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by Stacey Soble
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Each month, the Beauty Industry Report provides readers the information they need to predict industry trends, keep on top of leadership shifts and stay on the cutting-edge of an ever-changing industry. SALON TODAY provides you with a few ...
Credit and debit cards are quickly replacing cash and checks as the preferred methods of payment, and this can be convenient for both salons and their clients. For owners, accepting credit cards makes transactions quicker and more efficient, as well as creates greater customer satisfaction and increased sales.
Tired of watching your clients stretch their appointments further and further apart? Hate hearing how they're trimming their ends and touching up their roots at home? Wish they'd fill their counters with products off of your shelves? Well, join the rallying cry that's being voiced around the country—Take Back Our Salon Clients!
There's no doubt that today's salon and spa owners are more focused on business than ever before. As evidence, Neill Corporation's Serious Business 2010 witnessed one of its largest attendance records, with more than 1,000 owners and managers rolling up their black sleeves and diving into business topics headfirst.
After the death of his brother Guy, Bruno Mascolo embarked an a personal journey which is leading him to re-engineer TONI&GUY into the Couture of Hairdressing
Within 24 hours of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, I began receiving e-mails from owners, first asking advice on how they could help victims, then sharing stories of what they were doing. This is a story that continues to evolve daily, so I've been keeping a running a post of how those in our industry are reaching out. Don't have time to read a story this long? Then simply scroll down and feel the love:
While many salons cite the grapevine as their greatest source of new clients, few have learned to harness its marketing power and measure the impact. In 2008, Roberta and Patrick Heaney, owners of Mango Salon in Richmond, Virginia, ...
Mod styles with Dippity Do, 60s era cocktails and a modern twist on a signature service—looking back while moving forward is how The Spa at the Spa Resort Casino, in Palm Springs, CA, decided it was time to celebrate 50 years of the good life.
Ask a roomful of salon owners, who their right-hand man (or woman) is and many will cite their managers or their lead stylist. But if they really think about who is responsible for managing all the details of their business, measuring their ...
On a whim, I hit the after-holiday sales table at my local Barnes and Noble and picked up a half-priced jigsaw puzzle. My kids made faces and my husband piped in with a Grandma joke at my expense, but I just smiled and bought it anyway.
Sandra Bullock promoting The Blind Side on Jay Leno, Kate Hudson cheering at the World Series, Miley Cyrus in her chart-topping Party in the USA video--all are sporting the hottest texture trend to hit fashion, music and Hollywood scenes--the Beach Wave. This new, loose, undefined, soft, undulating wave is reminiscent of the look you get after stepping from the ocean and the hair forms a soft, subtle, natural wave.
This week, the entire SALON TODAY editorial staff breathed a sigh of relief and felt the glow of satisfaction as we shipped the 13th Annual SALON TODAY 200 issue to the printer. Expanding the competition beyond growth to focus on a variety of business practices added multiple new dimensions to what was already a strong competition. I trust the additional statistics and owner ideas will fuel salon plans around the country throughout 2010.