Oct 7, 2026 · 7 min · 8 segments
Chris Holman welcomes back Scott Weaver, President and Co-Owner of Douglas J Companies, Okemos, East Lansing, across Michigan, Illinois, Tennessee, Nebraska. What has allowed the company to keep…
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Tell me a little bit about that, and how your company continues to keep growing.
Well, you know, we're a family business, and next year will actually be 60 years in business.
And w- we have, we've kind of been under a little growth phase, you know, as of late.
And, you know, when Dad started the company in 1967, he had started it, you know, to create better opportunities.
He always believed that being a hairdresser should be a career, not just a job.
Should be able to take care of our families, retire, just like any other profession.
It must always serve the service provider, so those doing the haircuts, the skincare facials, so on and so forth.
Secondly, it obviously has to serve our guests, those that come in month after month to patronize our business, and whatever we do has to always keep them front of mind and service them.
You know, taking care and giving back to the communities in which we have an opportunity to work and live each and every day.
And, you know, that's a part of our DNA, that's a part of our culture today, and we always ask ourselves those three questions.
Whether it's going into a new community, a new arm of the business, it has to serve all three.
Tell me a little bit about that, and how your company continues to keep growing.
Well, you know, we're a family business, and next year will actually be 60 years in business.
And w- we have, we've kind of been under a little growth phase, you know, as of late.
And, you know, when Dad started the company in 1967, he had started it, you know, to create better opportunities.
He always believed that being a hairdresser should be a career, not just a job.
Should be able to take care of our families, retire, just like any other profession.
It must always serve the service provider, so those doing the haircuts, the skincare facials, so on and so forth.
Secondly, it obviously has to serve our guests, those that come in month after month to patronize our business, and whatever we do has to always keep them front of mind and service them.
You know, taking care and giving back to the communities in which we have an opportunity to work and live each and every day.
And, you know, that's a part of our DNA, that's a part of our culture today, and we always ask ourselves those three questions.
Whether it's going into a new community, a new arm of the business, it has to serve all three.
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