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When Product Costs Go Up, What Happens to Pricing?

How Two Experts Are Navigating Salon Pricing & Product Costs When product costs start to rise, pricing services becomes more complicated. Should you raise prices? Absorb the cost? Pass it on to clients? There’s no one right answer—and most stylists are trying to find what works best for their business, clients and values. That’s why Continued

August 5, 2025·1 min read

When Costs Rise, What Happens Next, How 2 Salon Business Owners Are Handling It
How Two Experts Are Navigating Salon Pricing & Product Costs When product costs start to rise, pricing services becomes more complicated. Should you raise prices? Absorb the cost? Pass it on to clients? There’s no one right answer—and most stylists are trying to find what works best for their business, clients and values. That’s why we’re not here to tell you what to do. Instead, we asked two trusted industry pros to share how they think about pricing based on their own experience, business models and day-to-day realities.     Debbie Penzone (@debbiepenzone), President and CEO of PENZONE Salons + (more…)