I own a hair salon. Typically, November is my busiest season. It has been SO quiet. A lot of my colleagues are also saying the same thing and have had to close up shop because of it - or get a second job.
People keep saying it will get better and the economy will bounce back but I don’t know. I am so close from just throwing in the towel, closing up shop and getting a corporate gig.
It’s not the material costs. Those have barely increased. It’s all the salon “business gurus” on social media telling everyone to charge more money because they “need to know their worth.”
Now greedy/gullible stylists are paying the price. You can only increase prices so much before customers leave, often out of spite.