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The '''Jean Yip Group''' (legal name: Jean Yip Salon Pte Ltd) started as a hairdressing business in [[Singapore]] in 1982 by Jean Yip. Her hairdresser husband, Mervin Wee, came aboard in 1984.<ref name="ref13">{{cite web|title=Jean Yip Group|url=http://www.superbrands.com/sg/pdfs/CSBSG6-JEANYIP.pdf|website=Superbrands|access-date=22 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226093314/http://www.superbrands.com/sg/pdfs/CSBSG6-JEANYIP.pdf|archive-date=26 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> It moved into the [[Weight loss|slimming]] and beauty industry in 1990,<ref name="ref6">{{cite web|title=Milestones|url=http://jeanyipgroup.com/milestones/|website=Jean Yip Salon Pte Ltd|access-date=22 April 2015}}</ref> led by Dawn Yip, Jean Yip's younger sister.<ref name="ref13"/> The Group expanded overseas to [[Malaysia]] in 1995 and [[Jakarta, Indonesia]] in 2005.<ref name="ref6"/> To date, its awards include the [[Reader's Digest]] Most Trusted Brand 2010 Gold Award and the Singapore Prestige Brand Award – [[Heritage Award]] in 2012.<ref name="ref13"/> |
The '''Jean Yip Group''' (legal name: Jean Yip Salon Pte Ltd) started as a [[Hairdresser|hairdressing]] business in [[Singapore]] in 1982 by Jean Yip. Her hairdresser husband, Mervin Wee, came aboard in 1984.<ref name="ref13">{{cite web|title=Jean Yip Group|url=http://www.superbrands.com/sg/pdfs/CSBSG6-JEANYIP.pdf|website=Superbrands|access-date=22 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226093314/http://www.superbrands.com/sg/pdfs/CSBSG6-JEANYIP.pdf|archive-date=26 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> It moved into the [[Weight loss|slimming]] and beauty industry in 1990,<ref name="ref6">{{cite web|title=Milestones|url=http://jeanyipgroup.com/milestones/|website=Jean Yip Salon Pte Ltd|access-date=22 April 2015}}</ref> led by Dawn Yip, Jean Yip's younger sister.<ref name="ref13"/> The Group expanded overseas to [[Malaysia]] in 1995 and [[Jakarta, Indonesia]] in 2005.<ref name="ref6"/> To date, its awards include the [[Reader's Digest]] Most Trusted Brand 2010 Gold Award and the Singapore Prestige Brand Award – [[Heritage Award]] in 2012.<ref name="ref13"/> |
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== Staff Training and Development == |
== Staff Training and Development == |
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The staff at Jean Yip Group goes through in-house and external courses to upgrade their skills.<ref name="ref14">{{Cite journal |last=Teoh |first=D |year=2010 |title=Poised for growth |url=https://www.kpmg.com/SG/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Documents/KPMGInSight07.pdf |journal=KPMG Insights |issue=7 |page=9}}</ref> The Jean Yip Group has also established a professional training academy named “Jean Yip Academy” with the aim of developing professional [[Hairdresser|hairstylists]] and [[Cosmetology|beauty therapists]].<ref name="ref16">{{Cite web |last=Yap |first=N |title=Brain Behind Beauty |url=https://epaper.chinadailyasia.com/pools/2-20111223-024.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141224064507/http://epaper.chinadailyasia.com/pools/2-20111223-024.pdf |archive-date=24 December 2014 |access-date=22 April 2015 |website=China Daily}}</ref> Jean Yip Academy is an Approved Training Provider for National Institute of Technical Education Certificate (NITEC) courses,<ref name="ref3">{{Cite web |last=Edvantage |title=ITE-Jean Yip Group collaboration to enhance hairdressing course |url=http://education.asiaone.com/content/ite-jean-yip-group-collaboration-enhance-hairdressing-course |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226095834/http://education.asiaone.com/content/ite-jean-yip-group-collaboration-enhance-hairdressing-course |archive-date=26 December 2014 |access-date=22 April 2015 |website=Asiaone}}</ref> as well as a Certified On-the-Job Training Centre for hairdressing, spa and aesthetic therapy apprenticeships.<ref name="ref5">{{Cite web |title=Jean Yip Academy Information Kit |url=http://www.jeanyipacademy.com/forms/Final%20Information%20Kit.pdf |access-date=22 April 2015 |website=Jean Yip Group}}</ref> It is the only school in Singapore with both hair and beauty certification accredited by the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) of Singapore. It has also been awarded the COJTC (Certified on the Job Training Center) and NITEC Industry Training Provider status by the [[Institute of Technical Education]] (ITE) in Singapore.<ref name="ref7">{{Cite web |title=Our Company's Profile |url=http://www.jeanyipacademy.com/Vission.html |access-date=22 April 2015 |website=Jean Yip Group}}</ref> |
The staff at Jean Yip Group goes through in-house and external courses to upgrade their skills.<ref name="ref14">{{Cite journal |last=Teoh |first=D |year=2010 |title=Poised for growth |url=https://www.kpmg.com/SG/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Documents/KPMGInSight07.pdf |journal=KPMG Insights |issue=7 |page=9}}</ref> The Jean Yip Group has also established a professional training academy named “Jean Yip Academy” with the aim of developing professional [[Hairdresser|hairstylists]] and [[Cosmetology|beauty therapists]].<ref name="ref16">{{Cite web |last=Yap |first=N |title=Brain Behind Beauty |url=https://epaper.chinadailyasia.com/pools/2-20111223-024.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141224064507/http://epaper.chinadailyasia.com/pools/2-20111223-024.pdf |archive-date=24 December 2014 |access-date=22 April 2015 |website=China Daily}}</ref> Jean Yip Academy is an Approved Training Provider for National Institute of Technical Education Certificate (NITEC) courses,<ref name="ref3">{{Cite web |last=Edvantage |title=ITE-Jean Yip Group collaboration to enhance hairdressing course |url=http://education.asiaone.com/content/ite-jean-yip-group-collaboration-enhance-hairdressing-course |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226095834/http://education.asiaone.com/content/ite-jean-yip-group-collaboration-enhance-hairdressing-course |archive-date=26 December 2014 |access-date=22 April 2015 |website=Asiaone}}</ref> as well as a Certified On-the-Job Training Centre for hairdressing, spa and aesthetic therapy [[Apprenticeship|apprenticeships]].<ref name="ref5">{{Cite web |title=Jean Yip Academy Information Kit |url=http://www.jeanyipacademy.com/forms/Final%20Information%20Kit.pdf |access-date=22 April 2015 |website=Jean Yip Group}}</ref> It is the only school in Singapore with both hair and beauty certification accredited by the [[Institute of Technical Education]] (ITE) of Singapore. It has also been awarded the COJTC (Certified on the Job Training Center) and NITEC Industry Training Provider status by the [[Institute of Technical Education]] (ITE) in Singapore.<ref name="ref7">{{Cite web |title=Our Company's Profile |url=http://www.jeanyipacademy.com/Vission.html |access-date=22 April 2015 |website=Jean Yip Group}}</ref> |
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== Business Development == |
== Business Development == |
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== Customer Service == |
== Customer Service == |
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In 2006, Today |
In 2006, [[Today Newspapers|Today newspapers]] quoted Ms Jean Yip in an interview where she mentioned that it is the "strong culture of being professional but very family-oriented" that makes the difference and "exude[s] a sense of warmth for the client[s]".<ref name="ref2">{{cite news|last1=Chiapoco|first1=J|title=Looking good and ready to take wing|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/today20060822-2.2.30.1.aspx|access-date=22 April 2015|work=Today|date=22 August 2006}}</ref> |
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== Management/Company structure == |
== Management/Company structure == |
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The company's senior management comprises Ms Jean Yip as Founder and chairman; her husband, Mr Mervin Wee as Group managing director and Artistic Director, and Hairdressing/Principal of the Academy; younger sister, Ms Dawn Yip as Group Operations and Marketing Director; and younger brother, Oliver Yip as Group Business Development Director.<ref name="ref13"/> |
The company's senior management comprises Ms Jean Yip as Founder and chairman; her husband, Mr Mervin Wee as Group managing director and Artistic Director, and Hairdressing/Principal of the Academy; younger sister, Ms Dawn Yip as Group Operations and Marketing Director; and younger brother, Oliver Yip as Group Business Development Director.<ref name="ref13"/> |
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The business is continuing down the family line, with eldest daughter Cheryl Wee as the company's current ambassador.<ref name="ref16"/> In her interview with [[Prestige (magazine)|Prestige Magazine]], Ms Jean Yip highlighted that "Rachel (her second daughter) is doing her masters in pharmacology and has promised to join the product development arm. Russell (youngest son) has also expressed interest in developing a new area in the business".<ref name="ref10">{{cite web|title=The fairest of them all|url=http://prestige-singapore.com.sg/2013/11/fairest-them-all|website=Prestige|access-date=22 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226102638/http://prestige-singapore.com.sg/2013/11/fairest-them-all#.U8sS2vmSyoM|archive-date=26 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
The business is continuing down the family line, with eldest daughter Cheryl Wee as the company's current ambassador.<ref name="ref16"/> In her interview with [[Prestige (magazine)|Prestige Magazine]], Ms Jean Yip highlighted that "Rachel (her second daughter) is doing her masters in [[pharmacology]] and has promised to join the [[Product Development|product development]] arm. Russell (youngest son) has also expressed interest in developing a new area in the business".<ref name="ref10">{{cite web|title=The fairest of them all|url=http://prestige-singapore.com.sg/2013/11/fairest-them-all|website=Prestige|access-date=22 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226102638/http://prestige-singapore.com.sg/2013/11/fairest-them-all#.U8sS2vmSyoM|archive-date=26 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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== Projects == |
== Projects == |
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As part of the company's [[corporate social responsibility]] (CSR), a team of hairstylists was involved in [[Hair for Hope]] from 2011 to 2014<ref name="ref15">{{cite news|last1=Toh|first1=K|title=Shear solidarity|url=http://yourhealth.asiaone.com/content/shear-solidarity/page/0/1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226094301/http://yourhealth.asiaone.com/content/shear-solidarity/page/0/1|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 December 2014|access-date=22 April 2015|work=The Straits Times|date=24 September 2013}}</ref> where staff shaved thousands of heads for two days. |
As part of the company's [[corporate social responsibility]] (CSR), a team of hairstylists was involved in [[Hair for Hope]] from 2011 to 2014<ref name="ref15">{{cite news|last1=Toh|first1=K|title=Shear solidarity|url=http://yourhealth.asiaone.com/content/shear-solidarity/page/0/1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226094301/http://yourhealth.asiaone.com/content/shear-solidarity/page/0/1|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 December 2014|access-date=22 April 2015|work=The Straits Times|date=24 September 2013}}</ref> where staff shaved thousands of heads for two days. |
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Since 2012, to support the Breast Cancer |
Since 2012, to support the Breast Cancer Foundation (BCF), the Jean Yip Group of companies became a distribution outlet for BCF's newly designed pink pins. Donation boxes were placed at outlets under the Jean Yip Group and all donations went to the BCF.<ref name="ref4">{{cite web|title=Jean Yip Wear the Pink Ribbon Campaign|url=http://www.herworldplus.com/jean-yip-wear-pink-ribbon-campaign|website=Her World Plus|access-date=22 April 2015}}</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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The Jean Yip Group (legal name: Jean Yip Salon Pte Ltd) started as a hairdressing business in Singapore in 1982 by Jean Yip. Her hairdresser husband, Mervin Wee, came aboard in 1984.[1] It moved into the slimming and beauty industry in 1990,[2] led by Dawn Yip, Jean Yip's younger sister.[1] The Group expanded overseas to Malaysia in 1995 and Jakarta, Indonesia in 2005.[2] To date, its awards include the Reader's Digest Most Trusted Brand 2010 Gold Award and the Singapore Prestige Brand Award – Heritage Award in 2012.[1]
Staff Training and Development
The staff at Jean Yip Group goes through in-house and external courses to upgrade their skills.[3] The Jean Yip Group has also established a professional training academy named “Jean Yip Academy” with the aim of developing professional hairstylists and beauty therapists.[4] Jean Yip Academy is an Approved Training Provider for National Institute of Technical Education Certificate (NITEC) courses,[5] as well as a Certified On-the-Job Training Centre for hairdressing, spa and aesthetic therapy apprenticeships.[6] It is the only school in Singapore with both hair and beauty certification accredited by the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) of Singapore. It has also been awarded the COJTC (Certified on the Job Training Center) and NITEC Industry Training Provider status by the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) in Singapore.[7]
Business Development
Oliver Yip, younger brother of Jean Yip, is the Group Business Development Director to oversee research and development and source for new businesses.[1] According to a report by Superbrands in 2013, the Herb De Orient products, a brand under the company's umbrella, are "specially tailored for Asian skin and hair conditions [as they] are well researched and developed", and is targeted at giving Jean Yip a competitive advantage in the industry against other competitors.[1] Another brand, Superwhite Skin Lab, has gone through research and development by the Jean Yip team.[1]
Customer Service
In 2006, Today newspapers quoted Ms Jean Yip in an interview where she mentioned that it is the "strong culture of being professional but very family-oriented" that makes the difference and "exude[s] a sense of warmth for the client[s]".[8]
Management/Company structure
The company's senior management comprises Ms Jean Yip as Founder and chairman; her husband, Mr Mervin Wee as Group managing director and Artistic Director, and Hairdressing/Principal of the Academy; younger sister, Ms Dawn Yip as Group Operations and Marketing Director; and younger brother, Oliver Yip as Group Business Development Director.[1]
The business is continuing down the family line, with eldest daughter Cheryl Wee as the company's current ambassador.[4] In her interview with Prestige Magazine, Ms Jean Yip highlighted that "Rachel (her second daughter) is doing her masters in pharmacology and has promised to join the product development arm. Russell (youngest son) has also expressed interest in developing a new area in the business".[9]
Projects
In 2010, Jean Yip Loft was built. It is a seven-storey centre which contains all Jean Yip Group's services and other amenities, serving as a clubhouse for its customers.[1]
The company ventured into China in 2013. Its Guangzhou flagship salon is located in the central neighbourhood of Haizhu.[9]
Outlets
Jean Yip Group has branches around Asia with more than 60 hairdressing, beauty and slimming outlets just within Singapore, 6 of their shops in Malaysia, 2 in Indonesia and 1 in Guangzhou, China.[10] In total, Jean Yip Group has more than 70 outlets that comprise hair salons, beauty and slimming centres, nail bars and spas with around 1,000 employees.[9]
The outlets are mostly located near residential areas and MRT stations.[11]
Philanthropy
As part of the company's corporate social responsibility (CSR), a team of hairstylists was involved in Hair for Hope from 2011 to 2014[12] where staff shaved thousands of heads for two days.
Since 2012, to support the Breast Cancer Foundation (BCF), the Jean Yip Group of companies became a distribution outlet for BCF's newly designed pink pins. Donation boxes were placed at outlets under the Jean Yip Group and all donations went to the BCF.[13]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Jean Yip Group" (PDF). Superbrands. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Milestones". Jean Yip Salon Pte Ltd. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ Teoh, D (2010). "Poised for growth" (PDF). KPMG Insights (7): 9.
- ^ a b Yap, N. "Brain Behind Beauty" (PDF). China Daily. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ Edvantage. "ITE-Jean Yip Group collaboration to enhance hairdressing course". Asiaone. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Jean Yip Academy Information Kit" (PDF). Jean Yip Group. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Our Company's Profile". Jean Yip Group. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ Chiapoco, J (22 August 2006). "Looking good and ready to take wing". Today. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ a b c "The fairest of them all". Prestige. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Top 10 Most Inspiring Businesswoman in Singapore". Top 10 of Asia. RHA Media Sdn Bhd. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Our Mission". Jean Yip Salon Pte Ltd. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ Toh, K (24 September 2013). "Shear solidarity". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Jean Yip Wear the Pink Ribbon Campaign". Her World Plus. Retrieved 22 April 2015.