Phorest & Vish at the heart of the salon

Tuckwell & Co Use Vish & Phorest to Boost Cost Efficiency

Learn how Simon Tuckwell and his team in Tuckwell & Co use Phorest & Vish to save money, increase operational efficiency, and grow staff engagement across their two salons.

I'm sure as salon owners we can all agree that we face the same problems. We've had client issues, staffing issues, and I feel having Vish and Phorest to support me has really helped alleviate some of those problems.

Simon Tuckwell

Owner & Stylist, Tuckwell & Co

Without negatively impacting client experience, by using Phorest & Vish, Tuckwell & Co are…

Saving one tube of wasted color per client

Using 300-400 fewer tubes of color per week

Backing up price increases with data

The Challenges Facing Tuckwell & Co: Colour Efficiency & Team Buy-In

Simon Tuckwell, owner of Tuckwell & Co has had a whirlwind few years. Since opening in January 2019, his business has grown from a team of 3 to a team of 48, and now operates from two successful locations in the UK.

Having grown so quickly, Simon recognized there were two areas he needed to address to ensure the long-term success of his business: his understanding of detailed color usage and his teams’ understanding of color usage.

Getting a Granular Understanding of Color Usage

While Simon could track his stock in Phorest, he struggled to get a granular understanding of exactly how much color was being wasted at the end of a service. It was also difficult to track the color being used for re-dos, touch-ups, or staff services. He had a feeling his stock could be used more efficiently, but he didn’t have the numbers to get a true understanding.

Ensuring the Team Understand The Importance of Color Efficiency

While struggling with these issues himself, he lacked the tools to communicate to his team about how crucial color efficiency is to the bottom line of the business. “I’d see them at the color bar, squeezing out color, mixing up a whole tube for a toner. I was having a meltdown as a salon owner because I’m paying the bill at the end of the week.”

The Solution: Uncovering the Benefits of a Phorest & Vish Integration

Integrating directly with their Phorest system, Tuckwell & Co began using Vish – a powerful color management software and digital scales designed to help salons reduce inventory costs and set prices accurately.

“The integration was seamless, and I’m not just saying that for this interview!” laughs Simon. “It was so easy.” By using both systems in tandem, the Tuckwell & Co team has been able to:

Save time and money on color treatments
Streamline inventory management and stock ordering
Conduct services using more accurate color measurements
Adjust service prices to ensure fairer prices for clients and fairer profits for the salon
Improve communication with and understanding among the team on the importance of color management.

Empowering The Team With Accurate Product Tracking

After implementing Vish, Simon explains that he didn’t ask his colorists to work any differently. Initially, he wanted them to mix color as usual and used the Vish system to track their average color use. After some months of tracking, it was unveiled that the team used approximately 150-200 grams of color per application. With this in mind, the team then switched to using Vish to track exactly how much color clients required during their services. By doing this, the team realized that they could use 80-100 grams of color product per service and achieve the same results.

“We are doing 300-400 clients a week. Now if I’m saving on average a tube of color per client, that is huge! And the clients are still getting the same service, the same amount of color, but there’s no color being wasted down the sink. Everybody’s got a win win,” Simon said.

Hairdresser hand in black gloves paints the woman's hair in a pink color.

Knowing How & When to Tweak Prices

As well as that, knowing exactly how much colour is needed for specific services means that the team can now price their services more accurately; “we’ve noticed very quickly how to make sure our budget is stuck to… my budget has really come down.”

Rather than conducting blanket pricing increases across all treatments, the Tuckwell & Co team now understand exactly where they need to increase and/or decrease prices, and act accordingly. This leads to more profits for the business and less impact on clients.

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Creating a Responsible & Happy Team

While the money-saving benefits were what initially drew the Tuckwell & Co team to Vish, Simon says the software has helped his team better understand the value of colour product and has given them more autonomy in their roles;

“It’s almost made me have 48 little salon owners… they want to make sure the salon isn’t losing money, the clients aren’t losing money… it’s helped problems I didn’t think about, like recruitment. We’re really consistent, and our team are really happy.”

Result: Using The Money Saved to Better The Business

With all that time and money saved, Simon explains what life is like now for the Tuckwell & Co team; “I now have the resources and the budget to put elsewhere. I can take the team out, and I can focus on changing certain areas of the salon because I now have a very clear, concise budget and understanding of what is being used in my salon… I kick myself that I didn’t have [Phorest & Vish] in [the salon] from day one, because it’s been invaluable… it is incredible as a salon owner.”

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Phorest & Vish at the heart of the salon

Tuckwell & Co Use Vish & Phorest to Boost Cost Efficiency

Without negatively impacting client experience, by using Phorest & Vish, Tuckwell & Co are…

The Challenges Facing Tuckwell & Co: Colour Efficiency & Team Buy-In

Getting a Granular Understanding of Color Usage

Ensuring the Team Understand The Importance of Color Efficiency

The Solution: Uncovering the Benefits of a Phorest & Vish Integration

Empowering The Team With Accurate Product Tracking

Knowing How & When to Tweak Prices

Creating a Responsible & Happy Team

Result: Using The Money Saved to Better The Business

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