Jean Yip Group

Last updated

Jean Yip Group
Founded1982
FounderJean Yip

The Jean Yip Group is a Singaporean company that runs hairstyling, weight loss and cosmetology salons in Southeast Asia and China. It operates a training academy in Singapore.

Contents

Jean Yip Group has over 60 hairdressing, beauty and slimming outlets within Singapore, six in Malaysia, two in Indonesia and one in Guangzhou, China. [1] The company has approximately 1,000 employees. [2] The Group received the Reader's Digest Most Trusted Brand Gold Award in 2010 and the Singapore Prestige Brand Award – Heritage Award in 2012. [3]

History

The Group was found 1982 by Jean Yip as a single salon in Singapore. Her husband, Mervin Wee joined the business in 1984. [3] The Group moved into the slimming and beauty industry in 1990, [4] led by Dawn Yip, Jean Yip's younger sister. [3] The Group expanded overseas to Malaysia in 1995 and Jakarta, Indonesia in 2005. [4]

Oliver Yip, younger brother of Jean Yip, is the Group Business Development Director to oversee research and development and source for new businesses.

In 2010, Jean Yip Loft was built. It is a seven-storey centre which contains all Jean Yip Group's services and other amenities, serving as a clubhouse for its customers. [3]

The company ventured into China in 2013. Its Guangzhou flagship salon is located in Haizhu. [2]

Staff Training and Development

The Jean Yip Group has established Jean Yip Academy to develop professional hairstylists and beauty therapists. [5] It is an Approved Training Provider for National Institute of Technical Education Certificate (NITEC) courses, [6] as well as a Certified On-the-Job Training Centre for hairdressing, spa and aesthetic therapy apprenticeships. [7]

It is the only school in Singapore with both hair and beauty certification accredited by the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) of Singapore. It has also been awarded the COJTC (Certified on the Job Training Center) and NITEC Industry Training Provider status by the ITE. [8]

Business Development

According to a report by Superbrands in 2013, the Group's Herb De Orient products are "specially tailored for Asian skin and hair conditions [as they] are well researched and developed", and is targeted at giving Jean Yip a competitive advantage in the industry against other competitors. [3]

Another brand, Superwhite Skin Lab, has gone through research and development by the Jean Yip team. [3]

Customer Service

In 2006, Today quoted Ms Jean Yip in an interview where she mentioned that it is the "strong culture of being professional but very family-oriented" that makes the difference and "exude[s] a sense of warmth for the client[s]". [9]

Management/Company structure

The company's senior management comprises Jean Yip as chairman; Mervin Wee as Group managing director and Artistic Director, and Hairdressing/Principal of the Academy; Dawn Yip as Group Operations and Marketing Director; and Oliver Yip as Group Business Development Director. [3]

Eldest daughter Cheryl Wee isthe company's current ambassador. [5] In her interview with Prestige Magazine, Jean Yip highlighted that "Rachel (her second daughter) is doing her masters in pharmacology and has promised to join the product development arm. Russell (youngest son) has also expressed interest in developing a new area in the business". [2]

Philanthropy

As part of the company's corporate social responsibility (CSR), a team of hairstylists was involved in Hair for Hope from 2011 to 2014 [10] where staff shaved thousands of heads for two days.

Since 2012, to support the Breast Cancer Foundation (BCF), the Jean Yip Group of companies became a distribution outlet for BCF's newly designed pink pins. Donation boxes were placed at outlets under the Jean Yip Group and all donations went to the BCF. [11]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jay Sebring</span> Hair stylist and murder victim (1933–1969)

Thomas John Kummer, known professionally as Jay Sebring, was an American celebrity hair stylist, and the founder of the hairstyling corporation Sebring International. Sebring was murdered by members of the Manson Family along with his ex-girlfriend Sharon Tate.

John Frieda is a British celebrity hairstylist and founder of hair salon and hair product businesses. The hair product business was acquired in 2002 by Kao Corporation, Japan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vidal Sassoon</span> English hairstylist, businessman, and philanthropist

Vidal Sassoon was a British hairstylist, businessman, and philanthropist. He was noted for repopularising a simple, close-cut geometric hairstyle called the bob cut, worn by famous fashion designers including Mary Quant and film stars such as Mia Farrow, Goldie Hawn, Cameron Diaz, Nastassja Kinski and Helen Mirren.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Institute of Technical Education</span>

The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ITE College West</span> Public school

ITE College West (ITECW) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore.

Jonathan Antin is the former owner of two Los Angeles hair salons, Jonathan Salon West Hollywood and Jonathan Salon Beverly Hills. His life as an entrepreneur and a celebrity hair stylist was the basis for reality television series Blow Out. He was the judge on the third season of Shear Genius and has appeared on other television shows. He judged the 2007 Miss USA pageant. He developed a hair care product line, which broke QVC's record for the top hair care launch in 2005.

Alberto-Culver was an American corporation with international sales whose principal business was manufacturing hair and skin beauty care products under such brands as Alberto VO5, Andrew Collnge, St. Ives, TRESemmé, FDS, Consort, Nexxus, Toni, and White Rain. It was a manufacturer in the multicultural beauty care market with such brands as Soft & Beautiful, Just For Me, Motions, and TCB. It was purchased by Unilever in 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paul Mitchell (hairdresser)</span> Scottish hairstylist

Paul Mitchel was a Scottish American hairstylist and co-founder of John Paul Mitchell Systems, a company that sells hair care products and, since 2000, also runs hairdressing schools.

Crawley College is a college of further education in West Sussex. It offers courses ranging from Sixth form and Adult education to undergraduate courses through partnerships with universities.

Addy Lee Eng-tat is a celebrities' hair stylist, known for unique styling with hairstyle. He left home in 1984, at the age of 13 to pursue a childhood dream.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gloucestershire College</span> College of further and higher education school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England

Gloucestershire College is a college of further and higher education in the county of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.

Odile Gilbert has been described as France's "most celebrated female hairstylist", and is the only woman in that profession to have received the French honor Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Her career has been based in Paris and New York.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tabatha Coffey</span>

Tabatha Coffey is a United States-based Australian hairstylist, salon owner, and television personality. Her participation as a contestant on the television show Shear Genius in 2007 led to her own fame in the U.S. She was given a television show, Tabatha Takes Over (2008-13), which aired on the US cable television network Bravo. A similar series, Relative Success with Tabatha, aired on Bravo in 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mr. Kenneth</span> American hairdresser

Kenneth Everette Battelle, more usually known as Mr. Kenneth, was an American hairdresser from the 1950s until his death. Sometimes described as the world's first celebrity hairdresser, Kenneth achieved international fame for creating Jacqueline Kennedy's bouffant in 1961. He counted Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, and many of America's most high-profile socialites such as Brooke Astor and Happy Rockefeller among his clients. In 1961 he became the first, and only, hairdresser to win a Coty Award.

Julien Farel is a French celebrity hairstylist, "haircare innovator" and entrepreneur in the luxury, beauty, and wellness arena. He is the Chairman of the Julien Farel Group and founder of Julien Farel Anti-Aging Haircare.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leo Passage</span>

Leonardus Johannes Hubertus "Leo" Passage was a Dutch-born American hairstylist, educator, innovator and philanthropist. He was the founder and C.E.O. of Pivot Point International, a global hair and beauty education company he established in Chicago, Illinois in 1962.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cha Hong</span>

Kim Hyo-suk, better known by her stage name Cha Hong, is a South Korean celebrity hairdresser, and is the owner and founder of the CHAHONG ARDOR beauty salon chain in South Korea. Cha established her first hair salon back in August 2011, and currently owns a total of three salons and an academy. Cha made her debut television appearance via SBS's Star King in February 2011, and now features frequently as guests on various South Korean television shows, such as Channel M's Get It Beauty and MBC's My Little Television. Cha is renowned for the self-hair styling tips that she shares during her television appearances, and has since widened her media exposure through channels such as radio shows, blogs, social media websites and home shopping networks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Winnie Loo</span>

Winnie Loo is a Malaysian hairstylist, entrepreneur, author, and chief executive officer and creative director of A Cut Above Salons and Academy.

Zziwa Kennedy Katebalirwe is a professional Ugandan celebrity hair stylist and dresser. He is the CEO of Hair by Zziwa, a hair clinic in Uganda.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jawed Habib</span> Indian politician and hairstylist

Jawed Habib is an Indian hairstylist, businessman and politician.

References

  1. ↑ "Top 10 Most Inspiring Businesswoman in Singapore". Top 10 of Asia. RHA Media Sdn Bhd. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "The fairest of them all". Prestige. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Jean Yip Group" (PDF). Superbrands. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Milestones". Jean Yip Salon Pte Ltd. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  5. 1 2 Yap, N. "Brain Behind Beauty" (PDF). China Daily. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Edvantage. "ITE-Jean Yip Group collaboration to enhance hairdressing course". Asiaone. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Jean Yip Academy Information Kit" (PDF). Jean Yip Group. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Our Company's Profile". Jean Yip Group. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  9. ↑ Chiapoco, J (22 August 2006). "Looking good and ready to take wing". Today. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  10. ↑ Toh, K (24 September 2013). "Shear solidarity". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Jean Yip Wear the Pink Ribbon Campaign". Her World Plus. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.