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Beauty総研's booklet Beauty Top Interview, March 2015: an interview with our CEO Ken Kobayashi


In March 2015, Beauty総研 published Vol.7 of its booklet 「Beauty Top Interview 美容業界 その先の未来へ。」, with interviews of people who lead the beauty industry. One of them was our CEO, Ken Kobayashi.
The booklet
Beauty Top Interview gathers interviews with people at the top of the beauty industry. Its Vol.7, dated March 2015, carries the title 「美容業界 その先の未来へ。」 — the beauty industry, toward the future beyond.
Ken's interview
The booklet introduces Assort as a salon that drew the industry's attention with its fast growth, with salons in Aoyama, Tokyo, in New York and in Hong Kong.
It then asks Ken about the way he manages the company, with free ideas that are not bound by the beauty industry's usual rules.
The interview is in Japanese, in Beauty Top Interview Vol.7 (March 2015). It shows Assort as it was then.
About Beauty総研
As the booklet's cover reads — 'Beauty総研 by HOT PEPPER Beauty' — Beauty総研 came from HOT PEPPER Beauty, Recruit's service for finding and booking beauty salons in Japan.
Thank you to Beauty総研, and to everyone who read the interview.
Follow — Ken Kobayashi, CEO
Ken Kobayashi on Instagram (@assort.ken) →Ken Kobayashi's blog →Assort on Instagram (@assort.hair) →Assort on TikTok (@assort.hair) →Assort — website →Read the original
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