Your Beauty Network (YBN) is the leader in business education and support services for beauty professionals making available an online client database, e-marketing promotions, management tools and a career hub. This year YBN will be a sponsor of the 2009 PBA Symposium entitled Consumer Culture which take place July 18 -21 at the Mandalay Convention Center in Las Vegas.

The professional Beauty Association (PBA) is a non-profit association dedicated to providing business tools, education, government advocacy, and networking which benefits its members as well as the beauty industry as a whole. The PBA produces trade shows including the 2009 PBA Symposium being held in cooperation with Cosmoprof North America (CPNA), an influential business-to-business trade show for the global beauty industry.

The PBA Symposium is designed as an educational event for the beauty industry. Business owners will be able to learn about technology to help them meet their full potential. A research study, Business of Beauty: Maximize Your Profitability will be presented at the symposium. Conducted on a national level, this study reveals that stylists do like to recommend and sell products but they need more training.

The PBA Symposium is part of the PBA Beauty Week which includes the North American Hairstyling Awards, a prestigious beauty competition. Over 600 salon and spa owners and managers and more than 25,000 attendees from around the world are expected at this year’s event.

You can get more information about this event at their web site: http://www.probeauty.org/symposium/.