North America's Largest Single-Brand Salon Coming to Toronto

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Great Clips to expand its reach in Canada

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--North America's largest single-brand salon, Great Clips, is pleased to announce it will be coming to Oakville, Ontario this winter. While there are more than 2,600 Great Clips salons throughout North America, this will be the first Great Clips salon in the Toronto area.

The walk-in, no-appointment salon is expected to open by the end of the year at the Shoppes on Dundas at Dundas Street East and Prince Michael Drive. Oakville's first Great Clips franchisees are Anne Marie Brereton and Andres Basanta of Cambridge, Ontario.

The husband and wife team decided three years ago that they were interested in investing in a business. "We specifically wanted an opportunity that would provide significant investment and still allow us to continue with our current careers." After careful research, the duo found that the Great Clips model matched their entrepreneurial plans.

Ranked the 23rd fastest-growing franchise by Entrepreneur Magazine in 2007, Great Clips is consistently ranked as one of the top franchise opportunities. Over 65 percent of Great Clips franchise owners reinvest in the brand by opening more than one salon; Brereton and Basanta plan to follow suit. With plans to open five additional salons in the Toronto and Hamilton area in the next three years, they're looking forward to bringing Great Clips to neighborhoods throughout the city. "We're just getting started," Basanta says.

Elsewhere in Canada, Great Clips has salon locations in Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver.

About Great Clips, Inc.
Great Clips, Inc., headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., is North America's largest franchisor under one brand in the $55 billion-a-year hair care industry. Established in 1982, Great Clips perfected a system for delivering competitively priced, high quality haircuts to men, women and children in a no-appointment atmosphere. The company began franchising in 1983, and today, more than 2,600 Great Clips salons operate in more than 130 markets across the U.S. and Canada. Great Clips salons are open evenings and weekends. For more information about Great Clips or to find a Great Clips salon nearest you, visit www.greatclips.com.

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