18/8 Fine Men's Salons vs Dessange Group North America Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of 18/8 Fine Men's Salons vs Dessange Group North America including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
18/8 Fine Men's Salons Franchise
Dessange Group North America Franchise
Investment $50,000 - $232,089$593,450 - $840,350
Franchise Fee N/AN/A
Royalty Fee --
Advertising Fee --
Year Founded -1954
Year Franchised -1962
Term Of Agreement --
Term Of Agreement --
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements
 
18/8 Fine Men's Salons Franchise
Dessange Group North America Franchise
Experience Business experience with an affinity to hospitality and managing small teams are the essential skills we look for. -

Financing Options
 
18/8 Fine Men's Salons Franchise
Dessange Group North America Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
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Training & Support
 
18/8 Fine Men's Salons Franchise
Dessange Group North America Franchise
Training -

The training policy, which guarantees the same quality and service across the whole network in France and abroad, was developed in tandem with the network's creation. Each brand has its own advanced training center. The training system has been duplicated abroad by master franchisees. DESSANGE International therefore has several training centers in France, Belgium, Italy, Austria and Lebanon. Each year, DESSANGE and Camille Albane centers train over 4,000 employees. All the hairdressers benefit from several advanced training courses per year, and each season they receive the technical support they need to give trendy haircuts. The courses enable new and experienced employees to learn techniques specific to each brand and perfect their artistic, technical and creative skills. In close collaboration with artistic directors, the centers test and help develop new hair-care products for the group. A precursor in the 1980s, offering classes to train its teams in reception, dialogue and communication in its hair salons, DESSANGE International also offers management and team management courses for its managers. This advanced training system has been duplicated to also train salon beauticians and cosmeticians. In 2011, DESSANGE International announces the launching of DESSANGE Learning Lounge, an online training platform for all DESSANGE employees in France and worldwide.
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Marketing Marketing is our strength � our CEO has a thirty year background in marketing. We have great programs and materials already designed that will help get you customers and build a buzz around the brand.-
Operations We help you find and train a quality behind-the-chair manager. With this key person in place, then the rest of the team can be hired and managed. Many franchisees also bring in family members to work for the franchise and help manage operations.-

Expansion Plans
 
18/8 Fine Men's Salons Franchise
Dessange Group North America Franchise
US Expansion -Yes
Canada Expansion --
International Expansion -Yes

Company Overviews

About 18/8 Fine Men's Salons

An exceptional premium opportunity! A franchise opportunity to be part of the first national chain of
18|8 Fine Men's Salons. There's a giant void that's waiting to be filled - the perfect salon for successful men! A salon that brings out the best in men. Almost a decade in existence, hundreds of thousands of haircuts with an average ticket of $44 - more than twice that of a fast cut shop. Great locations, a better class of stylists. Lots of happy, successful guys. We're doing something right, indeed.
* A truly differentiated business from all the women's salons, and the low cost haircut places
* The salon industry generates over $50 billion in revenue and keeps growing
* On every corner, at every mall, you can find women's salons and low cost haircut places. Women's salons may offer quality stylist for women - along with the fishbowl design, the smell of perm, and the chatter of gossip. Low cost haircut places are for men on a tight budget, where saving a few dollars is necessary.
* 18|8 Fine Men's Salons are designed for discerning, successful men who want to look their best, feel their best, so they perform their best. They want exceptionally skilled stylists at locations near where they live or work. And they want privacy as well as a spectrum of true solutions for all their haircare and grooming needs.
* 18|8 Fine Men's Salons is the hottest salon franchise concept now available
* Successful men tend to be very loyal and very good tippers
* Because we are in the best locations, and we attract successful men, we attract the best quality, most experienced stylists
* No industry experience required
* Surprisingly low start up costs - reasonable overhead
* Additional profit centers - memberships, products, consulting and referral

About Dessange Group North America

 
With more than 365 salons in 38 countries, Dessange is the world’s leading luxury salon and spa franchise. Founded in Paris on the Champs-Elysees in 1954 by famed hair stylist Jacques Dessange, the elite salon offers a menu of exclusive services and products from the world’s most skilled and sought-after master stylists.
Dessange is the salon of choice for international film stars, celebrities and world dignitaries, who choose Dessange for haute couture make-up, hand and foot care, skin care and massage and the ultimate in hair styling, coloring and cutting. It has been the only hair salon to officially partner with the Cannes Film Festival since 1958.