Taken it to the streets B
ry Sims has taken it to the streets literally, with Traffic Trims Mobile Barber Salon in Columbus, Ohio. Operating for less than a year, Bry has found a way to stand out from the rest. Having worked in the traditional salon setting before she knew what she wanted and didn’t want when it was time to open her business. A stylist for 15 years, Bry 31 began looking for a mobile trailer last year. She eventually found a couple who had out grown their trailer and for $7,000 and an additional $5,000 for renovations she was in business. Her salon is equipped with a barber chair, shampoo sink and restroom, the essentials needed for her barber salon. It is power by a generator that is located in her pickup truck. Bry stated that being mobile has, “Allowed me to maximize my profit, maximize my time and have the freedom to do what I want.” As a single parent to 12 year old twins this is important to her and allows her to keep
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her children priority as well as focus on her customers without the worries of constraints. Being a stylist is in Bry’s blood her mother Arlene Boles, was a beautician so Bry grew up helping in the salon by sweeping up and doing towel service for her allowance. Her mother was killed in a domestic relationship with Bry’s father when she was just 16 years old. Without her parents to fall back on Bry has had to be very focused and determined at a young age to achieve what she needed for her own family. Right now Bry is working on establishing presence for herself in Columbus and the surrounding areas. At this time she has a wide open market with no other mobile salons in the area. When many see her mobile salon she says they’re not sure if she’s a food truck or what. She is equipped with a blinking stop sign that’s says, “Stop for a haircut” this certainly stops the curious and has established her with new customers and a new following. With every street corner, parking lot or driveway being her location she’s free to set her hours as well as take care of other business. The idea of traveling or moving to a warmer climate has also crossed Bry’s mind. Moving her business on wheels give Bry great options that many businesses don’t have. Be on the look out for Bry and Traffic Trims coming to a street near you. Honk if you see her and STOP for a hair cut.
