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Africans Spend More Than $7billion On Fake Hair by boman2014: 9:16pm On Nov 17, 2014 |
[b]Despite limited financial resources, Africans are spending an estimated $7 billion on their hair, Media reports. According to Euromonitor International, people in South Africa, Nigeria and Cameroon alone spend about $1.1 billion on hair care products. That includes shampoo, lotions and relaxers. The amount of money brought in by fake hair far outpaces that number, though. Reportedly, the dry hair (aka weaves, wigs and extensions) industry is estimated to be around $ 6 billion a year. The African hair industry has become so big that Unilever now has salon in Johannesburg boasting its full line of Motions products. Then there’s L’Oreal, which is looking to do more research into African hair and skin as it expands its Dark And Lovely line of relaxers and other products. L’Oreal also has factories South Africa and Kenya, the turn out about half of the products it ships all over Africa. Much of this growth has gone in just the last 10 years according to L’Oreal South Africa Managing Director Bertrand de Laleu. “African women are probably the most daring when it comes to hair styles,” Bertrand told Reuters. He implied that the adventurous is a result of how much more accessible different options are. “Suddenly you can play with new tools that didn’t exist or were unaffordable.” Kabir Mohamed, managing director of South Africa’s Buhle Braids pointed out that just in South Africa, there are over 100 different brands of hair, bumping the market in the one country to $600 million! The majority of the hair sold in Africa comes from Asia and is made of cheaper, synthetic fibers. Natural hair is offered, but it costs quite a bit more money–this is not a shock to weave connoisseurs. Shelling out big bucks to get your hair done isn't a new thing to black women stateside. As of 2013, Mintel market research found that the Black hair care industry was a $684 million market . That estimate wildly inflates to $500 billion if extensions and sales from independent suppliers are included[/b]
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Re: Africans Spend More Than $7billion On Fake Hair by Ezedon(m): 9:24pm On Nov 17, 2014 |
our women are destroying that continent |
Re: Africans Spend More Than $7billion On Fake Hair by Sigoal(m): 9:28pm On Nov 17, 2014 |
Source, or I don't bliv. |
Re: Africans Spend More Than $7billion On Fake Hair by Nobody: 9:45pm On Nov 17, 2014 |
not surprised anyways op, where's ur source? mtwchw |
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