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Detoxing can be good for your body and hair! Hair? Yes, if you think about it, your hair is exposed to a number of things that affect its health: air pollution, hard water, chlorine, styling products, and even your daily shampoo. So, what can be done to rid it of these harmful elements and restore
How salon hair care brands can move more products and add salon shelves with the help of data. The landscape for the salon hair care market has been rapidly changing, with many brands expanding their distribution through new channels, including retailers like Sephora and Ulta. Despite this, Salon Hair Care Global Series, our latest report
Education continues to reign supreme in the professional beauty industry, and this year’s ISSE show certainly confirms it with most brands stressing its importance. At this year’s show, we noticed a shift from the flashy stage acts to more usable techniques for the modern stylist, with brands demonstrating innovative looks and cutting-edge techniques. Leading professional
Last week, the professional beauty industry’s top leaders convened in Scottsdale, AZ, for the 4th annual PBA Executive Summit. This yearly gathering is designed to bring key players to network while learning from a collective of esteemed speakers on how to successfully shape their businesses for tomorrow. Their messages were all clear and consistent with
The salon business is tough, which is not news for those in the trenches on a daily basis. According to Kline PRO, the first half of this year saw service transaction counts down 6%, while service revenues declined by just 1%. Hair product sales from salons to consumers fell across all categories. So, what can
A double-digit decline is definitely not a good way to kick off a new year. The Kline PRO database, which is based on actual salon transactions, shows that retail product sales to clients in the first quarter of 2017 are down by nearly 13% over the first quarter of last year. For those that were
Coloring has always been the backbone of the salon hair care industry, but never before have so many facets of color permeated the market, with color-related products and services responsible for nearly every growth driver in our Kline PRO database, a powerful resource for the salon industry based on transactional data.
The salon hair care market is notoriously difficult to measure because it is more fragmented than nearly all other industries. With over 170,000 locations, mostly controlled by sole proprietors, and growth of booth rentals adding to the fragmentation, quantitative gathering of credible data has been practically impossible…until now. Through the revolutionary Kline PRO, we have
The world of professional hair care is a hotbed for new products and brands that occasionally sneak in under the radar. According to Kline PRO, a powerful product-level resource for the salon industry based on transactional data, here are some of the most prominent brands seeing notable gains over 2014: Olaplex – Sales soared more
Fire, mermaid, and pastel balayage are among the coolest hair trends this year, and Kline can support the wide application of products to achieve these trends with market data coming straight out of U.S. salons. From Katy Perry-inspired pastel rainbow hair to Kelly Osborne-styled lavender hues, colorful hair isn’t just for punk rockers anymore, and
