The History Of The Franchise Business - Learning About Business Opportunities By Looking At The Past

Hair care has been around as long as humans have been on the planet. The earliest record of personal hair care dates back 2.5 million years ago, when brushes used to cerate cave paintings in Spain and France were adapted for use in hair grooming.
Interestingly, many of the innovations in hair design that are still used today originated in the late 19th century.According to 2002 statistics, there were 1.4 million personal care services in the United States, 313,000 of whcih were beauty and hair salons. The hair salon service indusrty alone had revenues of $55.9 billion, while salon product sales were $5.5 billion. Coloring alone brought in $10.4 bililon for the beauty industry in 2002.The biggest single customer group is the baby boomer generation, who by the way now constitute the largest population segment in America, and who are more than willing to spend money on a hair care services.What that means is that the prospects for owners of hair care businesses are solid and strong.

The 2003 Job Demand Survey, distributed by the National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences, indicated that average total income (including tips) for salon owners was $53,150 per year.There are three ways you can enter the hair indutsry.
You can open a franchise hair salon, in whcih you pay money upfront to use somebody else’s established name and resources such as advertising campaigns. You can buy an established salon from somebody who is retiring from the busienss or has damaged the business and is forced into bankruptcy. Thirdly, you could establish your own salon.So what does it take to be a successful salon entrepreneur?