
Kelly Huether Reacquires Life of Riley and Riley Salon Resources
Life of Riley Salon Supply and Riley Salon Resources are back in the family, as Kelly Huether acquires the professional distributor he co-founded in 2013.
Cosmoprof North America (CPNA) continues its legacy as an award-winning business-to-business beauty event in the US with recent award recognitions by two prestigious trade show media group.

Cosmoprof North America (CPNA) continues its legacy as an award-winning business-to-business beauty event in the US with recent award recognitions by two prestigious trade show media groups, TSNN, Trade Show News Network and TSE, Trade Show Executive.
Cosmoprof won Trade Show Executive's (TSE) Fastest 50 Award in the following category:
Fastest 50 – By Exhibiting Companies
Cosmoprof also won TSE's Next 50 in the following two categories:
Next 50 – By Net Square Feet of Exhibit Space
Next 50 – By Total Attendance
Trade Show News Network (TSNN) has included Cosmoprof North America on its list of Top Trade Shows for 2017, with CPNA landing in the 68th spot. CPNA is also qualified to be chosen as one of TSNN's Top 25 fastest-growing trade shows in attendance and net square footage. Winners of that award will be announced in August.
The 2017 Cosmoprof North America show held at Mandalay Bay Convention Center July 9th -11th once again delivered record breaking exhibitor and attendee sales. Held, annually in Las Vegas, 36,787 attendees, (up 9 % from 2016) engaged with record breaking 1,278 exhibitors (up 9% from 2016), representing 45 countries were able to see and experience several new programs, special areas and unique opportunities to engage and attract. The show floor space covered 293,306 sqf (27,249 sqm) of space with an increase of of 4% compared to the previous year.
For more information, please visit www.cosmoprofnorthamerica.com.
Organizer: Cosmoprof North America is organized by North American Beauty Events LLC, a joint-venture company between the Professional Beauty Association and BolognaFiere Cosmoprof S.p.a.
BolognaFiere Cosmoprof S.p.a., the world’s leading trade show organizer in the cosmetics, fashion, architecture, building, art and culture sectors, features in its portfolio more than 80 exhibitions, both domestic and international, among which are Cosmoprof, an international platform with events in Bologna (established 1967), Hong Kong (established 1996) and Las Vegas (established 2003).www.bolognafiere.it
The Professional Beauty Association (PBA) advances the professional beauty industry by providing our members with education, charitable outreach, government advocacy, events and more. PBA is the largest organization of industry professionals with members representing salons and spas, distributors, manufacturers, and beauty professionals/NCA. Visit probeauty.org

Life of Riley Salon Supply and Riley Salon Resources are back in the family, as Kelly Huether acquires the professional distributor he co-founded in 2013.

BaBylissPRO and IGK have partnered to launch the BaBylissPRO Studio Trunk, transforming the professional tool brand’s digital Style Studio into a physical experience for the first time in its sixty-year history.

KEVIN.MURPHY's Flawless combines hair repair and styling benefits using KM.Re.Bond technology.

K18 Biomimetic Hairscience has partnered with Beauty Changes Lives to launch the K18 Future of Hair Scholarship, aiming to support aspiring professional stylists by reducing financial barriers to cosmetology education.

Rosy Salon Software integrates with Mya, empowering salons, spas, and barbershops to transform their websites into powerful, automated lead-generation machines.

Known for his buttery blondes and a technique for highlighting hair with more precision that he called chunking, Brad Johns died on August 27. His friend and fellow colorist, David Stanko, shares thoughts on his talented colleague and close friend.

The Green Beauty Community Foundation convenes beauty brands, salon-industry leaders, educators, and sustainability organizations for a collaborative professional beauty gathering on September 23rd in New York.

At 80, global feminist, former marriage and family therapist, executive coach, and powerlifter Barrie Zucal shows women how to stop letting “debilitating goodness” derail their dreams. Her empowering new book, BOLD: How Women Play BIG by Leading Instead of Pleasing, calls out the quiet conditioning that holds women back from achieving their ambitions — and shows them how to free themselves.

From a Santa Monica apartment startup to the nation's largest sugaring and sunless tanning brand, SUGARED + BRONZED reaches a major milestone with 50 locations across 10 markets.

The Davines Edit reflects the brand’s passion for people and planet.