Sometimes Money's Not Enough

According to Kitty Victor, business consultant and co-founder of the Masters audiotape subscription service, you need to offer more than just money to attract and retain the best salon personnel-quality of life and balance are number-one issues.

theHRsalon Handles Your HR Headaches

Handling everything from accounting and payroll to insurance and legal contracts, theHRsalon helps owners run successful businesses, while avoiding the potential for legal risks.

Tell Your Clients to Pay Up

Salon consultant Neil Ducoff has something to say to those nail techs who raise their prices, then let certain clients slide on the increase: Get a new backbone.

Soap Vs.Sanitizers: Soap Wins Hands Down

New guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urge doctors and nurses to stop washing their hands with soap and water between patients and instead rub on a fast-drying hand sanitizer.

Profit at What Price?

Forget what your competitors are doing and what you think your clients will pay –the most important factor in pricing services is to ensure your salon is making, not losing, money.

Sunshine Services

A salon owner turns her house’s sunroom into a sunshine-filled nail room.

On My Mind: Back to Basics

Editor Hannah Lee discusses the basics of salon sanitation in hopes that our industry can make sure we're all meeting the standards.

Bartering: An Old Way to Do Business Has a New Name & Approach

An old way to do business has a new name---and an entirely new approach.

Texas Woman’s Death Linked to a Pedicure

State inspectors are investigating a Ft. Worth, Texas, salon where a 46-year-old paraplegic woman allegedly contracted a staph infection that led to her death.