Go to Google, type “Barber Supply” and check what you see. My observation is the following: – A century ago barber supply was important. There were considerably important barber supply companies – like Koken Brothers. – Something happened and those companies disappeared. Mostly. – Maybe barber supply function became a sub category at beauty supply companies. The good thing is today there is a reverse trend; as male’s grooming business started to grow, as mens-only barber shops started to grow in size, as the scale of the type of services given in barber shops started to increase in quality and...

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”...