Barbers, a business that springs fast in Mexico

- The business of barber shops in the country has had a significant growth in recent years, thanks to the launch of new products and proposals directed especially to conquer the knights.

According to research firm Euromonitor, the male beauty product market in Latin America is valued at seven thousand 972 million dollars, and could grow to more than 10 billion in the next two years.

While the barber shop business in Mexico was estimated at 326.3 million dollars during the previous year, which means a growth of 7.6 percent compared to 2015.

For the representative of the Mexican company Mel Bros, Gilgamesh Ángeles, for some six years there has been a very strong growth in the opening of barber shops in the country, and in general throughout the world.

"This service has grown over the last six years, in which most men look for classic cuts to go to work, or have a clean beard that looks good. .

In an interview, he commented that Mel Bros has a line of products for a large gentleman, and even they are creators of the balm of growth for beard and mustache, which is commercialized in the continent and in some European countries.

While this year the company seeks to expand its business model with franchises of barber shops, which can be started with an investment of one million pesos, depending on the place and size of the premises.

"Before we only had the beauty products business for men, which can be started with a minimum investment of 500 thousand pesos, but now we are starting with barber shops, given the growth we have seen in Mexico," he said.

For Ernesto Chávez, an assiduous customer of Barbería Pereira, which belongs to the Mexican soccer player Jair Pereira, since knowing this type of business has not stopped attending them, although the cost is much higher compared to an aesthetic .

And is that, he explains, on average spends between 200 and 400 pesos each time he attends a barber shop, depending on whether you only make a haircut, if you cut the beard, or if you put some anti-fall or growth treatment Quick.

"Until a few years ago there were very few barber shops, if you wanted a cut or had a beard, you had to go to an aesthetic, but the results were not so good because they were made by someone who was not a specialist."

But in this type of business "in addition to the deal is very good, since some even receive you with water, wine or beer, while you wait you can play billiards or darts, so you do not hurt to invest in the look that you always wanted, "he said.