Beauty supply store shuts doors

After 70 years, Johnson Beauty and Barber Supply Co. has fallen silent. Since the '30s, the business at the corner of Bibb Street and Madison Avenue was one of downtown Montgomery's bustling businesses, providing barbers, beauticians, hairdressers and cosmetology schools with thousands of...

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Published inThe Montgomery advertiser (1987)
Main Author Muhammad, Eric Ture
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Montgomery, Ala Gannett Co., Inc 01.05.2007
Subjects
Corporate profiles
Entrepreneurs
Small business
United States > US
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Summary:After 70 years, Johnson Beauty and Barber Supply Co. has fallen silent. Since the '30s, the business at the corner of Bibb Street and Madison Avenue was one of downtown Montgomery's bustling businesses, providing barbers, beauticians, hairdressers and cosmetology schools with thousands of products and industry-based equipment. In 1937, he approached his then boss with a novel idea on how to expand the business and improve revenue -- why not sell both barber and beauty supplies? "The owner of the business did not want to expand," Kevin Johnson said.
ISSN:0892-4457