Technology

Vish Waste Warriors Awards Identifies 2022 Top Sustainability Champions

The color management system Vish recognizes the top colorists and salons who are preventing color waste. Meet the 2022 Waste Warriors and see how much they are saving.

Instagram's Collab Feature: What You Need to Know

Salon.Marketing's Lucas Renfroe is back, with a helpful tip on how your business can collaborate with a content creator to gain more reach for both of your posts.

Fresha Launches New Deposits Feature

Fresha's game-changing deposits feature delivers unrivalled income protection for hair, beauty and wellness businesses against late cancellations and no-shows. And a powerful new partnership with beauty entrepreneur Hada Kattan has Fresha poised for growth.

Fresha Acquires Australian Platform Bookwell

Following an investment in funding from General Atlantic, Fresha adds to its extensive base of more than 60,000 partner salons and spa by acquiring the Australian platform Bookwell.

Consumers Seek Value, Reputation and a High-End Experience When Selecting a Hair Salon

A new study conducted by Boulevard explores how customers choose a new salon and new stylist, as well as what motivates them to buy a product. It also illustrates the important role online booking plays.

A Former Marketing Pro Follows Her Dream into Cosmetology

How a passion for hair, a background in marketing and a leg up in school helped this salon professional blossom.

App Update Gives Clients Virtual Try-on, Skin Diagnosis, and Data-driven Personalization

Tricoci Salons & Spas partners with Perfect Corp to provide salon guests with best-in-class augmented reality and artificial intelligence experiences.

Vagaro Launches "On Point" Podcast

iHeartRadio Reporter Taylor Burke hosts the podcast that tells the stories of pros in the beauty, fitness and wellness industries.

Boulevard Achieves Record 2021 Results with 188% Revenue Growth

The company's client experience platform, now used in 2,000 salons and spa nationwide as online booking and seamless payments, help drives the self-care industry resurgence.

Switch to Better Booking

If you're an independent salon owner and looking to improve your business, Booksy may be your solution. Booksy takes care of appointment bookings, client payments, reminders and even consent forms.

Sponsored by Booksy

5 Ways to Connect with More Guests During the Holiday Season

The holidays are the most joyous time of the year for so many of us. After last year’s season that saw travel restrictions, social distancing measures, and isolation as a result of COVID-19, people are craving connection more than ever. And not only with their friends and family — but with businesses, too.

Cutting out Time-Wasters for Colorists

Sustain Beauty Co introduces the new Procare foil cutting machine, which offers four length preferences, options on folding and a choice of how many foils are dispensed.

Take Your Business to the Next Level with Spa Space

Market your specialties with on-your-terms flexibility, powered by game-changing technology.

Sponsored by Spa Space

A Clever Idea for Leveraging QR Codes to Drive E-Commerce

Today's savvy customers will shop online in-between their appointments, and one salon is using QR codes to help lead clients to a digital retail destination that benefits the salon. A great idea you can still implement for this year's holiday season.

Millennium Receives US Patent for their Convobar Technology

Meevo 2's intuitive virtual assistant provides voice recognition and natural language understanding.

A Closer Look at When Clients Book Appointments

According to new data from Book Salon, salon entrepreneurs without digital booking systems are likely losing tens of thousands of dollars annually because of missed bookings.

Salonist Software: A Story of Growth

Neeraj Gupta launched his cloud-based salon software company in Asia and has been expanding west ever since.