62 – Traditional Salons vs Freelance Spaces

We look at the volatility of crypto and understand why this price swings happen. We look at the new business models in the creative industries, hair and beauty studio are leading the way.

61 – QR’s, Crypto and digital salons

The pair share some ideas about the future of Salon 2.0 Aaron stumps Joe by calling him Ed Balls. Can you believe Joe didn’t have a story about him. We ask the question how many QR’s in the salon would be overkill? Joe says everything in the salon should be For Sale. What do you think? Does Point of Sale work in the salon.

Applying for Dragons Den

We did some research and found that 8 out of 10 customers would purchase a product from their stylist, but only if the price was closer to the internet. (Salon products typically have a 40% mark up when you purchase from a salon compared to some online retailers).The problem wasn’t that clients had not stopped buying retail products, just stopped buying them from salons. There are many reasons for this which I could go into but I’ll spare you the details.Hair & Beauty industry in the UK is worth £28bn pounds and it’s not under threat from automation or robots anytime soon which means the salon will still demand space on the high street.

40 – In Scissors We Trust

Joe thinks Messi and Ronaldo should retire and let someone else have a go. Joe has recognised a few new trends and shared more anecdotes about marketing. We discover he had a reputation for being a cutter and one day his scissors got him into a row with a clients partner.

The Great Restart

How do you deal with the great restart? It’s been 5 long months since Salon’s in the UK were unceremoniously shutdown by Boris and Co 5 days before Xmas. It frustrated salon professionals all over the country, Not just because three weeks previously we finished a month long “circuit breaker” but the opportunity to earn […]

Salonomics 9 – Charity

Aaron Dorn and Joe Mehmet discuss and explain British hairdressing and culture for a diverse audience. In todays episode we riff on Censorship, decentralisation of the internet, the great reopening and Joe gives his controversial thoughts on Charity. sign up for GoSalon.uk and make retail easy for you and your customers.on the great reopening. find us on […]

Salonomics 8 – Independent Thinkers Unite

Aaron Dorn and Joe Mehmet discuss and explain British hairdressing and culture for a diverse audience. In todays episode we mourn Joe’s death on LinkedIn, we bash the industry bureaucrats that are trying change the industry for the worse. And we discuss why Brexit is an opportunity not to be missed. A little mention for […]

Salonomics 7 – BEIS Hit

BEIS hit – Ever wondered what the professional bodies in our industry do for us? Give us more unpaid work to do is my feeling, so Aaron asks Joe to explain why do hair and beauty professionals support these organisations, should it not be the other way around? Also Joe does not understand why his […]