Comments on: Beauty Q & A: Do Bumble & Bumble Only Sell in Salons?

By: angel

angel — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:03:28 +0000

honestly it doesn’t suprise me that b&b salons would divert product. i mean the requirements they put on you are completely absurd. you must purchase at least $ 2000 a month whether you need it or not. the only way to not fall behind and become thousands in debt with this product is to find other ways to sell it. for a small salon this is alot of pressure, many have stopped carrying it for this reason. it seems b&b aren’t looking to support stylists but after the almighty dollar.

By: Julia

Julia — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:06:00 +0000

It’s a conspiracy to rip of consumers..
many hair care manufacturers pretend to fight diversion. Target, Costco, Wallmart , CVS and others are receiving the diverted good through a group of diverters based in Las Vegas, Texas and New York…
No one can stop the diversion because no one can stop the corruption

By: Brenda

Brenda — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:04:11 +0000

I for one do not believe that any salon is capable of diverting enough Bumble to supply these online sources and now Target and CVS pharmacies. How could enough product be “diverted” for this and Bumble not be able to figure it out? I think they are definitely having their cake and etc.
And why would a major corporation like Target care enough about getting a single product line to go through the trouble?

By: Alba

Alba — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:58:50 +0000

In my opinion a lot of haircare manufacturers put up the anti-diversion facade because of the industry pressure and/or it gives their line some sort of prestige on some level. Amazon and similar sites have now become the ideal (and somewhat hard to stop)diversion outlet for the same greedy salon owners to divert their ‘legitimately bought’ product through. I guess you could say the ‘internet is the modern back door’. In the case of Bumble…only a small handful of the Bumble & Bumble on Amazon is actually SOLD by Amazon. The rest are from companies who buy and sell diverted product OR actual authorized salons that sell legitimately bought product through this channel and often under a different name to avoid being caught. The bottom line is that if manufacturers were really serious about stopping the diversion of their product, there are fairly inexpensive ways of at least putting a big dent in it. However, at the end of the day more diversion = more sales and I haven’t come across a single product line yet, that cares to put a stop to that, no matter what it involves…many I suspect, actually join in, quietly, while keeping up their anti-diversion facade.

By: kanashimi blue

kanashimi blue — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:32:53 +0000

B&B is sold in Australia through meccacosmetica which is definitely not a hair salon.