Shear Madness Haircuts for Kids Opens in North Kansas City / Liberty, Missouri!

Written by Jim Otto

Are you looking for an awesome experience that combines the magic of childhood with haircuts, parties, salon services and a fantastic kids boutique filled with toys, hair products, jewelry and more? If so, there’s a new salon in town that promises to help you transform the scary experience of getting your kids’ haircut into a fun one! The end result is a happy child with a great haircut, and a memorable experience everyone will be talking about for days to come! This growing hair salon for kids opens their newest location in Liberty/Northland at 8261 North Booth Ave and Hwy.152 in August. The answer to harried haircutting experiences, Shear Madness Haircuts for Kids offers great haircuts and ear piercing for children while they sit in little cars and watch their favorite programs on flat-screen TVs or play video games! There are also normal chairs for older kids and adults who would like to get a haircut. And don’t forget that Shear Madness offers kids parties for your special occasions, as well as a great kids boutique filled with a unique selection of toys, hair products, hair bows, jewelry & more!
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Understanding Your Biggest Fixed Business Expense

Written by Jim Otto

In franchising a lot of time and effort goes into researching the best opportunity. If the franchise system that you are looking at has at least some track record and history of performance, you'll discover on close examination that they'll have over performing locations, average performing locations, and under performing locations. The list of reasons that this happens is a mile long. But with "location" as usually being listed as one of the top reasons that a franchise fails, make sure that the franchise that you are buying into has a model for picking a location that has proven track record of increasing your chance for success. 
 
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When owning one franchise just isn't enough!

Written by Jim Otto

For many franchise business owners who love what they do and want to continue building their story of success - sometimes owning a single store just isn't enough! And while there are certainly important considerations to think about before embarking on a journey towards multi-unit franchise ownership (which you can read about here in our article, Tips on Becoming a Multi-Unit Franchisee), there's also a number of great benefits in owning more than one store too!
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Risky Franchise Investments? How do you know?

Written by Jim Otto

Most people who are familiar with franchising will look at the Franchise Disclosure Document, known as the FDD, differently from people who are just starting the process.
 
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June 2017 Newsletter: Dad & the kids will LOVE this!

Written by Jim Otto

Daddy and Me at Shear Madness! Did you know that this year, Father's Day is Sunday, June 18th? That's why we'd like to take a moment and say a BIG thank you to all our awesome dads out there. You guys are amazing! Meanwhile, if you're looking for a fun event for dad and the kids, be sure to visit for our Daddy and Me haircuts. Dad's get a great discount when getting their hair cut with their kids! Also don't forget about our Daddy Daughter Braiding Class (at participating locations - available for only $25. Includes 10% off retail purchased the day of class and keepsake 4 x 6 photo)! Be sure to click here for our awesome locations page to find out more details. 

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