SalonCentric
L'Oréal USA's omni-channel distribution arm for licensed professionals — 20+ scissor brands sit alongside chemical product, appliance, and backbar lines in a single bulk-ordering relationship.
About SalonCentric
SalonCentric is L’Oréal USA’s professional omni-channel distribution business, built in 2008 to service the full range of salon infrastructure needs through one wholesale relationship. Headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, its lineage includes the acquisition of historic family-owned suppliers such as State Beauty Supply (Sam and Mary Lou Goellner, 1967) and Alternative Beauty Services — which is why licensed-professional buyers get a top-tier merchandising experience behind the login. The platform is tuned for salon-wide sourcing rather than shear-only specialisation, so stylists looking for the deepest artisanal Japanese catalogue will typically pair SalonCentric with a specialist retailer for signature-pair purchases while using SalonCentric for everything else.
The practical advantage for a salon owner is logistics. SalonCentric’s catalogue runs deep on wet-line brands — Redken, Matrix, Olaplex, K18 — and the scissor roster is one of the widest single-source lineups in the US: Kasho, Yasaka, Jaguar, SAM VILLA, Kikui, Kenchii, TONDEO, and more. The economic benefit is consolidation: a working salon can source Japanese 440C cutting tools in the same order as backbar shampoo, color developer, and styling station hardware, which simplifies accounts-payable and cuts receiving overhead versus running parallel relationships with five separate vendors. Call 877-250-9215 with a valid professional account to order.
SalonCentric’s professional login requirement keeps the platform calibrated for licensed stylists and salon operators rather than consumer traffic, which maintains appropriate pricing and support structures for trade accounts. For salon owners managing equipment budgets alongside product costs, the consolidated purchasing model — one account for shears, backbar, and styling equipment — reduces administrative overhead versus running multiple vendor relationships. Call 877-250-9215 with a valid professional account to order.
See Also
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Brands Carried
SalonCentric carries 20 professional scissor brands.
Where SalonCentric sits in the USA market
Unique in USA (among ScissorPedia-catalogued retailers)
Of the 20 brands SalonCentric carries, 10 are not catalogued at any other USA retailer in ScissorPedia's directory: Aichi, Cricket, FHI HEAT PROFESSIONAL, KARG, Leaf, Olivia Garden, point-cut pro, SAM VILLA, Shark Fin, ZEN MASTER .
Also available from other USA retailers
- ABOVE — also at Dynamic SHARPENING LLC , SCISSOR Dude , SHEAR INTEGRITY .
- BONIKA — also at Dynamic SHARPENING LLC .
- Jaguar — also at Dynamic SHARPENING LLC , JPScissors , SHEAR INTEGRITY and 2 others.
- Jonetsu — also at Begley Schmit , SCISSOR Dude , SHEAR INTEGRITY and 1 other.
- JW SHEARS — also at tricut.com .
- Kasho — also at JPScissors , LA SHEAR , Precision Shears and 4 others.
- Kenchii — also at SCISSOR Dude , Williamsport Bowman .
- Kikui — also at Begley Schmit , LA SHEAR , SCISSOR Dude and 1 other.
2 additional overlapping brands not shown.
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