Give Your Clients Product Recommendations from the Experts They Trust…You!

It’s week three of the biggest new feature release in Phorest history, the Phorest Summer Collection. Have you been following along? This week we will focus on Expert Recommendations, a tool that helps your team sell more retail, available on the new PhorestGo 2.0 app.  In a world as fast-paced as the hair and beauty industry, … Continued

Get Noticed. Get Booked. Phorest Ads Manager

Your software, your way. The Summer Collection, like everything else at Phorest, started from conversations with real business owners and their teams. All year round, the doors are open to feedback and ideas for the kind of new tech they’d like to see. Our Phorest community is growth-minded and pushes us to innovate ambitiously–just the … Continued

The Return of the Salon Owners Summit: Your 2023 Recap

The hour has finally arrived at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre. After a morning of mingling, conference go-ers jostle their lanyards and fresh tote bags, finish up their last bites of breakfast and eagerly stream into the auditorium to find their seats. The murmur of the crowd swells into cheers and applause as Ronan Perceval, … Continued

Verna Wall & Rich Cullen on Success Stories from the Salon Floor – Salon Owners Summit 2023 Recap

For the past 12 months, Verna Wall, Rich Cullen and the Phorest Research Team have been on the road visiting salons and on Zoom, starting conversations with business owners all over the world. They have been looking at the data and asking questions, all with a simple motive–to find out what the best salons are … Continued

Derek Anthony & Jill Ruone on The Attraction Formula: C.U.L.T.U.R.E – Salon Owners Summit 2023 Recap

After a morning of talks in the main hall of the Salon Owner’s Summit, attendees split off into smaller groups for their chosen workshops. The convention centre buzzes as energized hair and beauty professionals from all over the world mingle, navigating the halls. Derek Anthony and Jill Ruone stand at the front of their classroom, … Continued

10 Eco-Friendly Holiday Decoration Ideas for Your Salon this Year

Now that it’s officially December, the decorations start coming out in full force. And that one staff member who has been eagerly waiting to put on the Christmas playlist since early November finally gets their turn. If they haven’t started already, many salons and spas will be putting up trees, hoisting up the lights and … Continued

Salon Gift Cards: a Holiday Gift for Them and For You!

The countdown is on. The busiest season of the year for salons and spas is just around the corner. For many people, this means more celebrations to attend and more reasons to get glammed up–hence the clients clambering into your appointment books for one last blow dry, brow wax, or manicure. It also means more … Continued

Here’s Why Your Salon Needs An Integrated Card Terminal

Being a salon owner is one balancing act after another. Every day, whether creating a staff schedule, setting prices, or ordering supplies, you have to strike the right balance between time, resources, and goals and keeping your team and your customers happy. So how many days do you actually manage to cross off everything on … Continued

The Future of Payments is Cardless

Hardly 30 years ago, plastic bank cards were the height of convenience. Now payment technology is progressing at lightning speed. There are estimates that Canada could be nearing an effectively cashless society as soon as 2030. Still, we are taking it further. Cashless is quickly becoming cardless. Digital wallets like Apple and Google Pay are … Continued