For the barber suppliers, there is always a dilemma – where to focus in. – Cosmetics products that they sell on a regular basis, or  – Furniture and barber chairs (even sometimes construction) – which is more of a project type of business.Both have pros and cons of doing furniture/barber chair.  Pros: – Profitability is high. One good lump sum money. Nice cash inflow – who can say no? 🙂 – The customer becomes a life long cosmetics customer  (if he is happy about the purchase) – Competition is less (particularly if you are doing a tailor-made project)c SupplyBut on...

It was January 2016. An e-mail with a product inquiry made me fly to Johannesburg. 12 hours of flight. It was my first visit to S.A. in my life. Enjoyed it. After 48 hours spent there, it was not the lions that I saw. Only barber shops. I particularly noticed two categories of barber shops: – premium barber shops which look more like a club for men, than just a barber shop – growing number of standard barber shops being opened by new-comers particularly from the Arab countries. “Wow” I said, “Man, there is potential for barber supply business here”...