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Keeping heads cool; Art + Science salon, Lincoln Park, Wicker Park and Evanston locations Laurence Hegarty, manager and principal stylist.(Focus: Small Business)(Interview)
Crain's Chicago Business, November, 2005
Byline: Meredith Landry Keeping heads cool Laurence Hegarty, 44, came to the U.S. 21 years ago from London-a global epicenter of cool. Mr. Hegarty, who's a stylist, and business partner David Raccuglia opened their first Art & Science hair salon 15 years ago in Evanston. Now with three locations in the Chicago area, 65 employees and nearly 2,000 clients a week, this small business isn't so small anymore.
Last year Mr. Hegarty sold the salons to Spanish beauty products firm Colomer Group, though he still runs day-to-day operations in Chicago. (Mr. Raccuglia is no longer involved in the business.) Mr. Hegarty spoke with Crain's about how he sculpts his own brand of cool on heads across town. Crain's: The name doesn't immediately suggest "salon.'' Why not?...
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