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Sweeping Salon Industry Changes Benefit New Stylists
Two monumental changes have impacted the salon industry in recent years: The increase of low-cost franchise systems and the rise of styling academies that combine personal development, business strategy, and systems into their training models. While low cost franchises like Super Cuts and Great Clips turned haircuts into commodities, stylists looking to make more than a living wage are turning […]
Revolt Underway Against For-Profit Online Review Industry
Joel Stein, writing for Time Magazine, recently addressed the power of online trolls: “In 2012, after feminist Anita Sarkeesian started a Kickstarter campaign to fund a series of YouTube videos chronicling misogyny in video games, she received bomb threats at speaking engagements, doxxing threats, rape threats, and an unwanted starring role in a video game […]
Franchise Growth Tied to Ongoing Support
Businesses face many challenges in today’s economic climate with nearly 50% of start ups failing in the first four years. To avoid many of the risks in starting a new brand, many small business owners choose to franchise. Franchising allows a local business owner to partner with a company with an established brand, proven track […]
Companies That Get Social Get Noticed
Every company wants their teams to succeed for obvious reasons. And yet many well-intentioned organizations sabotage new employees by failing to help them get the most out of their social media influence. One employee said of his supervisor: “He said, we give you a pen and a desk. You do the rest.” Getting a pen […]