Wednesday, February 24, 2010

In a row of 8 shops can i stop the hairdressers next to my tanning/nail/beauty shop from offering nails?

I have a small shop in a row of 8 other shops. We offer tanning nails %26amp; beauty %26amp; have worked hard to get our business up %26amp; running. The hairdressers next door is planning to rent a table in their shop to a nail technician offering the same services as we do. where as i understand competition can be healthy i do find this a problem as this is a very small area we are talking about with little passing trade. I would like to know if i can oppose this and if so how i can go about it?In a row of 8 shops can i stop the hairdressers next to my tanning/nail/beauty shop from offering nails?
You can talk to your landlord and ask them to restrict the shop next to yours from offering competing services. Point out that if the hairdresser offers these services your own business will suffer and that might be bad for the landlord. Also check your lease contract to see if there is any language regarding non-competition -- it makes no sense for a landlord to offer two businesses that offer the same service in the same complex.





Otherwise you can go to that shop and come to some kind of mutual aggreement that keeps both of you from going out of business -- perhaps offer referrals and/or discounts for people who do their hair and their nails on the same day?





But failing that, there is generally no legal restriction against someone offering competing services in the same area as you. do what they can to gain a competitive advantage.In a row of 8 shops can i stop the hairdressers next to my tanning/nail/beauty shop from offering nails?
You should talk to your landlord. You really should have had a clause in there about non-compete, but there might be rules in place already.

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