• BIG—Named One of the Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies in Utah

    BIG—Named One of the Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies in Utah Salt Lake City, UT – October 2016 – Beauty Industry Group was named one of the 2016 fastest growing companies in Utah by MountainWest Capital Network (MWCN) (www.mwcn.org) at the 22nd annual Utah 100 Awards Program Tuesday, October 18. The annual program recognizes the 100 fastest growing Utah companies, the Top Revenue Growth companies, and the “Emerging Elite” companies. “We were thrilled ...
  • BIG CEO – No Pun Intended

    BIG CEO - No Pun Intended Derrick Porter, CEO, was first introduced to Beauty Industry Group (BIG) in 2006 when meeting its founder, Logan Woolley. Logan was a customer of Porter Brown Distribution, a 3rd party logistics company that Derrick had started with his father several years earlier. Derrick quickly realized that for him, the beauty space promised a new and exciting frontier where business was more easily scalable and he could focus on building a...
  • BIG and IDC Finalize New Partnership

    BIG and IDC Finalize New Partnership—Which Secures Growth for Both Companies Salt Lake City, UT - February 21, 2017—Beauty Industry Group (BIG), along with Gauge Capital, announced today that they have purchased a majority share of International Designs Corporation (IDC), which owns and operates the iconic Hot Heads brand. With this agreement, the collective companies will further secure their access to a significant portion of the raw human hair market...
  • Color Takeover: The Art of Hair Extensions Meets the Science of Hair Color

    Color Takeover: The Art of Hair Extensions Meets the Science of Hair Color Salt Lake City, UT - January 1, 2017—The first of its kind: In January of 2017, Donna Bella launched Color Takeover, a new educational outreach that is revolutionizing the relationship between the two categories of hair extensions and hair coloring education. This educational source holds consistent and professional instruction given by top hair experts in coloring hair extensions...
  • BIG Inks Deal – Announces Strategic Partnership with Gauge Capital

    BIG Inks Deal - Announces Strategic Partnership with Gauge Capital Salt Lake City, UT – June 2016 – Beauty Industry Group (BIG) announced that current President, Derrick Porter, together with Gauge Capital, a Dallas based Private Equity Group, has purchased a majority share in Beauty Industry Group. Founded in 2004, BIG is the industry leader for professional hair extensions and related beauty products in North America, with a network of over 40 independ...
  • BIG Presents: The National Stylist Search

    BIG Presents: The National Stylist Search With an ever expanding list of trade shows and regional events between Babe and Donna Bella, our national stylist team, the Elite, has been short on hands for the live installations that regularly happen at our booths. To remedy this situation, BIG and its brands have gathered together ot implement a new and exciting program-the national Stylist Search-which has proven to be yet another hair extension industry fi...