past,

present,

and future

Welcome to PREMIERBEAUTYSUPPLY.com,

THE PAST
I began selling hair accessories to salons in the Chicago land area out of the trunk of my car in the late 80's. I was a small player in a big market; a market dominated by distributors who could deliver a variety of products, and who had established long-term relationships with both the vendors and the salon owners. Despite these competitive hurdles, I thrived. I was successful early on because I learned that customers need and want more out of their suppliers than just products. Salons and stylists want support, education and most of all, a partnership: a partnership that assists them in nurturing and growing their business.

Premier Beauty Supply was founded in 1989 with that same philosophy in mind. We strive to be the BEST, not necessarily the biggest. We began with only 2 employees, servicing our customers out of a 600 square foot warehouse.

THE PRESENT
Today, Premier Beauty Supply employs over 120 people, and operates out of a modern 35,000 square foot office/warehouse facility in Lincolnshire, Illinois. Our corporate philosophy for the 21st century is: service the customer, our manufacturers, and our employees.
We do this through a unique combination of distinct marketing events, the highest quality of continuing education and training, and a commitment to provide value added services such as advertising and promotional support as well as product tracking and profitability consultation. This approach can be summed up as so: grow the business of your customers, and your own growth will follow.
We show our commitment to our manufacturers by stocking their products extensively, cooperating in marketing and promotional ventures, and consistently seeking to broaden market share and market penetration.
We provide a fun, energetic, and exciting business atmosphere for our employees to thrive and grow. We continually strive to recruit, employ and train only the best & brightest and reward those valuable employees with competitive pay & benefits.

THE FUTURE
Premier is constantly reinventing itself. We are building an internal marketing and sales support department to assist salons with higher-level marketing tasks, such as sales database administration and logo and promotional material creation. Our "Dedicated Salon Program" caters to customers who allow Premier to be a major vendor within their salon. Dedicated Salons receive additional support with product training and education as well as substantial savings on salon accessory and back bar products. They also receive customized customer service support through an assigned Premier 'Concierge' that can be contacted through a special toll-free phone number. Our Premier concierges are specially trained to assist our valued "Dedicated Salon" members with a wide array of expertise, information, and special services.

CONCLUSION
We have developed this website to give our clients additional information about the products and services we have to offer, and to help them better service their customers. So please, take a few minutes to browse around and don't forget to visit us regularly.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers for the support you have shown Premier Beauty Supply. For those of you who are new to Premier, I hope you will give us the chance to show you why we have gained such a positive reputation over the years in this exciting industry.

Steve Cohn
President