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Inside the Hair Salon

02/07/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Inside the Hair Salon

Business Daily goes inside the hair salon to find out why men's haircuts cost more than women's and what makes hairdressers such a happy lot.

Business Daily investigates the profession with one of the highest levels of job satisfaction in the world. Laurence Knight talks to hairdressers about why they love their jobs.  And Laurence investigates the huge difference in the cost of a haircut in different parts of the world and even different parts of the same city. What do you get if you pay more for your haircut? Plus, we hear about the global trade in human hair 

(Picture:Wigs are displayed in a large wig salesroom in Finsbury Park, north London. Credit:LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images))

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