#406 - Salon Retail Is Collapsing
Thriving Stylist Podcast
Britt Seva
4.7 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Are you ready for a hard truth that the professional beauty industry doesn't want you to talk about? I'm laying it all out on the table today: I'm predicting the collapse of retail sales in our industry, and I'll show you exactly why it's already happening.
We need to stop blaming diversion and look at the structural changes that have made your favorite professional brands no longer exclusive. Did you know you are now competing directly with your own distributors? We'll break down the devastating math and challenge the archaic compensation models that are unfairly penalizing your best stylists.
Stop fighting a war that ended years ago and let's rethink the relationship between your salon and retail. This is the urgent conversation the industry needs to have to future-proof your business and make having a profit possible!
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| 0:00.0 | What is up and welcome back to the thriving stylist podcast. I'm your host, Britsieva. And this is your |
| 0:05.9 | very last chance to sign up for our business organization and success planning workshop. |
| 0:10.9 | If you want your business to hit your financial goals while also allowing you to live the life |
| 0:16.3 | that you love and only work a schedule that makes you happy, this one's for you. This is not about marketing. We're not even talking about Thriver Society. This is a workshop for any stylists or salon owner who just wants their business to do whatever it is they want it to do without having it take over their whole life. And they just want someone to give them a plan to make it happen. Head to www.thrivingstylist.com forward slash success plan. |
| 0:39.9 | That's www.thrivingstallist.com forward slash success plan. I'll see you there. |
| 0:47.4 | Do you feel like you were meant to have a kick-ass career as a hairstylist? Like you got into this |
| 0:51.9 | industry to make big things happen. Maybe you're struggling |
| 0:55.0 | to build a solid base and want some stability. Maybe you know social media is important, |
| 0:59.6 | but it feels like a waste of time because you weren't seeing any results. Maybe you've already |
| 1:03.7 | had some amazing success, but are craving more. Maybe you're ready to truly enjoy the freedom |
| 1:08.7 | and flexibility this industry has to offer. |
| 1:11.7 | Cutting and coloring skills will only get you so far. |
| 1:14.5 | But to build a lifelong career as a wealthy stylist, it takes business skills and a serious marketing strategy. |
| 1:20.6 | When you're ready to quit just working in your business and start working on it, |
| 1:24.1 | join us here where we share real success stories from real stylists. |
| 1:27.7 | I'm Britt Siva, social media and marketing strategist just for hairstylists, and this is the |
| 1:32.4 | Thriving Stylist podcast. |
| 1:36.4 | What is up and welcome back to the Thriving Stilis podcast. I'm your host, Brit Siva. |
| 1:40.2 | And today we're talking about the collapse of retail sales in our industry. |
| 1:45.4 | I know it's a really bold statement. |
| 1:46.9 | I do believe it's true. |
| 1:53.2 | This is another one of the topics that I covered on the 2026 predictions podcast. |
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