The festive season is one of the busiest times for salons. Discover how to manage high demand, streamline operations, and set your salon up for success in the new year with Square.
The festive season is the most lucrative – and demanding – time of year for salons. With fully booked appointment books, increased retail sales, and higher client expectations, salon owners must juggle efficiency, customer experience, and profitability, all while keeping their teams motivated during peak demand. And that’s why you need to have a platform that supports you, not hinders you.
Prevent Disruptions Before They Arise
“The busiest season is exactly when gaps in scheduling, no-show protection, and cash flow management hurt salons the most,” Ebun Onagoruwa, Head of Product Marketing at Square, told us. “Square brings bookings, payments, and banking into one system so owners can keep calendars full, reduce no-shows with card-on-file and prepayment policies, and see cash hit their account in real time.”
And that ethos of putting the beauty pro first is central at Square. “We’re designing specifically around high-volume beauty pros who need simple tools that protect their time and revenue without adding more work.”
Intuitive Tools & Smart Bookings
“Square is built so they can see their day at a glance, manage bookings, take payments, send reminders, and check their balance from one app instead of juggling multiple systems.”
It’s that core system of helping professionals that truly makes Square stand out as the go-to platform to help during the festive rush. “When we add new capabilities, whether that’s smarter reporting or AI assistance, they surface inside the existing dashboard and workflows, so salons get more power without more complexity,” Ebun noted.
From Q4 Chaos to Successful Starts
But once the holiday rush subsides, the focus quickly shifts to the year ahead. From reviewing performance and managing cash flow to refining booking systems and planning growth strategies, the new year presents an opportunity to build on festive success rather than recover from burnout.
“Over the next few years, tools like Square AI will turn a salon’s data into simple, conversational insights,” Ebun explained. “This will help owners understand which services drive the most profit, when to staff up, and which clients to invite back with targeted offers.”
With the right tools in place, salons can not only survive the festive rush but use it as a launchpad for a more organised, profitable, and resilient year ahead. “With Square, salons don’t outgrow their system – they simply turn on more of it,” Ebun emphasised.
“A business can start with one calendar and one reader, then add locations, devices, team permissions, multi-staff booking, commissions, and consolidated reporting as they expand. Since everything from appointments and checkout to loyalty, inventory, and banking is on the same platform, owners can see performance across all chairs and locations in one dashboard and keep the client experience consistent as they scale.”
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