Marketing & discovery
Salon sites with an out-of-date footer year
33% of independent US salon homepages that show a copyright year show one at least two years old.
Across 243 salon homepages showing a year, checked 2026-10-11.
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Source
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Salon Website Study 2026: 1,500 independent US salons' websites checked
SalonAI/2026/study
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