Type Nail bar Number of employees 420 Founded 1999 Revenue £21.7M Founder Thea Green | Key people Thea Green Name Nails Inc. | |
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Area served United Kingdom, United States, France, Middle East, Singapore, Hong Kong Profiles | ||
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Nails Inc. is a London, England-based nail bar chain with 60 outlets across the United Kingdom.
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- Nails inc How to do a manicure
- Nails Inc Holler Graphic Duo Set The Polished Pursuit
- Thea Green
- History
- Present
- Awards
- References
Thea Green
Thea Green was born and brought up in Hoylake on the Wirral Peninsula, near Liverpool. Her father was a company director of Littlewoods, and her mother a housewife. She completed a degree in public relations and journalism at the London College of Fashion. While studying, she assisted on the fashion desk at the Daily Mail newspaper, and then Tatler magazine. Joining Tatler as fashion co-oordinator on graduation, she became fashion editor aged 24. Married with three children under the age of seven, Green lives in Fulham
Green was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to the beauty industry.
History
Green noticed on travelling to New York city, the number of nail bars that were easily available. Working on a business plan with business partner MT Carney, they raised £200,000 through investors, and launched their first store in 1999 in South Molton Street in the West End of London.
After opening the first three stores in London, as the business expanded Carney left the business with her family for the United States. In 2000, Nails Inc opened department store concessions. In 2003, the company launched their training academy for beauty therapists in London. In 2005 they launched the luxury "champagne nail bar."
Present
Nails Inc. is the UK's largest nail bar chain, serving on average 10,000 customers per week through 60 locations. The company has concessions within key retailers, including Harvey Nichols, Selfridges, Fenwick, House of Fraser, and Debenhams.
The company now has stores in the UK, US, France, Middle East, Singapore and Hong Kong. The company has also developed Get Lashed, a diffusion brand for false eyelashes.
Nails Inc. is part of the Paint Shop, located in Selfridges, London. A unique concept developed by Nails Inc., The Paint Shop offers customers nail art designs, bespoke speedy services and thousands of nail polishes.
In November 2012, Nails Inc. opened a nail bar in the Harvey Nichols Beauty Bazaar - a concept store located in the Liverpool One shopping centre, in the centre of Liverpool.