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Several risk factors contribute to the vulnerability of beauty salon worker’s health in terms of infectious disease. Beauty salon workers directly touch and use tools on client’s bodies, such as scissors, razors, and metal combs, that can create nicks, cuts, or abrasions on the skin that could introduce or spread infectious disease.
Martha Matilda Harper (September 10, 1857 – August 3, 1950) was an American businesswoman, entrepreneur, and inventor who launched modern retail franchising [1] and then built an international network of 500 franchised hair salons that emphasized healthy hair care.
The salons have been studied in depth by a mixture of feminist, Marxist, cultural, social and intellectual historians. Each of these methodologies focus on different aspects of the salons, and thus have varying analyses of the salons’ importance in terms of French history and the Enlightenment as a whole.
Upon moving to Paris, he opened his own hair salon and dressed the hair of wealthy Parisian women until his death in 1658. [3] Women's hair grew taller in style during the 17th century, popularized by the hairdresser Madame Martin. The hairstyle, "the tower," was the trend with wealthy English and American women, who relied on hairdressers to ...
In October 2017 Regis Corporation sold its Regis Salons, MasterCuts, and UK Supercuts to The Beautiful Group. [4] These salons became franchises keeping the same brand names. At the end of December 2019 Regis terminated its franchise agreements with The Beautiful Group and took back 200 salons [ 5 ] with the stated intention of finding a new buyer.
Most Korean-owned nail salons are located in New York, and in reaction to a 2015 New York Times exposé documenting corruption within the state's nail salon industry, Gov. Andrew Cuomo created the New York State Nail Industry Enforcement Task Force, and signed into law stricter salon regulations and required the posting of wage bonds.
The first franchised Great Clips salon opened for business on July 16, 1983, in Brooklyn Center, MN. [6] The company grew from 150 franchised salons in 1988 to 1,000 by 1997. The 2,500th salon was opened in 2006. [7] The first franchisees, Mary Lou Barton (Ray Barton's wife) and Marylu and Roger Ledebuhr are still Great Clips franchisees today.
Hair Cuttery was founded by Dennis Ratner in 1974, when the first salon was opened in West Springfield, Virginia. [4] [5] Since the 1970s, the company expanded to become the largest privately held salon chain in the United States. [6] As of 2021, it has more than 500 salons along the East Coast and the Midwest. [7]