CONSUMER & RETAIL
Nearly 90% of Salons Feel Rising Material Costs, Caught on Whether to Raise PricesA · FULL TRANSLATION
# hair salon# rising costs# inflation# price hikes# services
Key Points
- A survey shows ~90% of salons feel rising material costs
- They're torn over passing it to prices
- Inflation reaching the service-sector front line
Analysis
A survey finds nearly 90% of salons feel rising material costs but hesitate to raise prices — a concrete slice of inflation reaching the service front line: costs bite, yet hikes risk losing customers, the common bind of domestic services.