susiegeek
New Member
Hi geeks,would love some advice from hair & beauty salon owners.I recently rented a space in a local hairdressers providing all aspects of beauty therapy.Buisness wasnt great but was definatly improving for me,however the hairdressing side wasnt doing so good and due to a number of factors the owner has shut the shop.I am in a position to open my own shop in the same small market town as the previous one,i have viewed a shop that is perfect and is already being used for hair & beauty.
The problem Im facing is with the stylists who worked at the previous salon.When the shop closed they were upset that they had no wages & didnt know what to do, when i approached them as to whether if i set up shop would they come too ( and obviously bring their client base) they were all for it.Since then I have been pushing forward with this new salon but now they seemed to have cooled mainley due to the fact that they are doing their exsisting clients mobile & are in no rush to commit.
I dont know much about the hairdressing side of the buisness (stock,pricing etc) and really needed their input to get the shop up & running.Do I take a chance & continue but advertise for new stylists & hope they are what Im looking for or forget it?The beauty side of the buisness wouldnt bring enough revenue to cover the bills so definatly need the hair side.(PS;the 2 stylists had worked together for years & had picked up alot of bad habits eg,untidy,lazy not customer focused & coming in with at least 2 hangovers a week):Scared:
The problem Im facing is with the stylists who worked at the previous salon.When the shop closed they were upset that they had no wages & didnt know what to do, when i approached them as to whether if i set up shop would they come too ( and obviously bring their client base) they were all for it.Since then I have been pushing forward with this new salon but now they seemed to have cooled mainley due to the fact that they are doing their exsisting clients mobile & are in no rush to commit.
I dont know much about the hairdressing side of the buisness (stock,pricing etc) and really needed their input to get the shop up & running.Do I take a chance & continue but advertise for new stylists & hope they are what Im looking for or forget it?The beauty side of the buisness wouldnt bring enough revenue to cover the bills so definatly need the hair side.(PS;the 2 stylists had worked together for years & had picked up alot of bad habits eg,untidy,lazy not customer focused & coming in with at least 2 hangovers a week):Scared: