frequently tells his staff that space is Blo’s most valuable team member, and this was his guiding design principle when it came to doubling the Raleigh, North Carolina, salon’s square footage in its latest expansion. “I am a hairdresser deep down, and I firmly believe in creating a space that is conducive to a creative, stimulating, clean and ergonomically responsible work environment, which ultimately will lead to happy designers and lower turnover.”
Zoom Zoom Salon Marketing
IT’S A MARKETING STRATEGY that allows their salon’s logo to cross the eyes of onlookers at least once per minute! In a quick 100-lap circuit, Lisa Thomas Salon’s red and black racecar loops around the track fl ashing not only a shiny number 8, but a gorgeous hair model and a billboard size “Lisa Thomas Salon” logo. This visual stimulus gets fans chatting and asking: What does Lisa Thomas Salon do? Where are you located? “Racing has created a conversation forum for our salon business,” says Tom Kmak, owner of Lisa Thomas Salon with locations in Orland Park and Tinley Park, Illinois. “Fans like to be affiliated with both our business and our race car. Success breeds success!”