Hand-in-Hand Partnership: Making Over One Salon's Profitability (part 6)

One year ago, Lynn Kogle and her staff at Secrets Salon in Long Beach, Calif., took on the challenge of revamping their business systems using the strategies taught in OPI’s business management program, The Edge - Standards & Systems for Success.

Hand-in-Hand Partnership: Making Over One Salon's Profitability (part 5)

Shrinkage is the term retailers use to describe missing product inventory. Simple employee error or sticky fingers can be the culprit. We asked the Secrets team for their view on this retailing pitfall in this month’s business-building update.

Hand-in-Hand Partnership: Making Over One Salon's Profitability (part 4)

When Nadine Galli, OPI’s Southern California Regional Manager, visited Secrets for their monthly status meeting, she walked into a salon that was bustling with clients engaged in a myriad of salon services. The same clients were also leaving the salon having purchased the OPI retail products the salon now sells.

Hand-in-Hand Partnership: Making Over One Salon's Profitability (part 3)

How many times does a great idea come up in a meeting then it never gets carried out? We’ve found that the monthly status meetings are critical to helping us achieve our goals.

Hand-in-Hand Partnership: Making Over One Salon's Profitability (part 2)

Over luxurious manicures and pedicures we talked about how implementing the concepts of The Edge Program is already having positive effects on the salon’s business.

Hand-in-Hand Partnership: Making Over One Salon's Profitability

OPI launches The Edge training with a California salon and mentors them through each stage. Follow their progress in this year-long project as they learn new business skills and incorporate retailing in their salon.

OPI President Is Friends With Bill ... Clinton

OPI’s Competition Team Proves There’s Strength in Numbers

The Competition Team was introduced this year and has won its fair share of awards since.

Got a Question? Ask Suzi!

Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, executive vice president and artistic director of OPI Products, worked in the fashion industry for 10 years in manufacturing, design, and style. This month, she has asked to respond to some common questions she hears in her frequent travels to nail salons across the country.