Salon Today 200: Kenneth’s is a Rare Employee-Owned Salon Group
Long-time salon owner Kenneth Anders adapts the ESOP structure to the salon industry.
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Long-time salon owner Kenneth Anders adapts the ESOP structure to the salon industry.
In recent years, a new culture of beauty has bloomed, and it’s grown into a rich garden of diversity & inclusivity. The beauty industry is saying goodbye to the Eurocentric standard of beauty—tall, young, thin, blonde, and blue eyed—and hello to present-day values of inclusion. Along with this shift is the rise of genderless fashion, and hair stylists are helping to shape this new narrative.
Heath Smith, co-founder of Ruiz Salons in Austin, Texas, has experienced his fair share of salon change since going into business with Allen Ruiz in 1988. In the process, he's discovered a solid system for managing it.
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Membership and subscription-based business models are on the rise. In fact, The "subscription economy" is predicted to grow to $1.5 trillion by 2025.
Gratuities cause hassles for owners. You have to pay taxes and credit card processing fees on tips and you have to distribute them to the team. Strategies' Neil Ducoff shows you what a no-tipping salon looks like, and what you need to do to get there.
The brand's art initiative inspires hair pros as well as everyone else to "create your way," while a pop-up barbershop offered free haircuts to the public on the mural's launch day.
At the CLICS Digital Hair Color Studio during the show, the brand's Creative Team will show you how you can "color your way into the future."
A fun, quick-thinking quiz that tests your management decisions. There's no right or wrong answers, just a Would-You-Rather choice between two options.
Continuing our series on how to build a more sustainable business while looking out for the planet through the 3Rs of the Environment, Valorie Tate from Sustain Beauty looks at RECYCLE.