Sometime back, I was in Habarana wondering how so many barber shops so close together could still stay in business. Apparently, they were just managing - but only just. According to an accounts guy from one of the “big” hotels in the area with whom I spoke, whenever someone starts something new in the area, everyone else who’s jobless follows suit. While that situ might’ve changed (haven’t been there in quite a while *sigh*) it seems that copying good ideas is a global thing.