Every small business owner wrestles with the same question when starting out: “How do I hold onto my best employees?” It’s an especially pressing concern when the job market is tight. Pigtails & Crewcuts franchisees are no exception. Long-term employees bring significant value to businesses, such as a children’s hair salon franchise. For example, a […]
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How to Develop a Children’s Hair Salon Business Plan
Any new children’s hair salon owner needs to be able to put together a comprehensive business plan that not only demonstrates you have a clear, logical strategy to achieve your specific business goals, but also that you have your finger on the pulse of the industry and local market. Most importantly, your business plan is […]
Inside Pigtails & Crewcuts Franchise Growth in 2019
Heading into 2020 with 65 new locations in development, it’s fair to say the Pigtails & Crewcuts franchise system experienced strong growth in 2019. Here’s how we did it and where we’re taking the brand in the new year: Our Kid’s Haircut Franchise Concept is in Demand We place the needs of children first at […]
What’s the Outlook for the Children’s Franchise Industry?
Children’s franchise concepts have gained significant traction in the past decade, and the future looks equally bright. Between an increase in spending on children across the board and being a recession-resilient concept, the children’s franchise space is poised to hit its stride in 2020 and beyond. Millennial Parents’ Spending Will Increase The number of children […]
How This Former CFO and Single Mother Became a Pigtails & Crewcuts Franchise Owner
When Pigtails & Crewcuts franchise owner Kendra Keating began counting the number of days she was traveling while raising her baby as a single mother, she realized something needed to change. “I traveled 122 days throughout her first year of life,” Kendra said. “I took her with me and hired a nanny at my expense.” […]
4 Reasons Our Kid’s Haircut Franchise is the Perfect Complement to Your Portfolio
Whether you’re just starting to build your franchise portfolio or adding to a mature roster of business investments, you want to select a concept that aligns with your sensibilities as well as generates profits. Our kid’s haircut franchise is the perfect complementary brand for your franchise portfolio. Our franchisees have a wide range of business […]
Why this Children’s Hair Salon Franchise Owner Believes in the ‘Platinum Rule’
The golden rule isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, according to Bobbei Ruswinckel. Owner of a Pigtails & Crewcuts children’s hair salon franchise in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Bobbei subscribes to the platinum rule. “Treat people how they want to be treated,” Bobbei explained. As a business owner, she recognizes that it’s not effective […]
3 Reasons Pigtails & Crewcuts Customers Become Franchisees
From both a franchising and consumer standpoint, families benefit from the Pigtails & Crewcuts philosophy of placing the needs of children front-and-center in the hair salon setting. Not only have we carved a niche in the $64 billion hair care industry by specializing in children’s haircuts, the kid-friendly focus driving demand for our concept extends […]
5 Core Values and Lessons Learned from 15 Years as a Children’s Franchise
From record fundraising efforts to unprecedented national expansion, 2019 has been a landmark year for Pigtails & Crewcuts. This year also marks the 15th birthday of our fast-growing children’s franchise brand. More importantly, we have leveraged those 15 years of success, growth, and experience to inform our updated set of core brand values and guiding […]
Why Our Kid’s Haircut Franchise Was Perfect for this Father and Former Restaurant Manager
Andrew McGehee spent the first 18 years of his career logging 70-hour workweeks as a restaurant general manager. But, as a father of two young children and a third on the way, Andrew’s strenuous work schedule became less sustainable. He decided to re-route his career path away from restaurant management and in pursuit of franchise […]
