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Spa and beauty industry campaign hopes to fill 30,000 jobs

By BETH J. HARPAZ As an example of a behind-
Associated Press the-scenes profession that's
NEW YORK (AP) — The booming, an eyelash artist
spa and beauty industry is from Borboleta, the largest
growing so fast that 30,000 educator of lash artists in
jobs are going unfilled. A the world, was at the spa
"Get Your Dream Job" cam- show to demonstrate the
paign is aiming to change application of lash exten-
that. sions. Borboleta trains near-
Lynnelle Lynch is president ly 3,000 lash artists annually
of Beauty Changes Lives, a in beauty schools across
foundation committed to North America and Brazil.
"elevating the perception "Consumers will pay $200 to
of careers in beauty and $500 for a lash service, with
wellness and make it a first $75 to $200 for a fill (lash
choice," she said. The foun- maintenance) every two
dation provides scholar- to three weeks," said Kai-
ships from $1,000 to $15,000, noa Clark, vice president
and spas and salons across of marketing for Borboleta.
the country are helping to "We're one of the fastest-
get out the message. growing segments within
The campaign was a focus the beauty industry and it's
of the annual Internation- still in its infancy."
al Spa Association show Becky Delsanto, from Borbolta, applies eye lash extensions in the Beauty Changes Lives exhibit, at Other spa show partici-
held Tuesday in New York annual International Spa Association event, New York, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. pants included:
to showcase trends, treat- Associated Press —Hippocrates Health In-
ments and new spas. stitute, West Palm Beach,
Spas are now a $17.5 billion company. the workforce after raising are portable. And it's short Florida, demonstrating "vi-
industry in the United States, Mersberger is also chair- kids — along with military term — five months to a brational sound therapy"
up 4 percent in a year, ac- man of the iSPA board, spouses looking for skills year — to get this training." with the resonating sounds
cording to iSPA statistics, and noted that the indus- they can take with them if Jobs include aestheticians of a didgeridoo, the long
with 187 million visits to spas try's record-breaking boom they move. who provide facial skin wooden Australian aborigi-
in nearly 22,000 locations, includes "spa visits at an But Lynch feels the industry care and body treatments, nal wind instrument, blown
and more than 370,000 em- all-time high," along with does not always get the re- and cosmetologists who do on the skin.
ployees, about half of them record average revenue spect it deserves. She even hair styling, makeup and —Yo1 Luxury Nature Cure,
full-time. of nearly $94 per customer encourages parents to get nails. Lynch pointed out a new $300 million prop-
"We're opening our fifth visit. kids considering careers in that celebrities often owe erty with 136 guest rooms
Kohler Water Spa in Chica- Lynch emphasized that the the industry if college isn't their looks to "people be- that opened in June on the
go next year as a result of industry welcomes workers the right fit. hind the scenes," and that grounds of the defunct Kut-
how hot the industry is right in every stage of life, from "If they're creative, if they beauty school is a good sher's Resort in Monticello,
now," said Garrett Mers- students just out of high love wellness, if they love steppingstone for entrepre- New York, in the Catskills.
berger, director of wellness school to older workers beauty, why not allow neurial-minded profession- Programs and services in-
and Kohler Water Spas at looking for new opportuni- them to take an alternative als to launch products or clude yoga and aryuvedic
Kohler, a Wisconsin-based ties, to those returning to path?" she said. "The skills open salons. massage.q
US producer prices flat in July, restraining inflation

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER likely reflecting a buildup in The consumer price index 2 percent. They have indi- 0.3 percent in June and 0.5
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. soybean stocks after China increased 2.9 percent in cated they will hike twice percent in May. Still, goods
wholesale prices were un- imposed tariffs on them in June from a year earlier, more this year. A drop in prices rose 4.5 percent in
changed in July after two retaliation for U.S. duties. also the largest in six years. wholesale service prices, July from a year earlier, the
months of large increases, With the economy growing The Federal Reserve's pre- including airline fares and strongest gain in six and a
a sign inflation pressures at a healthy clip, inflation ferred inflation gauge has hospital care, offset a half years, led by higher
may have softened. has perked up after nearly risen at a more muted slight increase in wholesale costs for new cars and
The Labor Department said a decade of mostly tame pace, increasing 2.2 per- goods costs to leave pro- pharmaceuticals. Services
Thursday that the producer prices. Higher gas prices cent in the past year. The ducer prices unchanged in costs have increased 2.6
price index — which mea- have been the main cata- Fed targets 2 percent infla- July. That followed gains of percent in the past year.q
sures price changes before lyst, but they have leveled tion to protect against de-
they reach the consumer — off in recent weeks. The flation, a destabilizing trend
increased 3.3 percent last average price nationwide that leads to lower prices
month from a year earlier. for a gallon of gas was and incomes. Price increas-
That's down slightly from 3.4 $2.87 Thursday, according es were below 2 percent for
percent in June, which was to AAA. That's the same six years, according to the
the biggest in six years. as a month earlier. Still, Fed's gauge. The Fed is rais-
Gas prices and other en- the Trump administration's ing the short-term interest
ergy costs fell after two trade fights with major trad- rate it controls in an effort
months of strong gains, and ing partners, including the to keep inflation in check.
food costs also declined. European Union, Canada Fed policymakers have in-
The price of soybeans and and Mexico as well as Chi- creased the rate five times
other oilseeds fell 14 per- na, could lift prices further if in the past three years, to
cent, the most in four years, more duties are imposed. between 1.75 percent and