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The salon suite concept is fast becoming the standard in the industry. It not only frees salon owners from the day to day management, hiring, and firing of salon professionals, but it also gives beauty professionals the chance to work for themselves and set their own prices and hours.
A Salon Suite is similar to a shopping mall. A mall owner would put the building together and lease it out to different businesses. A salon suite works the same way. You as the owner can build from the ground up or build out space in a shopping center. Once the space is built you can begin leasing to salon professionals, such as; hairdressers, nail techs, estheticians, or massage therapists. They bring their established clientele and set up shop in a fully furnished room that they have 24/7 access to. This becomes a win/win relationship. You lease the room, and they get a beautiful place to run their business.
Salons By JC has been in business for nearly 10 years. We began in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area in 1998. One of the most competitive salon markets in the entire country. After our first location filled up we quickly took our concept to Arlington, Euless, and San Antonio. Now with 6 locations, over 50,000 square foot of salon space and over 250 independent operators Salons By JC has become the leader in the Salon Suite industry.
Knowledge and understanding of the salon industry is not needed. We are more in the real estate development and property management business. It just so happens that we lease to beauty professionals.
The Salons By JC concept has been developed for ease of management. You can effectively hire someone to work the leasing office and spend your time developing your other interests. Does that mean you can ignore your business? Certainly not, anyone that has achieved any success in business will tell you that if you don't take care of your business it won't take care of you. However, the Salons By JC concept can be run with minimal time commitments. This is not like a restaurant where you must be present nearly every day to ensure the overall quality. There is no inventory to manage or seasonal highs and lows typical to the retail or restaurant business. Once you have the building leased the only variation you have will be the occasional room that will turn over. The quality is built into the salon and the concept itself.
Every time that we have built a Salons By JC, we have improved further on our concept. We have developed one of the most beautiful and carefully planned salons in the entire country. Our attention to every detail of the salon is completely unparalleled in the industry. There are many pit falls in every business and we have identified nearly all of them for the salon suite industry. We have worked to build and air tight concept that will help to ensure success for our franchisees.
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