Great Clips Franchise News

MINNEAPOLIS, April 2, 2012—Great Clips, the world’s largest hair salon brand, is once again teaming up with EA SPORTS™ (NASDAQ: ERTS) and the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft to bring you the Ultimate Gaming Makeover Sweepstakes this spring.
Starting on March 27 and running through the end of April, customers can text SPORTS to 47328 (US) or 77777 (Canada) or go to www.greatclips.com for a chance to win the EA SPORTS “Ultimate Gaming Makeover”. Prizes include a 52-inch HDTV, Xbox 360 with Kinect™ for Xbox 360, XZipit gaming recliners, suites of EA SPORTS games and more! Great Clips will feature EA SPORTS and Xbox 360 in more than 3,000 salon locations across the United States and Canada via in-salon signage, social media and traditional media...

Great Clips is the first haircare salon to rank in Dun & Bradstreet’s AllBusiness 2012 AllStar’s Top 10 rankings. The franchisor ranked high in brand awareness, growth, web visibility and financial strength. Great Clips has a 29+ quarterly record of continual growth.
Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) February 09, 2012 - In 2011, Great Clips added 115 new franchisees, signed 234 leases and opened nearly 200 salons. Great Clips encourages multi-unit ownership and manager-run salons. Most franchisees keep their professional jobs while building their businesses.
Two facts regarding multiple-salon ownership and financial performance per salon are these:

The average number of salons per franchisee who has operated Great Clips salons for over 5 years is 5...

February 03, 2012 // Franchising.com // MOORESVILLE, N.C. - Kasey Kahne Racing (KKR) announced today that longtime sponsor, Great Clips, will back Joey Saldana for the 2012 World of Outlaws season. Great Clips has been a sponsor of KKR for the past two seasons on the #91 car with drivers Cody Darrah and Paul McMahan. In 2012, they will be a primary sponsor on the #9 entry with Saldana as well as an associate sponsor on Brad Sweet’s #49 and Cody Darrah’s #5 World of Outlaws cars.
“The folks at Great Clips have been a great partner of mine for years in both my Nationwide Series efforts as well as my sprint car teams and we look forward to continuing that relationship,” said Kasey Kahne, owner of Kasey Kahne Racing...

November 23, 2011 // Franchising.com // MINNEAPOLIS - For the first time, Great Clips salons will offer customers the chance to lock in significant savings on the price of their next haircut with a prepaid $9.99 Value Card. This offer is available at more than 3,000 Great Clips salons in the United States and Canada beginning November 14 while supplies last.
These Value Cards can be used at any Great Clips salon by the purchaser or can be given as gifts. The advantage is in the savings: the average price of an adult haircut at Great Clips is $13 (prices vary). With this prepaid Value Card, a customer pays only $9.99 for each prepaid haircut. That’s a savings of 20% or more!
“Great Clips customers like coming to our salons,” says Terri Miller, VP of Marketing & Communications...

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 26, 2011 - Great Clips, the world’s largest salon brand, was recently recognized as one of the Top 200 largest franchise systems in the U.S. by worldwide sales as reported in the October issue of Franchise Times magazine. Great Clips is ranked 86th, the highest ranked franchise in its industry.
“Our ranking, which is consistently in the top tier, is very indicative of the strength of our brand,” said Rhoda Olsen, CEO of Great Clips, Inc. “While our competitors continue to struggle with slow sales and unit growth, Great Clips is continuing to grow and expand.”
The Franchise Times Top 200 is based on a combination of companies' self-reported sales and unit counts, as well as other public information...

Great Clips has been named one of Inc. Magazine's 2011 5,000 fastest growing, private companies in the nation. With over 3,000 salons in the United States and Canada, Great Clips is the world's largest salon brand.

Endina, MN, September 10, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Since it was founded in 1982, Great Clips has been an innovative leader in what is now the $55 billion hair care industry. The company that styled the nation through the days of mullets, side ponytails, poofy bangs and lots of hairspray, is now the world's largest salon brand and was recently named part of the Inc. 500/ 5000. Inc. Magazine's annual business awards are designed to spotlight the country's fastest growing companies.

Great Clips ranked 4,597 on its annual ranking of the 5000 fastest growing, private companies in the nation and 229 in the Consumer Products and Services category...

World's leading hair salon franchise earns high praise in three prominent 2011 franchise industry rankings MINNEAPOLIS, MN, March 26, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Great Clips, the world's largest hair salon brand, was recently named one of the nation's top franchise opportunities by three highly respected national media outlets. The staffs at Forbes, Entrepreneur and AllBusiness.com independently evaluated the best franchise companies in operation through a number of diverse criteria, and Great Clips, which boasts nearly 3,000 North American salons, earned high marks from all three.

"We have a strong brand and a great system that has been refined over almost 30 years to give our salon owners the ability to build a thriving, sustainable local business," said Rob Goggins, vice president of franchise development with Great Clips...

February 28, 2011 // Franchising.com // Great Clips will again serve as the title sponsor of the Labor Day weekend NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 3, the Great Clips 300.

The event will showcase Great Clips, the world's largest hair salon brand with nearly 3,000 locations in more than 140 markets, as the title sponsor and official hair care provider of Atlanta Motor Speedway.

"Last year's Great Clips 300 at Atlanta Motor Speedway was one of the highest attended NASCAR Nationwide Series races in history, and Great Clips is determined to make this year's event even bigger," said Great Clips co-op president Greg Thomas. "With the support of our franchisees throughout the Southeast, we'll all be emphasizing our message that the Great Clips 300 is a fun and affordable Labor Day weekend event the entire family can enjoy...

February 10, 2011 // Franchising.com // MINNEAPOLIS — Great Clips, the world's largest salon brand, is proud to announce several promotions across its executive leadership team. These promotions, effective, Feb. 1, 2011, were aimed at providing greater collaboration and alignment of the talent within the organization in order to further position Great Clips as a legacy brand for decades to come.

Ray Barton, formerly CEO and Chairman of the Board, will be focusing his efforts specifically on the Chairman position. Barton will be preparing the Board to take a more active role to help guide Great Clips through key strategic decision-making, ensuring Great Clips is on sound financial footing, that succession planning is implemented and anticipating new areas for future growth...

February 07, 2011 // Franchising.com // MINNEAPOLIS — Great Clips CEO Rhoda Olsen will speak at the 12th Annual Leadership Conference hosted by International Franchise Association's (IFA) Women's Franchise Committee (WFC) on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, during IFA's Annual Convention at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.

The Leadership Conference is designed to shed light on the tools and resources men and women need to excel as leaders in today's workplace and the community at large. This year's theme is "Leading Through the New Normal: How to Define and Empower Your System".

During her discussion Olsen will help the panel explore some of the changes that were implemented throughout Great Clips' systems and how those changes impacted the overall operation, profitability and growth of the company...

Great Clips franchise located in the Delancy Plaza Shopping Center December 27, 2010 // Franchising.com // Rob Goggins, vice president of franchise development for Great Clips, Inc., announced the Grand Opening of the company's newest hair salon franchise business in the Delancy Plaza Shopping Center in Elkton, MD.

"Our manager-run hair salon business is conveniently located off the high-trafficked intersection at Route 40 and Delancy Road," said Goggins. "The bustling shopping center serving suburbs of both Wilmington, DE, and Baltimore, MD, is anchored by Chili's and PNC Bank. The demographics of the area are well suited for our value-priced, no appointment necessary service.

"Our franchise owners open to a $55-billion hair-care industry...

Great Clips, Inc., the world's largest hair salon brand, welcomed its 100th new franchise owner to its hair-care franchise system for 2010.

"This is a great achievement for our company, our franchise team, and our more than 1,200 franchise owners throughout the U.S. and Canada," said Rob Goggins, vice president franchise development for Great Clips. "Even in this recession economy we are attracting more inquiries to our franchise opportunity due in part to our 24- consecutive quarters of sales growth and our 19–consecutive quarters of customer growth."

The January 2011 issue of Entrepreneur magazine ranks Great Clips as the #22 Fastest Growing Franchise among its Franchise 500 and #27 among America's Top Global Franchises...

Great Clips franchise located in the Cary Park Town Center December 14, 2010 // Franchising.com // Rob Goggins, vice president of franchise development for Great Clips, Inc., announced the Grand Opening of the company's newest hair salon franchise business in the Cary Park Town Center in Cary, NC.

"Our manager-run hair salon business is conveniently located off high-trafficked I-540 at the intersection of Carpenter Fire Station Rd. and Green Level Church Rd.," said Goggins. "The 104,000 square foot shopping center in the booming suburb of Raleigh is anchored by Harris-Teeter and CVS Pharmacy. The demographics of the area are well suited for our value-priced, no appointment necessary service.

"Our franchise owners open to a $55-billion hair-care industry...

Great Clips franchise located in the Hoover Place Shopping Center December 07, 2010 // Franchising.com // Rob Goggins, vice president of franchise development for Great Clips, Inc., announced the Grand Opening of the company's newest hair salon franchise business in the Hoover Place Shopping Center, in Hoover, AL.

"Our manager-run hair salon business is conveniently located off high-trafficked Highway 31 that bisects I-65 and I-459," said Goggins. "The affluent Birmingham suburb and shopping area features specialty shops, services, restaurants and financial institutions. A Publix supermarket and Great Clips anchor the shopping center. The demographics of the area are well suited for our value-priced, no appointment necessary service...

Great Clips franchise located in the Rutland Commons Shopping Center November 22, 2010 // Franchising.com // Rob Goggins, vice president of franchise development for Great Clips, Inc., announced the Grand Opening of the company's newest hair salon franchise business in the Rutland Commons Shopping Center, in Mechanicsville, VA.

"Our manager-run hair salon business is conveniently located off Atlee Road next door to 74,000 square-foot anchor tenant, Kroger," said Goggins. "The 28-acre shopping area features specialty shops, services, restaurants and financial institutions. The demographics of the area are well suited for our value-priced, no appointment necessary service.

"Our franchise owners open to a $55-billion hair-care industry...

November 22, 2010 // Franchising.com // Once again Great Clips was recognized as one of the TOP 200 largest franchise systems in the U.S. by worldwide sales as reported in the October issue of Franchise Times magazine.

"We moved up five sports from 90 to 85 and increased our advantage over the nearest hair-care competitors," said Rob Goggins, vice president of franchise development for Great Clips, Inc.

Franchise Times speculated that most franchise chains "were happy to turn the page on 2009." Hotels, real estate agencies, home-improvement companies and staffing agencies "could not escape the recession's shadow."

McDonald's was number one followed by 43 other food franchises in the top 100. There were also another 25 hotel chains in the top 100...

November 16, 2010 // Franchising.com // Once again Great Clips was recognized as one of the TOP 200 largest franchise systems in the U.S. by worldwide sales as reported in the October issue of Franchise Times magazine.

"We moved up five sports from 90 to 85 and increased our advantage over the nearest hair-care competitors," said Rob Goggins, vice president of franchise development for Great Clips, Inc.

Franchise Times speculated that most franchise chains "were happy to turn the page on 2009." Hotels, real estate agencies, home-improvement companies and staffing agencies "could not escape the recession's shadow."

McDonald's was number one followed by 43 other food franchises in the top 100. There were also another 25 hotel chains in the top 100...

Great Clips franchise located in the Rutland Commons Shopping Center November 16, 2010 // Franchising.com // Rob Goggins, vice president of franchise development for Great Clips, Inc., announced the Grand Opening of the company's newest hair salon franchise business in the Rutland Commons Shopping Center, in Mechanicsville, VA.

"Our manager-run hair salon business is conveniently located off Atlee Road next door to 74,000 square-foot anchor tenant, Kroger," said Goggins. "The 28-acre shopping area features specialty shops, services, restaurants and financial institutions. The demographics of the area are well suited for our value-priced, no appointment necessary service.

"Our franchise owners open to a $55-billion hair-care industry...

Great Clips franchise located in the Gateway Center

September 30, 2010 // Franchising.com // Rob Goggins, vice president of franchise development for Great Clips, Inc., announced the Grand Opening of the company's newest hair salon franchise business in the Gateway Center, in West Bloomfield, MI.

"Our manager-run hair salon business is conveniently located at the heavily trafficked intersection of Orchard Lake and Northwestern Highway in the Detroit DMA," said Goggins. "The shopping area is anchored by Kohl's, Whole Foods, Staples, and of course, our Great Clips franchise salon. The demographics of the area are well suited for our value-priced, no appointment necessary service.

"Our franchise owners open to a $55-billion hair-care industry...

Great Clips franchise located in the Mockingbird Commons Shopping Center

September 17, 2010 // Franchising.com // Rob Goggins, vice president of franchise development for Great Clips, Inc., announced the Grand Opening of the company's newest hair salon franchise business in the Mockingbird Commons Shopping Center, in Dallas, TX.

"Our manager-run hair salon business is conveniently located at the heavily trafficked intersection of Abrams Road and Mockingbird Lane in Dallas," said Goggins. "There's 120,000 square feet of mixed-use retail and office development space anchored by Tom Thumb, and of course, our Great Clips franchise salon. The demographics of the area are well suited for our value-priced, no appointment necessary service...