Salon director J.R. Costantini, 31, at the nearby Salon Blonde, said she thought the robber targeted salons because there are typically not too many staffers and they are often made up of women.



"It's probably an easy target," Costantini said.



Virginia Olenick, 33, co-owner of Strange Beauty Show, a salon just a block away, said she thought the robber expected little resistance at a salon.



Last Tuesday, a man robbed a Great Clips salon in the 1000 block of West Webster Avenue in the Sheffield Neighbors neighborhood, according to police. The man was given cash and fled the store, police said. Police think the same man may have held up salons in the 1200 block of North Clybourn Avenue on Jan. 21 and salons in the 1200 and 1300 blocks of West Fullerton Avenue in December.



Other police agencies have warned that the same man may be responsible for robberies in Niles, Skokie, Morton Grove, Bensenville, Lombard, and Glen Ellyn.



Tribune reporter Liam Ford contributed



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