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Tom Kuhn: Earning Potential in the Professional Beauty Industry

During his Main Stage talk at the 2024 Salon Owners Summit, Tom Kuhn, CEO of Qnity – an organisation offering education and tools for economic empowerment in the beauty industry […]

Tom Kuhn: The ‘Gridy’ Art of Getting Things Done

Tom Kuhn, CEO of Qnity – an organisation offering education and tools for economic empowerment in the beauty industry – ran an excellently practical workshop at the 2024 Salon Owners […]

Workshop Your Social Media Strategy with The Creative Society

As of 2023, over 60% of the world’s population uses social media, making it one of the most direct and cost-effective ways for business owners to reach their customers. However, […]

Verna Wall & Rich Cullen: How the Best Salons Create and Maintain a High-Performance Team

Following on from the success of last year’s “Success Stories from the Salon Floor,” Phorest’s Head of Research, Verna Wall, and Lead Product Designer, Rich Cullen, took to the 2024 […]

Greening Your Glam- Green Salon Collective & Dr Denise Baden

The majority of salon professionals say that they would like their business to be more sustainable, but how can we, as an industry, achieve this? On day two of the […]

Nina Tulio on Leadership: Old School Vs New School

Bursting onto the 2024 Salon Owners Summit stage as day 2’s first keynote speaker, Nina Tulio was here to get the crowd pumped. Dancing on stage the music blaring from […]

Geno Stampora: What 30 Years Experience Taught Him About the Fundamentals of a Successful Salon

The charisma of Geno Stampora is something that must be experienced in person to truly appreciate it. The man, the myth, the legend, Geno’s performance at the 2024 Salon Owners […]

Keith Barry: Beyond Words – Harnessing the Power of Non-Verbal Communication

Irish mentalist, entertainer and subconscious mind specialist, Keith Barry, gave an incredible performance at the Salon Owners Summit 2024. With mind-bending live demonstrations, he had even the most sceptical audience […]

Between Alienation & Belonging, Never Just a Haircut or Beauty Service

“You’ll be on in roughly 10 minutes.” the Salon Owners Summit A/V team tells me quietly. Here I am, after a little over six months of brainstorming, ideation, research, and […]