While sales in both January and February were doing well they dipped in March. This problem was not confined to any one area, but appears to have affected most salons from coast to coast with perhaps the exception of Winnipeg salons, who tell me they are having a good year. I’m questioning whether this loss of sales is due to our unusual weather patterns or to economic times. For those salons in southern Ontario, the economic hardship is understandable with the situation of both the auto and the steel sectors. Housing prices and uncertainty have been felt across Canada…..FULL STORY