In a nation of consumers plagued by supply shortages for a wide array of goods and inflation at 40-year highs, Judy Ann Wilson is cutting it close to keep her salon stocked.
“I like to have at least six months of [hair] color in stock, but it’s dwindled down to where it’s about a month’s worth,” Wilson says. “That’s scary.”
The owner of Yours Truly Hair Salon on East Brainerd Road for nearly 30 years, Wilson says she is also feeling the pain of higher prices.
“In a typical month, I’m paying more now for supplies – spray, shampoo, capes – than I pay for rent,” she says. “Overhead cost has got me by the throat, and it’s uncomfortable.”
Santosh Sankar is living his own version of the supply chain challenge.