Weymouth Beauty Salon wins £6,000 software prize
30 January 2009
Weymouth Beauty Salon, Elegance, started 2009 in style with the Salon International prize Salon Management System.
Co-owners Sonia Fraga and Judith Hansford entered Integrity Software’s competition at the show in October, and were picked at random from over 100 participants to win a prize that’s set to transform the way they do business.
The complete i-salon system includes a Compaq computer, 15in touch-screen monitor, barcode scanner, receipt printer and report printer. Integrity Software technicians installed the kit in January, and the Elegance team have also received training on the fantastic functions the system has to offer.
“Until now we’ve been booking appointments the old-fashioned way, using pen and paper,” explains Sonia. “Now we’re starting to load customers’ details into the i-salon programme and we can keep records of their contact details, which stylists they see, products they like, all the important information in one place. The clients love it! Not only does the new computer look great when they walk in, they can understand how useful it is for us, and for them too.”
As well as helping the Elegance team revamp their client records, the new system will also revolutionise time-consuming tasks such as stock control, and dealing with commission due on retail products sold at the salon. “We work extremely hard with a lot of paperwork for these orders and transactions. Being able to monitor stock and work out commission on the computer instead will save a great deal of time – time we can now spend with our clients instead,” Sonia adds.
Initial training for the team took place in the first week of the new year, and Sonia and her colleagues were delighted with the results. “It seems easy to use, most of the team now understand how to use the system and this feels like an evolution for us that will make a really big difference,” she sums up.
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