At the time Steiner was run by Clive Warshaw, husband of Michele Steiner Warshaw, granddaughter of founder Henry Steiner, who opened a London beauty shop in 1901.

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However, there are many differences in how drug store retailing operates in the UK and US, differences between UK, European and US health care systems, and differences in how people in these countries shop, in general and specifically for health and beauty.

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GARCIA-NAVARRO: Umnor said she's previously been warned in a letter that running her beauty shop was haraam, or forbidden.

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While it might be hard to see that persistent quest for beauty at work in Sorger's basement bike shop, there is a certain elegance to its austerity.

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