Hi from Rockford, MI. !  The salons here have slowed down alot! We are battleing the same thing here! I have been in the business for 30 years and have never seen anything like this! The girls at the salon are saying the same thing. We are all trying to hang in, supporting each other as much as we can, the owner is a great girl, she knows how hard it is right now. We pay chair rental for certain number of hours we work, now she is letting us work as much as we can so we can just make rent for the same rent as P/T! I am also putting out any kind of discount just to get people in, if they buy a gift certificate for $25. they will get $50. worth of service. (which means they would get a free H/C and style in most cases when they get a chemical service, they have to spend at least $50. for this to work). This bad economy has to end soon, I am working a P/T job on weekends, Sat and Sun nights, it helps but isn't the answer. Just keep the faith!