Good hair: a UK perspective

[Blessedmocha]

BlessedMocha, could it be they are Jamaicans of Pakistani origin? Not unheard of at all. Just asking because he said he was Jamaican.

I have never met MUHADY but i have dealt with the owner JEFF HUSSEIN who took over from his father. You will always find him at the headoffice in finsbury Park.

I have met him, spoke to him via phone and had business dealings with him in person and He is an Asian Pakistani Muslim.. No Links to Jamaica WHATSOEVER .

Also 98% of Indians/Pakistani's dont really mix with other cultures in the UK unless there's money involved!

You have to live in the UK to understand the cultural make-up.

 

[libertysince05]

but does it really matter that its black owned?
personally i only care that a company has fair trading ptactices and its ethics; if its indian, chinese, etc dont really matter because they all have mouths to feed.
is a black owned business selling crap better than a indian/ pakistani owned business selling crap? no, at the end of the day they all sell crap.
Like someone already mentioned in this thread if black businessess in this area want to establish themselves they need to differentiate, as it happens with the natural hair, example Anita Grant or Mixed chicks.
I'm not going to a store just because the owner is black, it has to provide for my needs and unfortunately businesses like Paks which are not black owned do, so from time to time i shop there.

 

[coupe2]

See, essentially no different than the problems here in the U.S. Same exact problems either getting into the market and competing or decent customer service and respect. I would love to have such a business. There must be a way to do it without buying into these wholesale clubs that cater to Asians because they are controlled by them. That's the question for anybody's business genius.

Hear you, and found the following on the BN site

I have a state-side Black owned hair enhancement company and we run into the same challenges here. The solution? I am trying to network with as many other Black-owned businesses to establish a community warehouse. By buying our products together in bulk we qualify for a better unit price and can lower our prices to a more competitive range. Also, we need to educate our community on the importance allegiance not only in February but year round. We can also extend a more customer friendly environment and compete on a level no other community can, an intimate one. We know the customer because we are the customer. I am less concerned with complaining and totally focused on action!

 

[indigoCniqy]

Wow, mixed chicks was at the hair show cool!
I have to say, I'm unsure about the vid, I guess I was expecting more but I understand its limitations being a 10 min vid. I felt that the vid was more wig/weave orientated rather than black hairstyle focused. I also felt it hard to believe the owner of PAKs was black, Im sorry but it didn't ring true for me at all.
I like how she wrapped it up in the end but I feel she could have been more diverse in her questioning, like when she asked the young men about weaves, what about braids, relaxed hair, dreadlocks etc. Nevertheless Im glad more people in the UK are on this hair topic this as it opens the lines of communication alot more and hopefully made people realise it isn't just a U.S issue. I look forward to hearing more talk from women in the UK and hopefully around the world...

P.S I agree about the black - owned hair care, I also think people who sell hair care products should have some knowledge on the product or hair to be giving advice, say what you will, I do believe as long as you have the knowledge/experience in black hair you can be any colour to sell or aid me in hair care purchase, but I'm more likely to be drawn to the black person.
Its very unlikely that the people at the PAKs store for example really know that much/or have experience with black haircare or black hair products.
I was talking about this the other day and I asked someone would they go to an indian owned hair salon that claimed to do relaxers. They said no, they would prefer to go to a black hairstylist because they would assume they would know what they were doing whether they were qualified/adequate or not. Shouldn't it be the same with hair stores ?

 

[kimmy89]

I'm not mad at him...Nubian Jacks went down because the black employees had the nastiest attitudes and their faces were just sour, why would he want people like that working for him and representing his business?

On another note why are people upset with the Asian man? He saw a opportunity in the market and took it, as a people they are family and business orientated-they help each other out, even if that means working long hours, at the and of the day they go home to their nice semi detached. Black British people use to be like this, somewhere along the line laziness kicked in.

And if black people cared so much about it why didn't they open their own stores to begin with? Afro-Caribbean people came over here before Asians, and we've been given more or less the same opportunities ( yes we faced racism, but so did they); education is free, so why not work together like they do and reap the rewards?
I agree with him though, maybe it's because I'm Jamaican born and and somewhat raised also, but I think Asians do have a stronger work ethnic, that is why they are so much more successful compared to black people. They see where they want to be, set a goal and work towards it, even if that means working harder than they'd like. Black people on the other hand when five o'clock comes they're gone, no contemplation towards the furture, just for today. Its a shame.

Its like whites saying foreigners are taking their work, jobs that they didn't want in the first place.
The black people in this situation are like the children who owned a toy but didn't want to play with it until another kid came along and showed just how cool and how many benefits the toys had. And when they get a chance to play with the toy they mistreat it.

Now if we as blacks REALLY want to regain what is rightfully ours and treat it with care and realise that it is a INDUSTRY, BUSINESS and more importantly view it as a means to an end. Then we have to collectively boycott their companies, but that requires working together and as I said black people aren't really big on that.


P.S I realise that I am generalizing but there is truth in my words and also I am aware that black owned businesses do exist, my family own a few. But there isn't as many as there should be, and it just comes down to badmind and laziness.

End Rant.

 

[Mizz Diamonds]

I liked this , I wanted to go to that hair show but couldn't still annoyed about it too. The host is really pretty and I like her hair.