1st New Competition - Page 2 - tanTALK

Black Sun · 03-11-2015, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by JOHN @ URI

That depends on what Three B's has for equipment....?

Competition is competition, good or bad, they will have a captive audience being in a hair salon that has existing clients.

I don't know John....I once had a tan/hair combo. Tho, much different than most, it was 3,000sq ft (two store fronts side by side), one main entrance. I had, at anytime, 8-10 stylist...on a saturday, it was packed (more hair customers than tanning), parking lot full, no place for 'tanners' to park....tanning#'s dwindled on weekend, and I credit that to the busy hair salon...not to mention, the smell of perms would waft thru the tanning side...turned many tanners away. I do agree, both can 'feed' off each other, but I would NEVER recommend it...which is probably why the existing hair salons did away with their tanning. I ran it as two separate biz. In a case like this small town, it won't work as well..

parrot head · 03-11-2015, 01:09 PM

^^^^^Exactly why nails and tanning would never work. You might have a captive audience with your hair customers, but nobody else. I don't think the modern Styling salon do a lot of stinky perms now, so that might be a plus.

sunrisetan · 03-11-2015, 07:25 PM

For over 20 years I've run a tanning, hair and nail salon in my 6000 sq ft building. All feed off each other for sure. It's a huge plus, convenience.

manbeer · 03-11-2015, 11:13 PM

We have a small hair salon within ours. It's one stylist that basically covers the overhead which is nice and picks up the slack during JASON. Had one of our competitors close, then get bought out and reopen two years ago, nice equipment etc, poor work ethic and unprofessional. They have been open and closed for the last few months but this looks like the end. They have been closed pretty much since january. Only other competitor has crap for beds but is in a location that many people have to pass to get to us. They get the lazy stragglers that don't want to drive the extra two miles to actually tan. The other place was a surprise though...in all honesty with their equipment they should have given us a run for the money

Three B's · 03-12-2015, 03:59 PM

Thanks for all your input. I was of course freaked out at first, but now that I have had a couple days to think about it I'm good. Competition is good. In fact, it just made me step back and take look at my salon. I can spend the next couple months curled up in the fetal position worried about how it will affect me, or I can spend the the next couple months preparing, networking, and moving forward.

Black Sun · 03-13-2015, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Three B's

Thanks for all your input. I was of course freaked out at first, but now that I have had a couple days to think about it I'm good. Competition is good. In fact, it just made me step back and take look at my salon. I can spend the next couple months curled up in the fetal position worried about how it will affect me, or I can spend the the next couple months preparing, networking, and moving forward.

Good approach and good attitude.

sunsally · 03-13-2015, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Three B's

Thanks for all your input. I was of course freaked out at first, but now that I have had a couple days to think about it I'm good. Competition is good. In fact, it just made me step back and take look at my salon. I can spend the next couple months curled up in the fetal position worried about how it will affect me, or I can spend the the next couple months preparing, networking, and moving forward.

Yes!

Start here.... http://tantalk.com/industry-professi...-business.html

Three B's · 03-13-2015, 01:37 PM

Sunsally, I don't have permission to access this page.

Black Sun · 03-13-2015, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Three B's

Sunsally, I don't have permission to access this page.

Nor do I...???

BTANN · 03-13-2015, 06:42 PM

Me neither. And I thought I was special

03-11-2015, 01:09 PM	#12 (permalink)
parrot head Team TanTalk Join Date: Jul 13 2004 Location: Menomonie, Wi. Age: 82 Posts: 3,145 Rep Power: 22	Re: 1st New Competition ^^^^^Exactly why nails and tanning would never work. You might have a captive audience with your hair customers, but nobody else. I don't think the modern Styling salon do a lot of stinky perms now, so that might be a plus.

03-11-2015, 07:25 PM	#13 (permalink)
sunrisetan Join Date: Jan 30 2008 Location: michigan Posts: 792 Rep Power: 17	Re: 1st New Competition For over 20 years I've run a tanning, hair and nail salon in my 6000 sq ft building. All feed off each other for sure. It's a huge plus, convenience.

03-11-2015, 11:13 PM	#14 (permalink)
manbeer Join Date: Jan 5 2012 Location: Long Island Posts: 128 Rep Power: 13	Re: 1st New Competition We have a small hair salon within ours. It's one stylist that basically covers the overhead which is nice and picks up the slack during JASON. Had one of our competitors close, then get bought out and reopen two years ago, nice equipment etc, poor work ethic and unprofessional. They have been open and closed for the last few months but this looks like the end. They have been closed pretty much since january. Only other competitor has crap for beds but is in a location that many people have to pass to get to us. They get the lazy stragglers that don't want to drive the extra two miles to actually tan. The other place was a surprise though...in all honesty with their equipment they should have given us a run for the money

03-12-2015, 03:59 PM	#15 (permalink)
Three B's Join Date: Jun 23 2009 Location: Northwest Age: 48 Posts: 40 Rep Power: 0	Re: 1st New Competition Thanks for all your input. I was of course freaked out at first, but now that I have had a couple days to think about it I'm good. Competition is good. In fact, it just made me step back and take look at my salon. I can spend the next couple months curled up in the fetal position worried about how it will affect me, or I can spend the the next couple months preparing, networking, and moving forward.

03-13-2015, 01:37 PM	#18 (permalink)
Three B's Join Date: Jun 23 2009 Location: Northwest Age: 48 Posts: 40 Rep Power: 0	Re: 1st New Competition Sunsally, I don't have permission to access this page.

03-13-2015, 06:42 PM	#20 (permalink)
BTANN Join Date: Dec 27 2005 Location: South Posts: 136 Rep Power: 19	Re: 1st New Competition Me neither. And I thought I was special

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