{"id":431,"date":"2025-04-22T05:56:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T05:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leadirsalon.com\/?page_id=431"},"modified":"2025-05-04T07:53:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T07:53:31","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.salonfurniture88.com\/en_za\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog \u2013 Salon Furniture Insights, Trends &#038; Buying Guides"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"gap-918212817\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-918212817 {\n  padding-top: 200px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-full-width\"  id=\"row-1529674302\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1399619926\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1498946386\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2><strong>BLOG<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1498946386 {\n  font-size: 1.5rem;\n  color: rgb(0,0,0);\n}\n#text-1498946386 > * {\n  color: rgb(0,0,0);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1399619926 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:1px;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_669055695\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-full-width\"  id=\"row-28463115\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-609626840\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n  <style>\n    #row-618516180 .grid-col-1{height: 600px}\n    #row-618516180 .grid-col-1-2{height: 300px}\n    #row-618516180 .grid-col-1-3{height:200px}\n    #row-618516180 .grid-col-2-3{height: 400px}\n    #row-618516180 .grid-col-1-4{height: 150px}\n    #row-618516180 .grid-col-3-4{height: 450px}\n\n\n        \/* Tablet *\/\n    @media (max-width: 850px){\n      #row-618516180 .grid-col-1{height: 400px}\n      #row-618516180 .grid-col-1-2{height: 200px}\n      #row-618516180 .grid-col-1-3{height:133.33333333333px}\n      #row-618516180 .grid-col-2-3{height: 266.66666666667px}\n      #row-618516180 .grid-col-1-4{height: 100px}\n      #row-618516180 .grid-col-3-4{height: 300px}\n    }\n    \n        \/* Mobile *\/\n    @media (max-width: 550px){\n      #row-618516180 .grid-col-1{height: 400px}\n      #row-618516180 .grid-col-1-2{height: 200px}\n      #row-618516180 .grid-col-1-3{height:133.33333333333px}\n      #row-618516180 .grid-col-2-3{height: 266.66666666667px}\n      #row-618516180 .grid-col-1-4{height: 100px}\n      #row-618516180 .grid-col-3-4{height: 300px}\n    }\n    \n\n  <\/style>\n  \n  \n    <div id=\"row-618516180\" class=\"row has-shadow row-box-shadow-1 row-grid\" data-packery-options='{\"itemSelector\": \".col\", \"gutter\": 0, \"presentageWidth\" : true}'>\n\n  <div class=\"col post-item grid-col grid-col-1 large-6 medium-12\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-shade dark box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:56%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.salonfurniture88.com\/en_za\/why-are-high-end-foot-spa-stores-willing-to-pay-for-smart-pedicure-chairs-a-cost-and-return-analysis\/\" class=\"plain\" aria-label=\"Why Are High-End Foot Spa Stores Willing to Pay for &#8220;Smart Pedicure Chairs&#8221;? 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