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Anger rumbles among hairdressers. The profession requires a drop in charges to ensure its future and meet the competition of barber shops and other low-cost fairs.
More and more rare scissors, for more and more customers to space their visits to the hairdresser. A retiree in the Bas-Rhin had to revise his budget downwards: “I just make the cut and the rest, I do at home”she explains, sitting on the hairdresser’s chair. White hair that is more assumed, covid and inflation could explain this drop in attendance.
To cope with an agenda that is full, an Alsatian fair offers discounts: services at -20% one day per week. An appreciated boost for customers, but for the director, difficult to deal with the increase in charges that have increased by more than 30% in five years. In inflation, a change in legislation has just added to the concern of the profession: to open a hair salon, the professional patent is no longer necessary, only three years of experience in France or in the European Union are enough. Enough to promote according to the hairdressers the opening of low-cost salons and barber shops that have multiplied.
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