Nails Inc.
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| Nail bar | |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Founder | Thea Green, MT Carney |
| Headquarters | London, England |
Area served | United Kingdom, United States, France, Middle East, Singapore, Hong Kong |
Key people | Thea Green |
| Revenue | £21.7M |
Number of employees | 420 |
| Website | www.nailsinc.com |
Nails Inc. is a London, England-based nail bar chain with 60 outlets across the United Kingdom.[1]
Thea Green
Thea Green was born and brought up in Hoylake on the Wirral Peninsula, near Liverpool.[2] Her father was a company director of Littlewoods, and her mother a housewife. She completed a degree in public relations and journalism at the London College of Fashion.[3] While studying, she assisted on the fashion desk at the Daily Mail newspaper, and then Tatler magazine. Joining Tatler as fashion co-oordinator on graduation, she became fashion editor aged 24.[4] Married with three children under the age of seven, Green lives in Fulham [5]
Green was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to the beauty industry.[6]
History
Green noticed on travelling to New York city, the number of nail bars that were easily available. Working on a business plan with business partner MT Carney, they raised £200,000 through investors, and launched their first store in 1999 in South Molton Street in the West End of London.[5]
After opening the first three stores in London, as the business expanded Carney left the business with her family for the United States.[7] In 2000, Nails Inc opened department store concessions. In 2003, the company launched their training academy for beauty therapists in London. In 2005 they launched the luxury "champagne nail bar."[7]
Present
Nails Inc. is the UK's largest nail bar chain, serving on average 10,000 customers per week through 60 locations. The company has concessions within key retailers, including Harvey Nichols, Selfridges, Fenwick, House of Fraser,[8] and Debenhams.[9]
The company now has stores in the UK, US, France, Middle East, Singapore and Hong Kong.[10][11] The company has also developed Get Lashed, a diffusion brand for false eyelashes.[7]
Nails Inc. is part of the Paint Shop, located in Selfridges, London.[12] A unique concept developed by Nails Inc., The Paint Shop offers customers nail art designs, bespoke speedy services and thousands of nail polishes.[13]
In November 2012, Nails Inc. opened a nail bar in the Harvey Nichols Beauty Bazaar - a concept store located in the Liverpool One shopping centre, in the centre of Liverpool.[14]
Awards
- 2011 Awarded MBE (Member of the British Empire) [15]
- 2011 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year [16]
- 2011 First Women Awards Retail & Consumer Winner [17]
- 2010 Entrepreneurial Woman of the Future award[5]
- 2002 CEW Achiever Award [18]
References
- ↑ The Daily Telegraph
- ↑ {she has an older brother and a younger sister"Hoylake-born Thea Green wins prestigious entrepreneur award". Wirral Globe. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
- ↑ Telegraph Fashion
- ↑ "New York trip inspired idea for nail bars". The Times. 15 October 2006. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
- 1 2 3 "Running a beauty empire? I've got it nailed! How a busy mother-of-three became a manicure multi-millonaire". London: Daily Mail. 19 November 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59808. p. 16. 11 June 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Thea Green - Nailing down success". Coutts. August 2009. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
- ↑ "Nails Inc @ House of Fraser". House of Fraser. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
- ↑ "Nails Inc @ Debenhams". Debenhams. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
- ↑ The Sunday Times
- ↑ "Running a beauty empire? I've got it nailed! How a busy mother-of-three became a manicure multi-millonaire". Daily Mail (London).
- ↑ Amitee Blogazine
- ↑ Stylist
- ↑ Grazia Daily
- ↑ Talk Business Magazine
- ↑ London Loves Business
- ↑ Real Business
- ↑ CEW UK