Salon Management
4 Tips to Build a Profitable Salon
As a salon owner, it’s part of your long list of responsibilities to run a profitable salon. Building a profitable salon means providing your team, and yourself, with opportunities for freedom, security, benefits, growth, education and much more! But like most aspects of running a business, it’s not an easy task. Here's some advice from SALON TODAY blogger, Kati Whitledge.
How Technology Helps Janet St. Paul Market Smartly to her Clients
With Rosy Software and SalonInteractive, a salon finds a direct way to reach clients with her branded message, while a closed system for online retailing offers a data-protecting solution that keeps the professional in the equation.
What Pizza Can Teach You about Customer Service
Domino’s new Carryout Insurance illustrates that you have a problem when a guest is unhappy, even if it’s not your fault. The DiJulius Group demonstrates the value of having an insurance policy for your salon services.
The Second Tour de ISBN Goes Behind the Scenes at V's Barbershops
Jim Valenzuela, who has grown his barbershop concept into 36 locations across 15 states with more to come, offers up two of his locations and his management team, for the latest Tour de ISBN.
SALON TODAY RECOMMENDS: 3 Millennial Salon Owners Rockin' It & Are Front Desks a Thing of the Past?
Get a dose of educational articles that make you think, feel inspired and get motivated on improving your business on avedameansbusiness.com. In this series, we look at five articles trending right now—from profiles on millennial owners who are "busting the millennial myth" and bringing their salon to new heights; to the evolution of the front desk; to how salon owners’ choose their salon’s names.
Sponsored by Aveda Means Business
Beacon Technology Streamlines the Salon Experience
Salons and barbershops are using beacons to help the front desk check incoming guests in while suggesting retail recommendations to guests through their phones.
by Stacey Soble
Water Woes: A State Law Plays Havoc with Salons
Zona Salons' Frank Zona details the trials and tribulations Massachusetts salons have with the regulation that defines salon rinse water as industrial waste.
Meet the Rosy Rewards Scholarship Winners
Three young women earn some valuable funds toward their cosmetology educations through the Rosy Rewards program.
A Clever Tool for Driving New Prospects to Your Salon
A salon owner invents a matchmaking survey that helps prospective guests make a personal connection with the salon before they walk in the door.
When Maintaining Consistency Across the Brand Means Addressing Water Flow
With 35 barbershops open and another 60 in the works, V's Barbershop strives to maintain a consistent service at every location. That proves tough when water quality and water pressure varies greatly from location to location, so Emily Brown, director of operations, sought some help from Ecoheads.
How Coral Lahiani's Retailing Prayers Have Been Answered
Chicago Stylist and educator Coral Lahiani has found the solution to her retail dilemmas.
Sponsored by Amazon
OWNER TO OWNER: Lords & Ladies Has Found the Perfect Consistency Equation. It’s Called MEME.
MEME is Lords & Ladies Salon’s acronym for management, education, marketing and environment. It’s also the rock-solid foundation on which Lords & Ladies Owner Terry Derr has built his successful, seven-location business in Pennsylvania.
Sponsored by L'Oréal Professionnel
Dare to Dream 2018 Helps Professionals Refocus on their Aspirations
The Salon People's Dare to Dream event, which was held in Florida last weekend, helped salon professionals step back from their busy lives for a moment and ponder their overall long-term journey.
When the Unimaginable Happened, This Salon Was There Every Step of the Way
Jennie Moul was happily into her first year as an educator for Sport Clips when she and her husband received joyful news. They were thrilled to discover Jennie was pregnant with a little boy. They named him Benjamin and began to anticipate his arrival with excitement. Then their joy turned to heartbreak.
Sponsored by Sport Clips
Questions to Ask Yourself When Buying a Salon
Buying an existing salon is a quick way to jump into the beauty business, but it can also bring some headaches. Bruce Hakutizwi from us.businessesforsale.com offers you some important points to ponder when considering buying an existing salon.
Dare To Dream 2018: Day One
Leading Aveda professionals encourage stylists to overcome their fears and pursue their dreams at Dare to Dream 2018, while The Salon People encourage that pursuit by giving out the first Best New Aveda Artist Awards.
REPORT: Manufacturer Sales of Salon & Pro Beauty Industry Appliances & Shears Grew by 2.9% in 2017
Study reveals the Top 10 companies by sales, with Conair leading the category.