Serious Business 2022: Upturn
Serious Business 2022 returns to New Orleans this January, with the theme of Upturn, inviting salon owners and salon staff to heal, innovate, and build from their challenges. After close to two years of turmoil and uncertainty, salon owners are finally starting to catch their breath and look towards the future with a renewed sense of hope […]
READ MORE »Philanthropy During a Pandemic
It wasn’t the year salon owners planned. Within the first few months of 2020, growth projections, marketing plans, strategies for expansion, and much more were thrown out the window as salons moved into survival mode. Despite its challenges, 2020 helped bring out the best in people, especially in the Aveda salon family […]
READ MORE »Shelter from the Storm: The Salon Spa Relief Fund
After Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, Neill Corporation’s Debra Neill Baker and Edwin Neill founded The Salon and Spa Relief Fund (SSRF), a non-profit organization established to help salon and spa owners and their employees rebuild their lives and businesses after a natural disaster or a fire. The SSRF gathers donations throughout the year […]
READ MORE »Take Your Salon to the Next Level with The Salon People Business Academy
A few years ago, Tom Petrillo, CEO of The Salon People realized the luxury salon market was under siege. “Really successful hairdressers were leaving the luxury salon world to move into the booth rental environment,” he says. “So, salons were ceasing to grow or even experiencing revenue decreases […]
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