What to pay a new stylist, and what matters more
Start from what the chair costs you. A wage floor against commission survives month one, and filling their column beats any rate you could offer.
Insights
For the people running the floor.
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Rebooking rate: the one number to track if you pick one
Measure booked-at-checkout, by stylist. Asking at the chair instead of the desk is free and typically worth fifteen to twenty points.
Retail attachment: the easiest number in a salon to move
Most salons sit near one ticket in ten and guess higher. Going to one in four is about a thousand a month on stock you already own.
Chair utilisation, and why revenue alone misleads you
The share of available service hours you actually sold. Two salons both down 8% need opposite fixes, and only this number tells them apart.
Your first salon hire is probably not a stylist
Three situations look identical from the inside and need opposite answers. Try raising prices first, and cost the hire before the interview.
Drawing server sections that do not cost you money
Count covers, not tables. Draw contiguous sections and rotate who gets the good one, because splitting the window tables costs everybody time.
Supplier terms are worth more than supplier prices
2% off $18,000 a month saves $360. Moving to net 21 hands you $12,600 of working capital, and terms are easier to get than price.
A restaurant closing checklist, and why each item is on it
Tomorrow's service is decided tonight. The three items that cannot be skipped, and the variance line you record even when it is zero.