So there is barely a strip of shops from Coolangatta to Noosa that doesn’t have a massage shop. Some have three shops within a 50 metres. Given that no one I know will admit to visiting a shop, how do they stay open? Is there a side hustle that I’m missing? If they were selling “duty free” smokes you could see the business proposition.
Now add to that many shops are staffed by “mature” Asian ladies, which would not I think build a reliable return customer base. I see one shop in redcliffe also does dog grooming and some offer waxing / haircuts.
Even if you average two MLs per shop there are hundreds of MLs trying to make rent, groceries and perhaps tuition.
So given a high supply and low demand, you think there would be competitive pricing but it costs the same with a Mature ML as a HAB.
These businesses defy the law of economics, how is there so so many and how are they open?