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Latest PBA Indie Distributor Survey Reports Higher Sales

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Professional Beauty Association

Results from the Professional Beauty Association's Distributor Benchmarking Survey—a key economic indicator of business trends in the growing independent salon-product distributors arena—are out for the second quarter of 2012 with good news: 84% of respondents reported higher sales with the median increase at 17.5%.

The survey is also reporting that 67% expanded with at least one new line and a majority said they added staff.

Qosmedix Now Offers Tweezerman Tweezers

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Qosmedix Now Offers Tweezerman Tweezers

Qosmedix has announced a recent partnership with Tweezerman to provide high-quality precision tools to its customers.

The new collection contains both the “Slant” and "Point" tweezers, famed for their perfectly-aligned, ultra-sharp hand-finished tips.

The "Slant" tweezers have been the choice of makeup artists, celebrities and others for more than 30 years. The slanted tweezers (pictured at the top) come in four colors: classic, red, black and pink.

Sweis Inc. Opens New Pro-Only Store, Plans Additional Locations

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Sweis Inc. opens new pro-only beauty store in Encino, California

Sweis Inc. has opened a professional-only beauty store in Encino, California, and plans to add more sites through the end of the year. On the independent salon-products distributor's list of more pro-only store locations are Las Vegas and Bakersfield, California, says president Karl Sweis (pictured inside the Encino store with Sormé Professional Cosmetics Group director of sales Fari Hosseinian).

The Encino store at 15605 Ventura Blvd. is open from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.

Bosley Professional Strength Expands to ULTA Beauty, Beauty Brands

Customers of the Bosley Professional Strength brand for men and women can now find the collection's products at the ULTA Beauty and Beauty Brands salon-store chains across the United States.

Andis Co. Supports C.A.N.S. 4 Cuts

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Andis Co. supports C.A.N.S. 4 Cuts' "Eyes on the Prize" B-T-S event

Recently, Andis Co. donated tools and support to the “Eyes on the Prize” back-to-school event by C.A.N.S. 4 Cuts, Caring About Needs in Society. The annual event provides free haircuts in exchange for canned goods that are then donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank.

Beauty.com Gets a Makeover

Beauty.com—which now offers more than 18,000 high-end beauty products along with an edited assortment of accessories—is sporting a new look this fall. The 12-year-old prestige-beauty e-tailer has added a number of new features to improve customers' shopping experiences, including:

  • Drop-down navigation to assist in sorting through product categories faster
  • The ability to refine within categories by color, concern, benefit and formula when searching for specific products
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