Great Clips Opens Franchised Salon in Havelock, North Carolina

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Franchise located in the Sound of Freedom Shoppes

August 28, 2009 // Franchising.com // Rob Goggins, vice president of franchise development for Great Clips, Inc., announced the Grand Opening of the company's newest franchised salon in the Sound of Freedom Shoppes in Havelock, North Carolina.

"Our manager-run salon is conveniently located on US Highway 70, within earshot--the sound of freedom--of the Marine Corps Air Station runway at Cherry Point, the largest Marine Corps air station on the East Coast," said Goggins. "Our Great Clips is across the street from Wal-Mart and next to anchor tenant Hibbett Sporting Goods. 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. With more than $700 million in total system-wide sales, Great Clips is the industry leader. And we're in a growing market. People get their hair cut every four to five weeks, and our same-store sales have increased consistently for several years."

About Great Clips:

Great Clips is North America's largest hair-care brand with more than 2,700 salons conveniently located in high-visibility strip malls in nearly 140 markets. Great Clips consistently ranks among Entrepreneur magazine's Franchise 500®. Entrepreneur also ranks Great Clips as one of their Fastest Growing and one of America's Top Global Franchises for 2009.

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