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>> Unless the owners of the new shop are more skilled than average Why? It's the same workers cutting and styling hair. as when they worked in the existing sal
by CraigJPerry 4y ago
>> Unless the owners of the new shop are more skilled than average
Why? It's the same workers cutting and styling hair. as when they worked in the existing salons. Many of their customers follow "their" hairdresser to whatever new venue they work at.
>> What about a coop shop?
There's another existing model for temporary hairdressers where they begin working at a salon and they keep all income from all clients they serve. In turn they pay the owner a fixed price to rent their chair for the day. AIUI this is no longer popular but i don't know the specifics. It seems to me that renting a chair should be a lot cheaper than starting up & marketing a salon.
- wrycoder 4y agoRelative to your first point, two shops with two chairs each have much more overhead than one shop with four chairs. Whether or not customers follow is a complex social issue, assuming an average haircut. But, it’s human nature to try to do better. Most small businesses fail fairly quickly. Renting out chairs is a reasonable business model, but it’s not the same as a co-op, because the proprietor gets greedy (or is perceived to be so) and bossy.
- CraigJPerry 4y ago>> Relative to your first point, two shops with two chairs each have much more overhead than one shop with four chairs. I don't think that follows - the business rates, heating costs, energy usage, insurance, etc. will all be cheaper in the 2-chair shops than the 4-chair shop. The 4-chair shop just has extra chairs (but they remain unused since there aren't staff available to fill them) . At the same price point for customers, it's less viable.
- mantas 4y agoExtra chairs need extra space. More space = more heating, probably more insurance too. Extra hairdressers will consume extra electricity too.