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Consumers are requesting blowout services more often than they did a year ago. According to the recent release of first-quarter findings from Kline PRO: Salon Retail Products and Database, the number of salon blowouts is up 36% in the United States and 46% in Canada.
The market for home fragrances sustained its momentum in 2021 growing by a whopping 16%. For the first half of 2022, substantial growth continued in the face of inflation, product price increases, and supply chain issues, according to our recently published Home Fragrances: U.S. Market Brief. What is driving growth in this high opportunity market? A
The emergence of independent stylists as a growth channel has opened the door for untapped revenue potential for salon hair care brands. Globally, the number of hair salons has declined almost 5% from the 2019 levels. While the door count decreased, many of the previously salon-employed stylists decided to venture into opening independent hair-related services—driving
It was great to be back at Cosmoprof this year to visit with clients and see the industry’s newest brands and offerings. While big brands were notably absent from the show floor, there were countless new brands to discover. We saw many interesting offerings, which we grouped into the following themes:
With inflation rising 9.1% in June to its highest level in over 40 years, will beauty retail experience even bigger declines in store traffic? Kline’s analysis of U.S. foot traffic from SafeGraph proves that beauty retailers are indeed not immune to the inflationary impacts, as foot traffic was down 18% in May from April and
Retail product sales were up 6.5% in the U.S. in Q1 2022 compared to Q1 2021. This is truly remarkable news for the salon channel, which faced numerous challenges over the past three years. In addition to shutdowns and requirements to implement new health and safety measures, which impacted the service capacity, salon operators experienced
Although the U.S. professional nail care market posted an 8.3% gain in 2021 at almost $700 million, market levels are still only three-quarters of the value in 2019. By contrast, in 2021, the at-home nail polishes category was 26% larger compared to 2019. This is also in divergence from other segments of the professional beauty
The two key axes of development in the salon hair care market are new product launches and partnerships/mergers and acquisitions—and we have our finger on the pulse of these through our brand-new, always-on Professional Hair Care Intelligence Center. Below, we summarize some recent salon news.
K18 has been making headlines in our Kline PRO U.S. database, with revenue growth in excess of 100% in 2021. Granted, the brand was barely a blip on the radar of Kline PRO in December of 2020, with just one item — Khairpep K18peptide Mask — for sale. Then, in January 2021, a rebranding of
The National Medical Products Administration in China issued four new regulations to rule out counterfeit products and unqualified institutions from the professional skin care market. As these policies came into play, the medical care providers channel witnessed a strong double-digit growth of more than 27% in 2021, according to our Professional Skin Care Global Series
