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Selling gift cards or certificates during this holiday season? What happens to outstanding gift cards if your business closes? What you don’t know about the restrictions on expiration dates and the disclosure requirements may surprise you. In our discussion with attorney Amy Toepper of Legal In A Box, we discover the important legal considerations, and potential liabilities, for business owners. Originally published Dec 7, 2020.

Resources

NCSL Gift Cards and Gift Certificates Statutes and Legislation

Highlights of the federal Credit CARD Act of 2009 

Gift Card Laws: An Interactive State-by-State Guide

AMT Law - Expert legal advice from Amy Toepper and her team

Legal In A Box -  Business documents and connections to attorneys in your state

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Exchanging gifts with clients for the holidays? Is it better to give, receive, or neither? Should beauty pros spend money on client gifts, or can we find a better way to express our appreciation? We discuss the challenges of client gifting in salons just in time to do something about it.

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How do you cope during the holiday season as a beauty pro? The increased demands on us can be stressful as we try to accommodate all of our clients and the requests from new ones. To prepare in advance, we offer tips to manage client expectations, control our schedules, and minimize the disruptions to our lives.

Resources:

What You Need to Know to Sell Gift Cards

What We Are All Feeing: Processing 2020

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Did Premiere Orlando bring the beauty community together as promised? From our perspective as independent educators, this year’s show did not disappoint. We discuss our favorite moments from the busy weekend and what gives us hope for next year’s in-person events.

Resources:

Premiere Shows

5 Must-Do Things at a Beauty Show (Besides Shop)

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Without SB 803, there would be no state board, no licenses and no regulation of beauty in California. Now that SB 803 has been signed, we’re relieved and excited. After spending months tracking, discussing and advocating for the continued regulation of beauty pros, we review what’s in the final version of the bill and how it may be implemented once it goes into effect on January 1, 2022.

Resources:

California's SB 803 Bill Text

SB 803 A Signature Away

BBC Announcement

DCA Statistics

Taking Sides on SB 803

The Latest on SB 803

The Most Important Bill in the Beauty Industry

Impractical Exam

Beauty School Cop-Out: How Our Education Has Failed Us

Consider the Source

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Tipping is an ingrained practice in the beauty industry, but should we expect tips and do we really need them? Why does tipping have to be so awkward and complicated? We discuss the role of tips in our industry, the troubling history of the practice, and whether we should rely on tips to earn a living as a licensed beauty professional.

Resources:

Tip Recordkeeping and Reporting (Internal Revenue Service)

The Racist History Behind America's Tipping Culture

Working People Shouldn't Have to Rely on Tips for a Living

How Working for Tips Fosters Sexual Harrassment

Minimum Wage Tracker (Economic Policy Institute)

Government Affairs: Get Involved

Money Matters: Accountant Answers

FICA Tax Tip Fairness (Professional Beauty Association)

Shriver Center on Poverty Law

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What’s your process for creating and posting social content? Overwhelmed by all the options available? A brand new service specifically for beauty pros, Social Content Club streamlines the content creation process by delivering fully customizable Canva templates into your inbox that inspire your creativity and save you time.

Resources:

Social Content Club

Ashley the Coach  (Instagram)

The Best Free Hidden Canva Tools for Salon Pros

Canva

Planoloy

Later

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Outgrowth is coming to Premiere Orlando, October 17-18, 2021!

Visit outgrowthpodcast.com/premiere for info on dates, times, and class locations. 

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