Salon Today - June 2008 - (Page 23)

R2008 Panel of Judges STEPHANIE MITCHELL is managing editor of Vance Publishing’s Furniture Style, Home Fashion Forecast and Accessory Merchandising magazines. She has been working in the retail-home accessories industry for about 10 years, and has been with Vance since 2005. Her emphasis has been on merchandising and color trends, decorative accessories, accent furniture, area rugs and youth furnishings categories. VI NELSON, who has built a career as a communicator on behalf of the salon industry for close to 40 years, began as an editor for MODERN SALON magazine. Prior to forming her eponymous ﬁrm, Vi was Senior Vice President of Porter/Novelli public relations agency, where she managed programs for Helene Curtis, Scholl, Kraft, Hormel, Quaker Oats, Kitty Litter, Phillips/Magnavox, Zenith and NEC. Current clients include America’s Beauty Show and Cosmetologists Chicago, P&G Beauty, Pivot Point International and America’s Expo for Skin Care & Spa. She was instrumental in developing the industry-wide efforts of Beauty Associations for Katrina Relief. Vi is also credited with creating the salon industry’s ABBIES Awards, Mirror Image Breast Cancer Awareness program and the creativity-based DryerART Auction beneﬁting the Salons Against Domestic Abuse Fund. THOMAS A. PRAIS is managing editor of Furniture Style magazine and its supplement, The Retail Experience. With the magazine since early 2006,Thomas regularly writes on marketing, consumer research, economics and trade. Before joining Furniture Style, Prais worked with Chicago-based art galleries, colleges and musicians. JOELLE AND JACK RAY are master stylists and co-owners of Samuel Cole Salon and Salon Moxie in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Rays have received numerous accolades from industry and consumer publications—including SALON TODAY—as well as Citysearch.com, for their salons. Joelle has also contributed her expert advice to the MODERN SALON Media website, FirstChair.com. STACEY SOBLE, former SALON TODAY editor-in-chief, continues to keep her ﬁnger on the pulse of the salon industry as a freelance journalist. During her four years at SALON TODAY she brought the Salons of the Year competition to the magazine from its sister publication, MODERN SALON, making improvements in the contest along the way. She currently writes feature stories for SALON TODAY, covering topics like customer service, retail, branding, technology, decor and more. THE JUDGING PROCESS Salons of the Year judging took place in three phases. First, SALON TODAY editors and designers reviewed each of the entries, including essays and photography. Next, a panel of editors and art directors evaluated each entry in further detail and narrowed it down to 20 salons. Finally, the panel of judges viewed seven to 10 photographs of each salon and scored them in ﬁve different decor categories. Judges’ scores were combined and the salon with the highest score was named as grand-prize winner—and landed our cover. First, second, third and fourth runners up were ranked according to scores. The remaining salons—Salons of Distinction—are listed alphabetically. www.salontoday.com June 2008 | 23 http://FirstChair.com http://www.salontoday.com

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Salon Today - June 2008 Contents Editor's Note Reception Fashion Sense Roundtable Introduction Juut - Grand Prize Winner Gene Juarez - First Runner Up Dennis Bartolomei - Second Runner Up (tie) Sine Qua Non - Second Runner Up (tie) Republic - Third Runner Up Salons of Distinction Products Owner of the Year

Salon Today - June 2008

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