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Salon Cancellation Policy Templates and Examples You Need

Here’s how to create booking and cancellation policy templates to help you run your business more smoothly.

Why It Might Be Time to Update Your Salon’s Pricing Strategy In Tough Times

Reassessing your pricing strategy now may well yield results that see your services expanding, your customer base growing, and may ultimately drive more profitability for your business.

How to Open a Nail Salon

Here are 10 steps you should take in the planning and development phase before you open a nail salon.

Must-Have Hardware Accessories for your POS System

Learn more about the accessories that modern point of sale systems require - more than just a cash register.

Opening a Barbershop: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide

If you’re opening your first barbershop or thinking about opening a second or third location, this guide walks you through the steps to open a barbershop.

How to Choose an Online Booking System

Look for these features when deciding on an online booking system for your business.

How to Embrace Sustainability at Your Beauty Business

When you choose the right strategy, you can make a difference at your beauty business, too — you can do your part to save the environment and save money at the same time.

Your Essential Salon Equipment Checklist

Having a well-equipped, connected, and easy-to-manage salon is essential to setting up your business for success. Here is the Square checklist guide for all of the hardware and tools you should consider to get up and running.

How L'Atelier combines science and fashion when helping customers discover their “new look”

Here, we speak to Halim about moving across continents for his career, why “l’Atelier” is the perfect name to describe his business, and how he combines science and fashion when helping his customers discover their “new look”

How to Build a Salon Website

Here are seven steps that can help you build out your salon website.

7 Beauty Industry Trends for 2022

Whether you sell products in the cosmetics or skincare industry or you’re a salon owner considering making the move to omnichannel, the following beauty industry trends can help your business surpass others in 2022 and beyond.

Marketing Ideas for Beauty Businesses

If you run a business in the beauty industry, you know how important it is to stay in touch with clients and attract new ones. Read on for some email marketing tactics that can be especially effective for beauty businesses that need a marketing makeover.

How to Use Healthcare Payment Processing Tools

Allowing your patients multiple ways to pay helps your clinic, its cash flow, and your patients all at once. Easy payment processing improves the patient experience.

The Importance of Healthcare Payment Software Security

Because of ongoing risks, healthcare practitioners must stay updated on security technologies, including those in the payments sector.

20 Touchpoints: How to Ensure a Great Salon Experience

Customer service doesn’t just happen at the front desk, it happens at every touchpoint that your beauty and wellness customers interact with. Here are 20 salon touchpoints that can make or break your customer experience.

Splitting Hairs: A Third of Canadians Admit to Cheating on Their Hair Stylists

A new survey from payments company Square reveals the truth about hair fidelity

How Good Fortune Barbershop is Making Haircuts More Inclusive

We speak with Good Fortune Barbershop about their work, their commitment to their customers, and the impact hair can have on one’s identity.

Hair Salon Ideas: Website, Event, and Marketing Ideas

Grow your business with these effective hair salon marketing ideas. Top hair salon ideas to bring in clients, including event and hair salon website ideas.

Canadian Health Practices Offer New Payment Options

Offering a range of payment options improves your clinic’s cash flow and leads to satisfied clients.

How to Manage Your Service Business During A Pandemic

We’ve compiled tips for managing your business – whether you provide blowouts, massage therapy, personal training, tutoring, tax support, home repairs, manicures or cleaning services.

How to Shift Your Brick-and-Mortar Business to eCommerce

Here’s how to get started bringing your brick-and-mortar business online.

The Art of Balancing Regular and Walk-In Appointments

What walk-in policy are you implementing at your salon? Find out how to manage walk-in appointments and build client relationships.

How to Take Payments at Your Healthcare Practice

Patients want a range of payment options to cover their healthcare costs — online, in-app or in-person. Here’s how your practice can provide them all.

Introducing the Square Appointments App—Stay on Top of Your Schedule from Anywhere

Easy Online Scheduling Software for Managing Appointments, Anytime, Anywhere.

How to Optimize Salon Scheduling

Scheduling conflicts and lost appointments can be a headache for a salon owner. To avoid these situations, here’s how to create an effective salon schedule.

Cut Down on Appointment Stress With These Calendar Management Strategies

Calendar management is an important aspect of your business. Here are some strategies to better your appointment scheduling process

Appointment Reminders Are A Great Way to Advance Your Business

Square Appointments client notification feature allows you to send appointment reminders to clients. Here’s how that can elevate your business