When salon owners partner with product developers to test new technology in real-world situations, an entire industry innovates. This month’s special technology issue focuses on four test-pilot salons—Arrojo Studio owned by Nick Arrojo, Voga Salon owned by Armando and Ashlee Laya, Izzazu Salon, Spa & Serata owned by Emilio Cornacchione and Gino Chiodo, and Birds Barbershop owned by Jayson Rapaport and Michael Portman—who have strategically partnered with STX Software, Salon Clouds, Smarter Lifestyle Network and Facebook’s Workplace. We find out how those relationships are mutually beneficial, as well as how their efforts impact the tech game for us all.
From the first-ever Data-Driven Salon Summit, salon leaders, including Van Council, Monty Howard, Robert Cromeans, Laura Ortmann, Allyson King, Jim Pacifico, Scott Missad and Jana and Frank Westerbeke—share their Data Stories—tales of how they’ve specifically leveraged their data to build their success.
Studio7 Salon and Spa’s Krista Harvey explains how she pulled herself out of debt and built a thriving salon culture after she embraced team-based pay.
Plus, tech gurus share their wisdom in a special edition of Mindset, and the 2017 Software and Technology points you in the right direction when it comes to shopping for salon technology.