When To Let A Stylist Go (And How To Avoid It)
While it’s tempting to keep a high-performing employee despite a bad attitude, salon owners agree it’s usually not worth it.
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Serious Business 2020 Encourages Owners to Hit the ‘Reset’ Button
As the New Year turned the page on a new decade, Serious Business 2020, held Jan. 19-20 in New Orleans, encouraged approximately 1,800 owners, managers and beauty professionals to “Stop, reflect, breathe and RESET.”
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10 Tips To Recruit From Beauty Schools
“Everyone has the same problem when it comes to recruiting,” says Susan Haise, owner of the Institute of Beauty and Wellness and six Neroli salons in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area, says. “No matter what part of the country you’re in or what type of salon you run, it all starts with the population coming out of high school.”
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Add-ons Add Up to $40K in 3 Months
Lisa Cochran, owner of The Studio/Studio R3 When Lisa Cochran, owner of The Studio in Hattiesburg, and Studio R3 in Laurel, Mississippi, found her team falling into a rut when it came to delivering Aveda rituals to clients, she decided it was time for a change. “We found we were getting too good at doing [...]
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Know Your Numbers: How Much Are You Really Growing?
Source: Aveda Flickr In her first five years of owning Trixies Salon in Des Moines, Iowa, owner Tricia Rivas counted herself lucky when the salon was in the black and she could pay her bills, staff and a few credit cards. But she forgot to pay one person—herself. Owner, Tricia Revas (Source) “I was so [...]
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