What’s Your Backup Plan
Groomers are some of the fiercest and most resilient workforce in the world today. But this ability to maneuver through one of the nation’s most hazardous …
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Rules of Engagement: Settling Differences in the Salon
One of the most aggravating things to deal with is trying to settle a disagreement with someone. Each party feels they are right, and often feel …
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5 Tips for Marketing Your Cat Grooming Business
Whether you are opening a new cat grooming business, adding services to an existing salon or wanting to beef up your cat client list, you’ll need …
Retaining Regular Clients (Post-Pandemic)
After spending many years educating cat owners on the importance of regular feline grooming, numerous grooming businesses were forced to temporarily close due to stay–at–home orders …
Fit to Work
What is fitness to a groomer, you may ask? If you are a working pet groomer, you will likely define your fitness level by how many …
Neglected Cat to Regular Client
When a pelted cat is presented at a first appointment, we are sad, but hopeful. Three years later, however, when it has become clear the owner …
Certificates and Licensing Getting Prepared
Many of us actively seek new information about what we do so that we can continue to improve and keep up with the latest knowledge and …
Grooming Business Models: One Size Does Not Fit All
All groomers are not created equal. Well…in some cases they are, and some they are not. All groomers possess a unique capacity to love an infinite …
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Thinking of Going… Mobile?
Have you ever considered opening your own mobile grooming salon? Andis Company Educators Dana Chavez–Rey and Cindy Oliver share their experience in mobile grooming and tell …
Is It Time Time to Take the Show on the Road?
We live in ever–changing times. And as technology has advanced, the habits and preferences of people and the way we live our lives day–to–day has changed. …
Selling Your Business: How to Get What It’s Worth
“I absolutely loved my job, my clients and their pets, and I really thought that I would groom until I died,” says Cathy Hartley of Palatine, …
Becoming Essential: How to Pandemic-Proof Your Business
The year 2020 has been filled with many lessons—none as poignantly learned as those experienced by small business owners. This year has shown many groomers and …
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