The barbershop quartet: Four lessons on inflation from the hair salon

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For observers of consumer spending, April 2021 will deliver something special. In England, this month may come to be regarded as the 'age of the great haircut', as the nation emerges from its lockdown chrysalis and heads to the hairdresser.

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