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Ebook

January 2026

Agentic AI & The Future of Professional Beauty

A deep dive into how agentic AI will change the way professional beauty businesses sell and operate, written for brands, distributors, clinics and salons who want to understand what is coming and what to put in place before it arrives.

1st

of its kind published for professional beauty

4

audiences: brands, distributors, clinics and salons

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THREE FINDINGS FROM THE REPORT

2030s

Peers

First

is when brands that keep their opening orders, minimums and margins hidden become invisible to the AI agents building a buyer's shortlist.

still decide the final choice, because owners check with Facebook and WhatsApp groups once AI has built their shortlist.

movers who make their wholesale information machine-readable stand to take a disproportionate share of the market.

INSIDE INDUSTRY

Agentic AI & The Future of Professional Beauty

January 2026

WHAT'S INSIDE

HOW BUYING CHANGES WHEN AN AGENT DOES THE RESEARCH

AI agents are software that researches, compares and acts on a buyer's behalf, and this ebook explains what that means for how professional beauty is bought and sold.

01

How agents will build a salon owner's shortlist

02

What information an agent needs from a brand to put it on that list

03

Why the human relationship still decides the final choice

04

Where the industry is least ready, from wholesale pricing to back-end systems

05

The practical steps a brand can take now to be found and chosen

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PUT IT TO WORK

WHERE THIS REPORT EARNS ITS PLACE

LEADERSHIP AND BOARD DISCUSSIONS

Start the conversation about how your brand will be found when buyers use AI to search.

WEBSITE AND WHOLESALE INFORMATION

Audit what an agent can and cannot read about your terms, minimums and training today.

SALES TEAM STRATEGY

Work out where your people add the most value once the shortlist is built for them.

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BRING TAMARA INTO THE ROOM

HAVE THE FINDINGS PRESENTED TO YOUR TEAM

Tamara can join your national sales meeting, board presentation, internal WIP meeting or distributor education conference as a guest speaker, presenting the research and what it means for your brand.

TAKE IT INTO YOUR NEXT SALES MEETING

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