
Lessons From a Barbershop
What is it about a barbershop that feels so honest and down-home, like the comfort food of grooming?

What is it about a barbershop that feels so honest and down-home, like the comfort food of grooming?

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation is partnering with Barbicide to gather industry leaders and experts for discussions on how the pandemic has affected the industry, the disproportionate impact on communities of color, plans for business and economic recovery, and the various roles of these barbers and hair stylists in supporting business health and community wellbeing.

The individuals who make up the workforce behind salons and barbershops around the country are asking their elected officials to #KeepUsWorking safely through the global pandemic.

Wahl Professional has partnered with the Professional Beauty Association (PBA) to support barbers and stylists who are out of work due to COVID-19. Throughout May, 50% of the purchase price of any 1919 by Wahl Professional men’s grooming line product will be donated to the PBA COVID-19 Relief Fund when customers go to the Wahl Professional website and use the code PBA at checkout.

A few short months after helping to rebrand and launch Gambuzza's, Sport Clip's Edward Logan and The Visage Group's Belinda Gambuzza partner to purchase seven Knoxville Sport Clips' franchises, deepening their corporate relationship.

"If men take responsibility for their own healing that will heal the whole family."

The Visage Group's Frank Gambuzza and Sport Clips' Gordon Logan partner to take Gambuzza's upscale Italian barbershop concept to the national stage.

In any industry, 25 years is an achievement but in the beauty business, where things move so quickly, Johnny B has seen sustained growth with no end in sight.

Donald (DC) Conley is the first barber to be awarded the #SchedulicityCares business grant of $5,000.00.

The MINDBODY Wellness Index is a report devoted to all things beauty: spend, demographics, services consumers want to try next, top beauty and grooming services for men and women – and it’s even broken down by U.S. markets.

One of the best days on the barbering calendar, this show has grown every year.

A few months in to the Wahl Fade It Forward program, the chosen students have found that the support from UCAN, a Chicago social service organization, has given them a leg up at His & Hers Barber School.

Award-winning salon owner Tim Timmons partners with Keune to add a profitable men's area to his existing salon.

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.

Barbercon brings together thousands of barbers, cosmetologists, and brands from around the world on June 10 and 11 in Maspeth, New York.

With an eclectic collection of art and a keen sense of what attracts the gents, Charles and Debra Penzone create Royal Rhino Club Barbershop & Lounge, tying for First Runner-Up in the 2018 Salons of the Year.
Each year as the SALON TODAY team studies thousands of pictures and essays that are submitted by the Salons of the Year competitors, we try to pin down the trends, and this year is no different. Typically, we report on things such as popular color schemes, innovations in lighting or materials and finishes that are on point.