New Business Blog Series!

We are excited to announce a new blog series all about the business of salons and spas featuring Marion Shaw! For those of you who don’t know Marion, she is a salon business coach and consultant as well as the owner of Busy Bus Publications. here is a little bio all about her. After many … Read more

The grey Areas of Merchant Accounts

  As a chair renting stylist myself I understand the many pitfalls of being a business owner. At the top of the list for me is my merchant provider. I have had several run-ins with agreements I had apparently made without ever having signed a contract. As many of you may know, within your Terms … Read more

24 hour hair

I came across an article in Look Magazine recently about the first salon in the UK to open 24 hours.  One of London’s top salons, Neil Cornelius’ 1st Floor Salon, started opening for 24hrs every Thursday after popular demand for after-hours appointments. I can really see the draw of this in larger cities where there is … Read more

Haircut Icon

I stumbled across this great haircut icon and beauty salon icon the other day and thought I’d share them with you guys.  I figured if they was useful for me it might be useful for others. Haircut, designed by Roger Cook and Don Shanosky in 1974.  Public domain. Beauty Salon, designed by Roger Cook and … Read more

Paul Mitchell’s John Paul DeJoria: From Homeless to Billionaire

I came across an interesting Executive Street article this week about John Paul DeJoria one of the co-founders and CEO of John Paul Mitchell Systems.  I never realized quite what a rags to riches story he had and thought it was such a great inspiration and a great example of how you don’t need a … Read more

Customer interaction lessons from the Apple store

I stopped by the local Apple store recently to pick up a new laptop and was blown away by the way they manage client handoffs between their customer service representatives. It reminded me how poorly this is handled at so many salons and made me think we could learn some lessons from them. Whenever it … Read more

Captains of Industry

  One of our favorite businesses of late here at salonMonster is a shop based out of Melbourne, Australia called Captains of Industry, Gentleman’s Outfitter and Cafe. According to their Website, this super cool shop offers “Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks, Beverages and Comestibles, Bespoke Footwear and Leather Accessories, Traditional Haircuts, Made to Measure Menswear & Mens … Read more

Online Education

As more and more salons continue to harness the power of the Internet to promote their business’, schedule appointments and even announce upcoming events via Facebook and Twitter, it seems only fitting that education become available online as well. This idea is definitely not brand new to the beauty industry but the remarkable improvements in … Read more

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