Beauty and Hair Care

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 more

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 more

Hair Today. . .

A look at some technology that allows hair-salon customers to see how their hair will look before it's cut.  Read more

The Cutting Edge

Hair salons feature artwork and jazz music to enhance employees' creativity and pamper customers.  Read more

The Cutting Edge

Profile of a start-up hair salon.  Read more

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 more

Growing With Style

At Visible Changes, beauty parlors have become a fast-growth business.  Read more

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 more

In Praise of the Office Barber

I'm kind of a time-management nut. I like to make the best use of every minute in the day -- with two daughters under the age of two at home, I want to spend...  Read more

Would You Fire Someone for Refusing to Wear Makeup?

A sales assistant at London's tony Harrods department store claims she was "driven out" over her refusal to wear makeup.  Read more

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 more

Are Your Customers Loyal to You or Your Business?

If you ever want to sell your business, you'll have to prove to would-be buyers that your presence isn't the only reason people come through the doors.  Read more

License to Steal

One start-up increased sales by using an already established name for mass marketing.  Read more

Too Hot To Handle: Going Under

"The whole thing collapsed on us."  Read more

Upstarts: Children's Hair Salons

Will tyke-friendly hair salons make big money tending to small fry with over-grown bangs?  Read more

Office Services

Time-management tip: Have your barber, manicurist, masseuse, or detailer come to your shop, not you to their's.  Read more

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 more

Beauty on a Budget

Entrepreneurs selling discount beauty products get a boost from econochic women.  Read more

Best Shopping for the Road Warrior

It's clear we've all been high jacked into the holiday season slightly early this year, and I'm here to tell you there's no turning back. I feel your pain...  Read more

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 more

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 more

Highway Beautification

A famous bar for motorcycle enthusiasts markets its own brand of cologne.  Read more

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 more

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 more

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 more

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 more

Animal Preserve

The Bear Care Company sells bubble bath for stuffed animals.  Read more

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 more

Kidding Around

New company markets premium toiletries to children.  Read more

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 more

Archive: Moolah Rouge

How Revlon launched a line of "affordable luxuries" in the heart of the Great Depression.  Read more