Sep 16, 2026 · 39 min · 15 segments
Salon Today’s Stacey Soble joins Gordon to explore what sets great salons apart. They discuss 30 years of the Salon Today 200, changing business trends, recruitment and retention, culture, technology…
Stacey SobleGuestGordon MillerHostnow again, for those who may not know, and you know, we get to travel in circles where I feel like we, we get to kind of hear about everything, but I'm sure somebody listening is like the salon, what the salon sisters, like what are the salon sisters? Yeah.
So they met at a Salon Today 200 recognition that we had at the ThinkFast event.
They have, you know, this was before we had group texting, they group text and I've been on them sometimes and they go 24 seven.
So it was kind of like, can I be off the group text? Cause you're waking me up.
They go to events together, but they also take recreational vacations together.
And, um, And they've really helped each other's businesses grown over the decades.
English, they're just like proof points of the power of community, you know, and there's others examples.
Like they've literally been named and too many of us know when we hear of that exactly who
now again, for those who may not know, and you know, we get to travel in circles where I feel like we, we get to kind of hear about everything, but I'm sure somebody listening is like the salon, what the salon sisters, like what are the salon sisters? Yeah.
So they met at a Salon Today 200 recognition that we had at the ThinkFast event.
They have, you know, this was before we had group texting, they group text and I've been on them sometimes and they go 24 seven.
So it was kind of like, can I be off the group text? Cause you're waking me up.
They go to events together, but they also take recreational vacations together.
And, um, And they've really helped each other's businesses grown over the decades.
English, they're just like proof points of the power of community, you know, and there's others examples.
Like they've literally been named and too many of us know when we hear of that exactly who
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