The Suite Life: Reality vs. Fiction
Beauty school graduates often picture their career in a linear fashion: start as a new talent artist, work their way up to senior level, and maybe become a salon owner one day. Jakob Dozen, owner of Jakob Dozen Hairdressers in Fairhope, Alabama, says it doesn’t always work that way. After Dozen graduated from cosmetology school […]
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Aveda Name Opens Doors with Developer
Three years ago, booth renter Brandon Hamilton was driving between Fayetteville and Springdale, Arkansas, when he saw signs for a new development under construction called Johnson Square. Intrigued, he went home and looked up the project. “I found out they were building a whole community,” Hamilton says. “It’s a neighborhood with 300 single-family homes, 200 multi-family homes […]
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Recruit Great Stylists and Staff
Probably the most common challenge we hear from salon and spa owners is that they need more staff, and not just bodies – people who care, who are motivated and who go above and beyond. The truth is, there is a lot of competition out there for staff like that, but here are some things [...]
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Maximizing Revenue per Square Foot from a Master
Anyone can open a salon. But opening a salon, making it profitable and staying in business is another matter. With five Centre salons in the Denver area and one in Murray, Utah, owner Jim Pacifico has mastered the art of salon operations with specific formulas and plans he follows to hit profitability benchmarks.
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Two Years, 200 Percent Growth, One Fearless Leader
Three years ago, Hope White was plugging along, making a living as a stylist and salon owner, when she had hit a plateau with no room for growth. The salon she opened in 2011 was stagnating, and short of moving to a bigger location, there was nothing she could do about it.
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