We recently connected with Rahnda Loussia and have shared our conversation below.
Rahnda, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Let’s start with a story that highlights an important way in which your brand diverges from the industry standard.
Sola has blazed the trail for the independent stylist movement, offering new levels of creative freedom to those who are inspired to make the transition. We aim to make their transition to independence as smooth as possible. You are independent and unique at Sola, but you are not alone.
Rahnda, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
My name is Rahnda Loussia. I’m the leasing and operations manager for Sola Salons in: Clinton Township (The Mall @ Partridge Creek), Rochester Hills, Royal Oak and Shelby Township. I’ve held this position for 6 years.
To say I wake up everyday honored and thankful for my career would be an understatement. I am able to witness our salon professional’s dreams come to fruition every single day. From the thought process of opening their own salon inside of Sola, to the beginning of their journey, The nerves the excitement, ambition, anxiety.. it sets the scene for a creative, fulfilling and lucrative livelihood all the while being their own boss; and doing what they love. This is what I call a SOLApreneur. I’m so impressed by their ability to create and market their own brand, vibe and clientele in a relatively short time.
At Sola our mission is to inspire and support beauty professionals to chase their dreams, elevate their careers, and experience the freedom of salon ownership.
Everything we do is designed to take care of our customers and to ensure that they have the best salon studio experience possible. We are passionate about everything that goes into making a beauty professional a successful business owner. We offer turnkey, move-in-ready studios alongside support, educational resources, and cutting-edge technology solutions that are designed exclusively for our community of independents. We empower independent stylists to live their best lives.
We provide beauty professionals with high-end, fully-equipped salon studios alongside the support and tools they need to launch their salon business in no time.
We take pride in being the largest, fastest-growing salon studio business in the country. At our core, we believe in the beauty professional and have one goal in mind: To help set them up for success!!
What do you think helped you build your reputation within your market?
From the beginning, the Sola team has made a humble commitment to serving the beauty professional and always putting their best interests first. Our vision since the beginning has been to give beauty professionals control over their environment, schedule, choice of retail, pricing and so much more.
At our heart, we are a service business. We are totally committed to the success of our community.
What’s been the best source of new clients for you?
Throughout the years, Sola has become more than just another salon suites rental business; we are an all-encompassing independent salon business solution. Our leadership team drives constant innovation for the on-site studio experience as well as providing cutting-edge technology and ongoing educational resources to the Sola community.
Contact Info:
- Website: solasalonstudios.com
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/sola.salons.detroit?igshid=NDc0ODY0MjQ=
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064227212088
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahnda-loussia-702034139
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/solasalons?s=21&t=80jNiXAFPS5rtBQ1Vxtvbw