The Built Environment as a Product with Eric Taylor, Founder and CEO of Salon Republic

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Eric discusses how Salon Republic turned physical spaces into a successful product offering by creating customizable, artistic studios for independent beauty professionals. They emphasize the importance of maintaining these environments to cater to diverse needs while staying cost-effective and resilient to wear. Welcome to Elevating Brick and Mortar. A podcast about how operations and facilities drive brand performance. On today’s episode, we talk with Eric Taylor, Founder and CEO of Salon Republic. Salon Republic is a collective of beauty experts who share their talents side-by-side, so they can focus on growing their talent, expanding their client list and building their personal brand. Eric Taylor is the founder and CEO of Salon Republic, a 40-unit salon chain with over 3,000 beauty professionals in five states. He’s the host of one of the most popular podcasts in the salon industry, and Chair of the Professional Beauty Federation representing the 621,000 licensed beauty professionals and 53,000 establishments in CA. TIMESTAMPS 01:06 - About Salon Republic 05:27 - Creating a new model 16:07 - Making the built environment your product 26:46 - How to evolve your vision 35:32 - Adapting through COVID 49:11 - Future thinking 52:13 - Sid’s takeaways SPONSOR ServiceChannel brings you peace of mind through peak facilities performance. Rest easy knowing your locations are: Offering the best possible guest experience Living up to brand standards Operating with minimal downtime ServiceChannel partners with more than 500 leading brands globally to provide visibility across operations, the flexibility to grow and adapt to consumer expectations, and accelerated performance from their asset fleet and service providers. LINKS Connect with Eric on LinkedIn Connect with Sid Shetty on Linkedin Check out the ServiceChannel Website Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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