Nail care knows no bounds: the prestige nail category has undergone significant changes over the past few years, and the rise in popularity of the nail salon manicure has affected the perception and reality of the entire market.(nail care methods)

Global Cosmetic Industry, March, 2006 by Jeffries, Nancy

Anyone who says nail and hand care is the exclusive domain of the ladies who lunch will need to take another look at the state of the nail salon industry. Accessibility to salon services has increased as more and more women, and men, have taken their tired, lackluster extremities to the salon for some TLC.

The prestige nail category has undergone significant changes over the past few years, and the rise in popularity of the nail salon manicure has affected the perception and reality of the entire market. "The nail category in prestige has been in double digit declines for more than 10 years due to what I would consider the ease and relatively low cost of getting your nails done at the salon,' says Karen Grant of the NPD Group, a market information company."If...

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