Why hold a dashboard in your beauty salon or hairdresser's salon?

A hair salon or beauty salon is like a merry-go-round. As long as it's running it's great, but when it stops it's "drama." Keeping a dashboard allows you to follow the state of the ride on a daily basis in order to readjust if necessary and avoid any accident.

What's a dashboard?

Within the framework of your activity, you must be able to take the height to know where you are at a moment T and to be able to envisage the future . By bringing together the various data in a single dashboard, you are able to cross-reference and analyse the different data and take a step back on the activity of your hair salon or beauty salon. Thus, it allows you to anticipate the future, adjust prices, manage stocks or even manage your staff.

What should the dashboard of a hair salon or beauty salon contain?

The dashboard should gather all the information that can help you measure the activity of your beauty establishment. It includes the turnover per type of service (haircuts, colouring, straightening, treatments, waxing, etc.) and the number of visits, but also your data from the previous year so that you can compare the evolution of your activity. You can, for example, calculate the average record of your hair salon or beauty salon by dividing the turnover of the month by the number of visits.

  • Turnover in March: 8000€.
  • Number of visits during the month of March: 225
  • Average sheet for the month of March: 8000/225 = 35,50€.
  • In March, customers spent an average of €35.50 in your establishment.

What is the dashboard used for in your hair salon or beauty salon?

To put it simply, we will use the previous example. By analyzing the customer master record, you will be able to draw conclusions . If the most requested service in your salon or institute costs 30€, it is because on average customers spend 5.50€ more . It is 5.50€ where does this extra care come from, from resale? Thanks to your dashboard, you will have the answer. If resale figures are low while your margin is the highest on this expense item for your clients, set up an action defining resale objectives. Having concrete figures on your activity also allows you to challenge and motivate your team. For example, if next month the average record reaches 45.5€ with an average of 10€ of resale per basket, you will be able to pay a bonus to your employees. Finally the dashboard is to have visibility to organize and adjust the operation in your hairdressing salon or beauty salon to motivate your employees and yourself in order to develop your turnover!

How to make a dashboard?

Wavy automates your dashboard to simplify your statistics and help you better manage your hair salon or beauty salon.

Keeping a dashboard requires computer skills, especially with Excel. Long and tedious to achieve, you surely have other fish to fry and the Wavy team has understood this ;) To help you, the checkout system Wavy proposes to take the hand and to accompany you in the evolution of your activity. On your tablet or smartphone, you can access the dashboard function which presents daily, weekly, monthly or annual statistics. The figures are simplified and calculated automatically to allow you to manage your business based on key data. Find out how to read and understand your statistics in your salon or beauty salon. For even easier management, you can send all the data to your accountant directly from Wavy.  

Why hold a dashboard in your beauty salon or hairdresser's salon?

Wavy is more than a dashboard, other functionalities are present such as schedules, collection and customer files in order to save you a maximum of time (at least 10 hours per month!). And yes, it is also important to keep a customer file and why not switch to using an electronic agenda!

Written by
Aurélie Pauker
Always attracted by the world of hairdressing and beauty, today I answer the problems you may have.

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