Salon Management Software: Price Comparison
Salon POS software systems are available at different pricing levels to accommodate different sized hair, nail, and skincare salons and spas. See how pricing tiers compare for 11 salon software providers.
6 Things to Consider Before Buying a Salon Point-of-Sale Software System
Selecting a salon management system that does everything you need it to do can be a daunting task. Get the answers to these six questions before you commit.
Salon Point-of-Sale Systems Improve the Client Experience
Salon management software helps strengthen your relationship with clients by raising the bar on customer service at appointment time, as well as helping you stay connected between visits.
How Can a Salon POS System Help Me Manage My Beauty Business?
Salon point-of-sale systems do a lot more than take payments and schedule appointments. Salon management software automates marketing, inventory, reporting, and staff management, freeing up owners to focus on the work they enjoy.
Salon Burnout: How To Spot It and What To Do About It
Here are some telltale signs as well as some surefire suggestions for solving it.
You’re A Solo Artist But You Never Have To Be Alone
Going into business for yourself in a salon suite for the first time is an exciting step in a professional beauty career. It can also be a little scary to think about working alone, without a boss or manager to turn to for help. But guess what? You really aren’t alone!
Sponsored by MYSALON Suite + Salon Plaza
How You Can Own A Salon With A Lot Fewer Headaches
Whip Salon offers a franchise arrangement that provides the freedom of ownership with unprecedented support.
Sponsored by Whip Salon
How to Create Financial Security and Consistency in a Salon
“Study what you have and project your future business based on last year’s data…when you know your slow times, there will be no slow times!”
Beauty Therapists Transform Clients in So Many Ways
With National Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 6-12) upon us, we are thinking about the many ways that licensed beauty pros extend empathy, energy, and healing touch.
by Anne Moratto
Single Mom Hairdressers Offer Advice for Keeping it Together
"I have a sneaky suspicion your attitude to keep going while juggling a career and a home might be the most valuable lesson. By showing your kids that life challenges will happen and can be faced, you provide lifelong encouragement to overcome their own." Hear from some inspiring single mom hairdressers.
Chicago Says No More: Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Training for Cosmetologists
In many communities, salons are at the center of connection, communication and coming together after disaster and heartbreak. Salon professionals also hear stories from their clients--who open up and share in the chair--that alert the stylists to situations of violence and abuse. But then what?
by Anne Moratto
Sola Salon Studios Opens 450th Location
This Kansas location (Town Center Plaza, 5065 W. 117th St., Leawood, Kansas) represents the 450th overall Sola location, the 447th in the United States, and is the 7th location owned by the same franchise group.
by Anne Moratto
#MomBoss: How These Stylists Balance a Beauty Career, Entrepreneurship and Motherhood
As we approach the weekend and the annual celebration of Moms, everywhere, Sola Salon Studios talks to some of their artist-entrepreneurs and asks them how they balance work life and mom life.
by Anne Moratto
Sola Salon Sessions San Diego: Get a Taste of the Suite Life, Join Pulp Riot, Paul Mitchell and More
Sola Salon Studios is gearing up for their first 2019 Sola Sessions education and inspirational event.
by Anne Moratto
Phenix Rising: An Interview with Gina Rivera, Founder of Phenix Salon Suites
Gina Rivera founded Phenix Salon Suites which is rapidly approaching 300 national locations with plans for international expansion to China.
Should You Become a Hairdresser?
Some things to ask yourself if you are considering a career as a stylist from someone who has been doing hair--and loving it--for more than 40 years.
Sola Franchise Acquires California Locations
Sola Franchise LLC, a leading salon studios concept, announced that it has acquired a portfolio encompassing 11 franchise locations in Orange County, CA.