- Great Clips
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company_name = Great Clips
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company_type = Private
foundation = 1982
location =Minneapolis ,USA
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industry = Salon
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homepage = [http://www.greatclips.com www.greatclips.com]
footnotes =Great Clips is a major
hair salon chain in theUnited States andCanada , founded inMinneapolis in 1982 and run through franchising.The company grew rapidly during the 1990s and 2000s, from 150 franchised salons in 1988 to 1000 by 1997 [cite news | title = Great Clips is moving at a rapid clip toward its goal of 3,000 salons | work =
Star Tribune | date =March 11 ,1998 ] and 2500 by 2006. [cite news | title = Salons galore: U.S. has 165,000 shops that care just for hair | work =Winston-Salem Journal | date =May 21 ,2006 ]Great Clips, Inc., headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota and established in 1982, is the largest brand in the haircare industry. Today, there are over 2,650 salons in North America. In 2008, Entrepreneur Magazine ranked Great Clips as the #1 haircare brand and #19 on the Franchise 500 list.
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External links
* [http://www.greatclipsfranchise.com/ Great Clips franchising website]
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