The Next Generation
Jacquelyn Tran learned the ropes of the fragrance industry from her parents' brick-and-mortar business. Then she built her own -- online. Read story
Beauty and Hair Care
Growing With Style
At Visible Changes, beauty parlors have become a fast-growth business. Read story
The Hottest Entrepreneur In America
How John McCormack's unique approach to managing people and information produced one of this country's premier growth companies Read story
The Cutting Edge
Profile of a start-up hair salon. Read story
The Cutting Edge
Hair salons feature artwork and jazz music to enhance employees' creativity and pamper customers. Read story
Hair Today. . .
A look at some technology that allows hair-salon customers to see how their hair will look before it's cut. Read story
How I Did It: Bobbi Brown, Founder and CEO, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
In New York in the excessive 1980s, Bobbi Brown made it big by pushing moderation. She became makeup artist to the stars by introducing a palette of natural ... Read story
Hands-On Marketing
Revlon, Neutrogena, Oil of Olay. Their ads are plastered across women's magazines, and daytime television is just as much a venue for their skin-care prod... Read story
Hair Today, Gone . . . Oh, Forget It
You can't fight city hall, but the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists is another matter, or so Caryl Barday discovered when she tried to set up an in-off... Read story
The Best-managed Franchises in America
A profile of Gary Grace, whose 20 hair salons are the top performers in the Supercuts franchise chain. Read story
License to Steal
One start-up increased sales by using an already established name for mass marketing. Read story
Whose Brand Is It, Anyway?
Terri Williamson did a textbook job of launching Glow. Jennifer Lopez and her team did a textbook job of launching Glow by J.Lo. And then their worlds collided. Read story
Too Hot To Handle: Going Under
"The whole thing collapsed on us." Read story
Upstarts: Children's Hair Salons
Will tyke-friendly hair salons make big money tending to small fry with over-grown bangs? Read story
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It was the volunteer fireman's vanity that made all the difference. Still in his early twenties, he combed through medical journals seeking a cure f... Read story
Office Services
Time-management tip: Have your barber, manicurist, masseuse, or detailer come to your shop, not you to their's. Read story
Beauty on a Budget
Entrepreneurs selling discount beauty products get a boost from econochic women. Read story
Tap the Untapped Billion-Dollar Co-Op Fund
Co-op advertising is a cost-sharing arrangement between a manufacturer and a retailer for customers' advertising programs. Collectively, manufacturers ear... Read story
The Real-life Factor
It has always seemed incredible to me that appraisers who are valuing multinational companies or fine art worth millions of dollars can literally hang up ... Read story
Highway Beautification
A famous bar for motorcycle enthusiasts markets its own brand of cologne. Read story
A Plan That Makes Scents
An empty bottle will get a return. That, at least, was what Ronald Senkirk, vice-president and general manager of the $10-million Parfums Caron U.S. divi... Read story
Hot Tip: Signing bonuses
Thanks to a tight labor market, signing bonuses for new employees are becoming increasingly common. "You don't have to be Bill Gates or Michael Jordan to ... Read story
Marketing;
If you depend on third parties for sales, you want to give them reasons for moving your product. That may mean helping them to market themselves while th... Read story
Are We Having Fun Yet?
John Paul Mitchell Systems is a new-wave profit machine with few moving parts and a direct connection to Paradise Read story
Animal Preserve
The Bear Care Company sells bubble bath for stuffed animals. Read story
The 1999 Business Brokers' Dog List
Although the market has generally been strong for small-business sales, certain types of companiesare languishing. Some examples: f... Read story
Kidding Around
New company markets premium toiletries to children. Read story
Soapy Sales
New company test markets a combination body soap and shampoo, called ShamSoap. Read story
Archive: Moolah Rouge
How Revlon launched a line of "affordable luxuries" in the heart of the Great Depression. Read story
Letter from the Editor
Limited access to capital can actually make business owners smarter and their companies stronger. If you doubt this, read our cover story on Inc. 's ... Read story
The Selling of Ethics
Two hair-care competitors trade jabs on whether or not it's ethical to advertise a company's political correctness. Read story
Case Study #3: The Taste Maker
The Start-up: Ventana Health The Founder: Tim Avila San Clemente, California The business proposition:Read story
HR Watch: The ADA, Casinos and Bars, and Wall Postings
Employer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by giving job applicants medical exam before conducting background check. Th... Read story
New Blood Adds A Blush To Cosmetics Business
The chic world of the cosmetics industry always celebrates youth, but lately it has shown a few of its own jowls and wrinkles. Sales in 1983, adjusted fo... Read story
Get A Whiff Of This
Creative Environments Inc. founder plans to expand product fragrancing company. Read story
HDS Cosmetics, - Inc. Article
HDS Cosmetics Location: Yonkers, N.Y. 2002 Revenue: $9.9 million Grow... Read story
The Young and the Restless
Entrepreneurship keeps getting cooler, and the entrepreneurs keep getting younger. Meet five of our favorites. Read story
Cutting a New Deal
Recruiting new customers is expensive. That's why Ron Provenzano, co-owner of $5.2-million Zano's Hair Design, in Naperville, Ill., finds it more profitab... Read story
Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 - Leanna Archer, Leanna's
12 Leanna Archer Leanna's Age: 12 Location:... Read story
Get Publicity and Bolster Profits through Public Speaking
One of the best ways to promote your product or service and expand your customer base is also one of the cheapest. Interested? It's public speaking. I kno... Read story
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