A beauty salon in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do.
The adult cut rate, which was 18,000 won until last year, has risen to 20,000 won from this year.
It was an increase of 2,000 won, which is an 11% increase in terms of the rate of increase.
I didn't raise it during Corona to avoid even a few customers, but I raised the price for the first time in 4 years as everyone ran regardless of labor and material costs.
[Kim Jong-in ㅣ Hairdresser's head: Perm or dye, then increase the electricity bill.
The salaries of our employees also go up a lot, so we can't help but reflect the rise in prices...
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As inflation started to rise due to the rise in raw material prices, service charges are rising one after another.
Last month, service charges compiled by the Korea Consumer Agency increased by up to 10% compared to the same period a year ago for the five major charges for laundry, lodging, and beauty.
Excluding some food service items, the service price increase was limited until the end of last year, but it started to surge from this year.
It is interpreted that the increase in the price of raw materials exerted pressure to increase labor costs, affecting service rates, which account for a large proportion of labor costs.
[Ha Jun-kyung ㅣ Professor of Economics, Hanyang University: You can feel that the cost of living is higher.
Then, there will be more demand for a wage increase, and it is a situation where inflation is more sustainable now.]
There is growing concern that a vicious cycle in which inflation stimulates wages and wages stimulates inflation has already begun as service rates centered on labor costs rise following energy and raw materials.
This is SBS Jung Jun-ho.
(Video coverage: VJ Park Hyun-woo / Editing: Yoon Tae-ho / Production: D Content Planning Department)