John Donnellan
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John Donnellan, Managing Director Flair Hair & Beauty Supplies
Flair Hair & Beauty Supplies: Celebrating 35 years of excellence
In the beginning
Flair was founded by Galway man Patrick Donnellan, and began trading in the summer of 1974 in Old Kilmainham Road, Dublin 8. Flair was then known as Hairdressers Cash & Carry Co Ltd, but by 1976 the business had become more hair and beauty supply based, so Patrick decided to change the company name to Flair Salon Services Ltd.
Originally Flair started as a small cash and carry in a 1200sq foot unit, which included a manufacturing area with just three staff. At that time the only hair supplier in Dublin was Eason’s in Abbey Street, who supplied both professionals and consumers. Patrick had seen an
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opening for a professional-only supplier, and so Flair became the first trade-only store of its kind in Ireland at that time.
The company is now known as Flair Hair & Beauty Supplies, and is run by his son John who has been directly involved with the business for 30 years. Today Flair has four stores located in Dublin’ Finglas, Kilmainham, Naas and Galway, plus a separate distribution warehouse located in Naas to service their growing mail order and web shop www.fl
air.ie.
Why hair and beauty?
Some may wonder what motivated Patrick to enter such a predominantly female business, and how he made
himself and his business a success in a sector saturated by women.
Patrick had three sisters that were all hairdressers with salons in County Galway and Dublin, so he grew up around the industry. He later married Anne Parletti who was also a hairdresser, and they went on to open three salons together. This gave Patrick the insight into the industry and helped him to understand the salon business.
Gaining more experience within his fi eld, Patrick started working for a hair care manufacturer in the late 1960’s which prompted him to open another company of his own - Flair Industries Ltd. Flair Industries manufactured all types of hair care preparations, and eventually
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