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60 November 2015 | beautystorebusiness.com News Image courtesy of Wahl Professional WAHL PRO APPOINTS KOLLIAS AS NATIONAL SALES MANAGER Wahl Professional's new national sales manager is Anne Marie Kollias. As the main contact for customers and indepen- dent sales representatives, Kollias' goal isn't just to drive sales of Wahl Professional products, but also to continuously evaluate customers' needs, concerns and desires to drive the innovation of future Wahl Professional products. "Anne Marie is very professional and goal- oriented and will bring a polished presence to our sales efforts," says Lance Wahl, director of sales and marketing for Wahl Clipper Corp.'s Professional Division. "She knows all about our industry and is willing to think outside of the box to drive Wahl Professional sales to the next level." Kollias most recently served as vice president of spa operations for Me Spa, a national chain of day spas. In her previous role as spa director, district manager and national field sales manager for Coldwater Creek, The Spa, Kollias contributed to the significant growth and profitability of nine spa locations. In addition, Kollias has Hair Cuttery and Zano's Salon and Day Spa in her extensive background, serving as Midwest regional sales manager, and general manager, respectively. She has spent 30 years in the professional salon and spa industry in various roles. Originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Kollias started her career as a hairdresser and worked as a regional education director for Redken Canada. She has also served as the national sales and education director for ARTEC Systems Group and later as the Northeast regional manager for the ISO division at Helene Curtis. "I am excited to join a company that has a strong heritage, a culture of integrity and best in category," states Kollias. "Wahl has been built on excellent products, innovation and strong values. I was looking to return to a sales position, which is my true passion. My interest is in developing strong relationships and growing sales and brands." Lance Wahl adds, "Anne Marie is family-oriented and a steward for the industry. She will help to spur innovation and act in a respectful and proactive manner—traits our customers crave." COLEMAN-HARRISON DEBUTS IN THE MIDWEST & THE NORTHEAST After years of professional-beauty manufacturers' rep firms-sector consolidation and the race to become national (and international), a new, major player is suddenly on the scene in the Midwest and the Northeast territories: Coleman-Harrison, a company headed up by rep veterans Charlie Coleman, Tom Harrison and Chris Gunderson. Coleman and Harrison are the co-principals of the Midwest and Northeast territories of Coleman- Harrison, and Gunderson is their partner in the Northeast, Beauty Store Business has learned All three have longtime ties to VNC Sales & Marketing. Coleman was the co-principal at VNC Sales & Marketing and has worked, among his other duties, the Beauty Systems Group account. Harrison has been the Midwest and Northeast VNC territory manager. Gunderson has worked for VNC in the Northeast. "We are very proud of our award-winning sales agents and support staff, whose hard work has resulted in a team that is highly respected in our industry," Harrison, Coleman-Harrison Midwest/Northeast managing partner, told BSB. "Our Dallas and St. Louis [area] offices will continue to operate from the same locations," says Harrison. Manufacturers reps can represent open and exclusive salon/spa-industry lines as well as other brands and are important sources of merchandise and inventory for professional- products distributors as well as beauty retailers. What the industry-rocking news of the formation of the new company will mean for distributors, beauty retailers and other rep firms will be played out—with excitement and lots of interest, no doubt—over the coming months and years. Coleman-Harrison is branding itself as "Beauty Brand Agents." Harrison states, "This tagline illustrates an important point of difference that separates us from competitors in our industry. We are sales agents representing the finest brands in the beauty industry [Harrison's emphasis]." Coleman-Harrison is using a hummingbird for its logo. "The use of the hummingbird symbol and the powerful story that surrounds it perfectly illustrates our business philosophy," adds Harrison. The company's website, colemanharrison.com, is a "work in progress," notes Harrison. Look for more about the hummingbird under "Agility Meets Tenacity" at the website. Harrison comments, "Our phone number, fax number, etc., have not changed. However, our email addresses are being updated to utilize colemanharrison.com. The old email addresses are still active, and emails are diverted to the new address if used." Harrison can be reached at tomh@colemanharrison.com, 972.247.3330 (office phone number), 214.906.8522 (mobile phone number), 972.247.4274 (fax number). Also, a toll-free phone number—800.767.1109—is listed at the company's website. 25,000 -PLUS ATTEND NPEE IN BALTIMORE The 30 th annual Natural Products Expo East trade show and conference held in Baltimore Sept. 16-19 drew more than 25,000 attendees to see 1,363 exhibiting companies representing the natural, organic and healthy living market- place—including beauty. The Best of East Awards, the official Natural Products Expo East show awards, were presented to the most inno- vative products exhibiting at the event. Winners included Savannah Bee Co., based in Savannah, Georgia, for its Royal Jelly Body Butter. Natural Products Expo West 2016 will return to the Anaheim Convention Center March 9-13 in Anaheim, California. Natural Products Expo East 2016 is scheduled to take place at the Baltimore Convention Center Sept. 21-24 in Baltimore. WANT TABLET-BASED PAYMENTS? TRY POWAPOS As small to mid-sized businesses look to upgrade their outdated POS solutions to meet consumer demand for anywhere, anytime commerce, consider PowaPOS— the first point-of-sale platform purpose-built for tablet-based payments. Features include a built-in thermal printer, a 2D barcode scanner, a uni- versal tablet mount, an orientation sensor, USB ports, as well as the optional PowaPOS Cash Drawer—all in a sophisticated, compact form factor and powered by a single cord. With its advanced SDK, PowaPOS is the only tablet-based platform to easily integrate with all POS software applications across all operating systems: iOS, Windows and Android, and is the first to provide merchants with the option to use their choice of payment processor. "With hundreds of ISVs [independent software vendors] creating powerful, cloud-based point-of-sale applications that can fit merchants' specific needs, our focus is on creating best-in-class hardware," says Jeff Dumbrell, CEO, PowaPOS. "By partnering with—and not competing against—our partners, we can accelerate the adoption of tablet-based payments by creating a true 'plug and pay' solution, with no strings attached." To learn more, visit powa.com/powapos/. Anne Marie Kollias