* Scott Weaver, CEO – Douglas J. Salons

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:09):
Welcome back Michigan, doctor John White, filling in for Michael
Patrick Shields on the Michigan Big Show. We're kind of
getting towards the end of the program. We have a
great guest coming up. He is the CEO of Douglas
J Salon and MESPAH and the Douglas J. Institute. It
is mister Scott Weaver. Good morning, Scott, Good morning, doctor.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
How are you?

Speaker 1 (00:32):
You know, I gouldn't be better. It's just a great
day here in mid Michigan. And I know that you've
been just a big part of the East Lansing and
Okaemus landscape for a long time, your father and mother
starting Douglas J. And you and your brother carrying on.
Tell us what's going on with Douglas J.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
Well, yeah, we have. We're actually coming up on sixty
years since that first Douglas Jay Salon opened right there
in East Lansing. As you said, both my brother and
I TJ. Fouled in dad footsteps and licensed ourselves and

(01:13):
you know, took the mission of creating better opportunities for
those looking for careers inside the beauty business and wanted
to expand that and take that out a little further
and today we have a footprint of the four schools
in Michigan with three salons professional salons as well, and

(01:37):
you know, expanded into the Tennessee market and even Lincoln,
Nebraska with with our schools as the latest. So looking
to carry that mission that mom and Dad set for
so many years ago and continue to expand that, you know,
not just throughout Michigan, but you know other areas as well.

Speaker 1 (01:57):
If someone hasn't been to a Douglas d what can
they expect in terms of the service and the experience
that you offer.

Speaker 2 (02:07):
Yeah, we've kind of had the full service mentality and
all of our salons. Of course, the salon that it
all started at right there in Okimus, Michigan, is quite
a large salon and does offer pretty much all services beauty,
so you can have hair, nails, massage. We have our

(02:30):
traditional spa as well as recently have introduced some of
the medi spa services into that location as well. We
have a men's department for barbering going on. But we've
always looked at it to be complete and full service
type of experience for our guests that come in. So, yeah,

(02:54):
we look to build careers for our hairdressers. Our price
points you know, are at a point where our stylists
can earn and build careers inside the beauty business, offering
both insurance and retirement plans for them. So really looking
at the beauty industry as building careers and not just jobs.

(03:17):
So you're gonna you can expect a high level of service,
a great consultation, meeting the needs of what you're looking for.
And uh, you know, again we don't offer all the
services at all locations, but yeah, right there in our
openness spot, we do. Uh, we do include at all.

Speaker 1 (03:37):
Well, I know that if you make your passion about
serving others and area rovide that service, you're going to
be successful. And indeed you are. If people want to
learn more about Douglas J. Salon or the Douglas A Institute,
how can they.

Speaker 2 (03:50):
Do that, well, you know on our education side for
building careers. And I will say a report just came
out for the which was amazing. It's expecting the seventy
eight percent growth, which is doubling the pace of other industries.
And you can log on to DOUGLASJ dot edu and

(04:12):
check out each of our different campuses. We've got six
campuses across the three states and look for careers inside
the beauty business if that's something of interest. And then
at DOUGLASJ dot com is our link to our professional
salons and from there you can see all the different

(04:33):
locations and the different services that are offered at each
of those locations as well.

Speaker 1 (04:38):
Thank you, Scott, Douglas J dot com learn more about
the service and the professionalism you can find at any
of his salons, will do his school. You have a
great day and a great weekend.

Speaker 2 (04:49):
Scott, thanks so much. Factor takes care