Salon Management

Sport Clips Haircuts Elevates its MVP Experience with a New Proprietary Scent

A custom blend of chamomile, lavender and eucalyptus, designed to encourage relaxation, was tested in 50 stores before it was rolled out systemwide

The Importance of Taking A Mindful Pause

As her new book releases, psychologist and author Dr. Chris Johnson sits down with SALON TODAY to talk about how taking a mindful pause can help salon owners establish clarity in their thoughts, reduce stress, and better connect with their team and themselves.

SALON TODAY 200: Von Anthony Salon Resets Its Life Cycle

Post-pandemic clientele, along with a team shift, bring a younger vibe.

Lessons From a Barbershop

What is it about a barbershop that feels so honest and down-home, like the comfort food of grooming?

How to Evolve a Salon Bridal Business

Salon West Owner TJ Griggs describes the special services and special tools she embraces to elevate her bridal business.

Making Payment Processing and Tipping Convenient for Today’s Client

Delivering excellent customer service in the salon begins the time your client walks in and ends when they leave your salon. Rudy Moser, owner of a.salon in Chicago, discusses how he uses integrated software, takes American Express cards, and handles credit card tips to provide world-class customer care to his clientele.

Sponsored by Amex

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.

Overcoming Bias: What Every Hiring Manager Needs to Know

Within the past five years, diversity and inclusion have been the main drivers of organizational training, politics and community engagement. But diversity is much more than a buzzword; it propels innovation and problem solving, and leads to higher performing teams. In his new book, CJ Gross provides strategies that help class-migrants transform from undervalued employees to respected leaders, while helping organizations understand the impact of diversity on productivity, turnover and revenue.

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.

Salons and Schools Gather to Tackle Recruitment

In Sarasota, Florida, Cutting Loose Salon gathers local salon owners and schools to discuss how schools can best prepare students to work in salons and how salons can better reach prospective new team members.

SALON TODAY 200: Timothy John’s Salon Snaps Back

The salon’s rebound after the pandemic celebrates the “new” in New York City.

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

SALON TODAY 200: Tailored Salon Chooses to “Walk the Walk” with Inclusivity

A newly hired transgender stylist helps the Milwaukee salon to develop a Trans Experience Menu to make all guests feel safe in the space.

SALON TODAY 200: Salon Rootz Discovers Its Team’s Secret

Deep “roots” of the Rootz staff reveal some surprises during a salon celebration.

4 Tips to Improve Your Barbershop's Guest Experience

As with any beauty salon, guests’ expectations of the barbershop experience are evolving – as is the type of guest looking for an appointment. Once considered a relatively conventional, male‐focused business, barbershops are now visited by all genders, with a growing demand for an easier, more convenient experience.

SALON TODAY 200: Salon Secrets Spa Engages Nearby Salons for Recruitment Events 

Aiming for the best fit, the Pennsylvania salon partners on open houses to make recruitment a community effort.

Why Salon/Spa Profit Matters

Strategies' Neil Ducoff shares six lessons for controlling your profit.