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Article: Professional hair care in flux. (Beauty Care)
- Article from:
- Chain Drug Review
- Article date:
- September 21, 1992
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1992 Racher Press, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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|Several suppliers have introduced lines that are similar to the salon brands but priced for the mass market.'
CDR Roundup - professional hair care has long represented a sizable and highly profitable niche in chain drug hair care sales. Salon-type products, generally supplied by diverters, can help drug chains raise margins by offsetting sharply priced commodity brands in such areas as shampoos and conditioners.
Recently, however, many manufacturers of salon products have been cracking down on diversion of their merchandise. They feel that having the products offered in mass market outlets, often at prices well below what salons charge, undercuts the ...