Article: Shop Talk program takes advantage of intimate salon settings.(Business)(Lake County business)

Byline: Kim Mikus

Women often tell their hairdressers more than they tell their doctors. After all, ladies visit the hair salon for a cut or color every six weeks or so.

A new business initiative is under way at hair salons and spas across Lake County to take advantage of the relationship between stylists and clients.

Shop Talk is a program that launched in October to inform customers about health issues, as well as to promote local health- related businesses. Impact Communications owner Michelle Rathman spearheaded the 5-year-old program that's operating in other parts of the state.

In Lake County, Rathman is working with Gurnee ...

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