What kind of gift do I give a friend who is opening a new small business (Hair Salon)?

engraved cutting scissors? Or a subscription to one of those magazines that have a lot of hair styles in them that are always lying around salons?What kind of gift do I give a friend who is opening a new small business (Hair Salon)?
lucky charms that she could put as decorations i guess.What kind of gift do I give a friend who is opening a new small business (Hair Salon)?
Anything from Breezy Beach Wear. You could get her a cute selection of silk flower hair clips to wear in her salon or some fun beach jewelry.





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Buy a swall wicker basket and fill it with some hand and face towels. A hair salon can never have enough of those. If you have a bigger budget, a nice ceramic hair iron/straightener would be a good gift to get...good luck!
shampoo, duh, thats wut i wud give
Something for the business as this is the only thing she is thinking of.





See what she is missing. Magazine rack, Neon open sign, flower baskets for the phone/desk. Maybe a gift certificate to the store where she buys her products, etc.





I would steer clear of basic gifts like clippers, new scissors, etc as these are her trade tools and would be very finiky on her choices.





Another neat gift would be to get her a custom rug with her business name on it. Find a local rug/linen company and go from there. Locally we have Cintas that handles uniforms, towels, rugs. They will even custom imprint your logo on a mat. Be nice for her front door as customers walk in.





Think along those lines
Fresh flowers to make the place nice! (don't forget a vase)
how about a nice plant to sit by the window or door . or some salon magazines for the customers (maybe a subcription).good luck . p\s maybe pictures for the wall of differant hair styles you can get them out of a magazine and frame them shouldn't cost much.
Thats an esy one, just get her a whole bunch of hair supplise!!!!!!
desk calander


appointment book


clock


memo pad


telephone call notice book


answering machine


coffee pot/tea pot


index cards and box to track customers and their ';care';
Potted Plant , of course.


They will last longer than flowers and it will be enjoyed by many for a long time to come!
If you want to give something for the shop, a potted plant is the traditional grand opening gift for a small business that serves the public.





If you want to give a thoughtful private gift, and your friend is also going to be one of the stylists in the salon, he/she is going to be on his/her feet, with his/her arms raised all day, so a back or foot massager or even a pair of super comfy slippers for after hours might be an appreciated and oft used gift.
a comb
A plant. Unless you know the exact layout and themem she is going with that's the safest route.
Give him small gifts related to his business. But as a big gift be friend of him when he is in need of you.





Hope I answered the question ;-)





Mustafa
How about a nice plant, like a potted palm, for the salon?
I don't know if this suggestion is too expensive but here goes...





I'm sure she could use one of those pocket PCs, a blackberry, or something electronic that allows her to keep a bunch of contacts and schedules at her fingertips. Business owners and hair stylists are busy people. I'm sure she'd love anything you get her because it's the thought that counts really.
perhaps you could offer to give the gift of time, your time that is ...





answering the phones,doing the laundry,sweeping up .in general just give of yourself.that would be the BEST-gift
Maybe a gift certifcate to a professional sharperner, they are always taking their trimmers down to get professionally sharpened, that is if those places offer gift certificates. The best gift would be to set up their first 10 appointments of business, like referrals but you find out his available times and you get 10 of your friends to go there.
shampoo., blowdryer, hair sye crap, comb, hair ties, straightener, um.................brush, etc











other than that i agree with the person above my answer
I would design and order a supply of business cards for her/him to give out--they might help bring new clients in.
I would not suggest getting her hair supplies. You could buy the wrong kind or that would cost a lot. You could buy her some pictures to put on the wall, some glass flowers with a vase,


or make her some business cards and pass them around to people. I would also suggest finding some old magazine like beauty hair makeup etc. to put in the shop. So the people will have something to read.
Lots %26amp; lots of recommendations!!
~All of the hair she cuts off your head at the free appointment she should give you for patronizing the business. Or maybe the business card of a good bankruptcy lawyer.
A pair of scissors. LOL!
A nice frame for her first $1 (or what ever amount it is now)


A charm bracelet or pendant


A subscription or two for magazines


A lovely bouquet or nice plant
Flowers and/or a box of chocolates.
Buy her an ';open'; sign for her front window.
flowers and a a couple of hair magazines .
Well you did said ';gift'; so do they have all the essentials they will need? Those are high end ';gifts'; if you mean to give them something FOR the salon. Those things are usually purchased prior to opening so maybe you mean just a gift to say ';good luck'





Then plants or flowers are always nice. For a personal touch maybe you should be their FIRST customer.





Or give them a frame for their first $ to be placed.





A magazine subscription to Style or Hair would be nice for their clients.
It's up to you...my grandma owns a hair salon and she's better off than any of us! She couldn't make up an ';in'; hair style to save her life! This person you know is going to do well because she's going to capitalize on the ';well to do'; of your hometown. Jesus im drunk right now but drunks are honest, right...(lol) Anyway, don't give her too much special treatment. After all, when it comes to the business world, only the strong shall survive! The gov't calls this laze`s fair. (And i suck @ spelling). O.K. now that i've got all the pessimistic $H|t out of my system, i think all and all, your friend will do well, with or without your support. As of gifts...since she'll do well, get you'reself something...lol