1.   But it may matter in the future, said the Lees, who see the nail salon business eventually becoming the province of younger Americanized Koreans.

2.   Carson also said it planned to sell its Cutex nail care business.

3.   One is Alexandros K. Park, who is typical of the more dynamic Korean men who have recently joined their wives in the female-dominated nail business.

4.   The nail care business was sold to Cutex Co., a new entity formed by San Francisco-based investment firm the Shansby Group.

5.   These are anxious times for Korean-Americans in the nail business, as the competition within the community and with non-Korean immigrant nail entrepreneurs grows ever more fierce.