Keri Davis-Duffy Shares Tips for Salon Success
Keri Davis-Duffy knows a thing or two about running a successful business. In fact, for the past 11 years she has been developing and teaching courses for Aveda Business College—a program that provides advanced business training for salon and spa owners and their managers. Davis-Duffy practices what she preaches in her curriculum, which includes courses [...]
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What do Stylists Need From Owners? We Asked Them.
Becoming a successful stylist takes hard work, dedication to your craft and excellent people skills. But there’s another secret successful stylists share—owners who support and advocate for their employees. Whether it’s in-salon education, mentoring or helping to coach numbers, an owner can make or break a new stylist’s career […]
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Be the Place they Want to Be
Ask Lorraine Lillis to describe the salon culture at Salon 2000, the Florida salon she has owned for 15 years, and she can sum it up in two words: “teamwork and intention.” There’s a sense of camaraderie that Lillis has worked hard to cultivate—she has even evolved her own role to keep the culture thriving [...]
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Growth from the Ground Up
A mortgage broker and a doctor walk into an Aveda Institute. Why are they there? Do they need to buy products? What’s the punchline? They’re there to hire stylists, of course. Chad and Edward Pereira, owners of Aura Salon in Jacksonville, Florida, aren’t your typical salon owners. The brothers, who always knew they wanted to […]
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Managing Multiple Locations: Thriving vs Surviving
Kathy Thalman was brought up in the beauty business. A third-generation hairdresser, she used to work in her mom’s salon in Tulsa, Oklahoma, before purchasing her own salon in San Antonio in 1984. But Thalman didn’t stop with just one salon. She is currently the owner and CEO of three full-service K Charles and Co. [...]
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