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Most salon owners think about hiring cost in terms of the obvious line items: the time spent posting the job, the hours of interviews, the training period. Those costs are real, but they are the smallest part of what a bad hire actually costs you. The full bill is much larger, and once you see it clearly, your hiring process tends to change. continue reading

“The largest public consultation ever undertaken on this issue found significant opposition among respondents to a commercial ban, while identifying much stronger support for education, enforcement of existing regulations and public awareness. Those findings deserve to carry significant weight as Government considers the next stage of policy development.” continue reading

What began as a simple way to encourage client loyalty has evolved into a refined, revenue-driving model at the heart of the most successful salons. While early EFT programs focused on offering maximum access for minimal cost, top-performing salons have since reimagined their structures—prioritizing value, psychology, diverse service options, and strategically tiered pricing to increase both average spend and long-term retention. The result? Businesses that are not only more stable year-round but are also significantly more profitable overall. continue reading

Here is a question worth sitting with for a moment. If you stopped offering discounts tomorrow, what would actually happen to your business? continue reading

- Current vitamin D recommendations are based on a well-documented statistical error that underestimated the vitamin D needs of individuals. - Dr. James Lyons-Weiler explains why using study averages instead of individual data led to RDAs and Upper Intake Levels that are too low for much of the population. - His simple bridge-and-truck analogy illustrates how confusing group averages with individual variation can lead to flawed public health policy and real-world consequences. - Despite more than a decade of published evidence confirming the mistake, federal vitamin D recommendations have yet to be updated to reflect current science. continue reading