Great Clips has introduced a Iphone app that lets you kill the wait time for a hair cut. Nice idea. Here is the piece I found on the web. Saw a TV commercial last night, too. FREE app. Great idea.

1. Great Clips Online Check-In (Free) - The kids need a trim for the holiday photos but you’re stuck in yet another long line at the mall. Great Clips, the world’s largest hair salon brand, makes your holiday hair appointments quick and easy with the hair industry’s first ever online check-in. Download the app on your cell phone and put your name on a virtual waiting list. When you walk into the salon, you’re the next to go. With online check in, wait times are usually no more than five minutes.

Mens hair trend, trend prediction spring / summer 2012 – Guys hir will be sporting longer top lengths. Look to see guys with more hair on the top of their heads for spring and summer 2012. Do not expect to see all this added length throughout the head, just the top. Longer tops show outgrowth a bit less. Guys stretching their time between haircuts is one of the reasons for some of this added top length. More hair allows for styling options and the opportunity to experiment. Styling product and creativity are inexpensive. The chance to play and have a different look quickly and easily is a benefit, too.

Red 7 Salon in Chicago posted on facebook about this earlier this week and I commented there on how spot-on I felt their trend prediction is/was. The image used in the posting came form their post.