- Regis Corporation
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company_name = Regis Corporation
company_
company_type = Public (nyse|RGS)
company_slogan =
foundation = 1922
location =Edina, Minnesota ; stores throughout North America and Europe
key_people =Paul D. Finkelstein , Chairman &CEO
num_employees = 53,000 stylists (2005)
industry =Hair
products =hair cut sbeauty
revenue = (2006) | homepage = [http://www.regiscorp.com www.regiscorp.com]Regis Corporation is the largest
hair salon chain in the world, with over 11,000 salons (including both company-owned and franchises), it is ranked 778 on theFortune 1000 .Its namesake is Regis Hair Salons, and it also owns the chains
Hair Express ,HCUK ,Supercuts ,MasterCuts ,Hair by Stewarts , Trade Secret,SmartStyle ,Cost Cutters , TGF Hair Salon,Holiday Hair , andMia & Maxx Hair Studio mostly in theUnited States ,First Choice Haircutters based inCanada , andVidal Sassoon ,Jean Louis David , andSaint Algue based in Europe. In 2005 the company acquired Hair Club for Men and Women, in the hair loss field. The company recently sold all of its beauty schools toEmpire Beauty School .On
January 10 ,2006 Regis Corporation announced it would acquire the Sally Beauty Company business ofAlberto-Culver . Sally has 2,419 Sally Beauty Supply stores and 822 Beauty Systems Group stores. OnApril 5 ,2006 , Alberto-Culver terminated the merger agreement.Regis is based in
Edina, Minnesota and was founded in 1922 by Paul andFlorence Kunin as Kunin Beauty Salon, and renamed Regis in 1958 by their son Myron who acquired the chain.Regis's biggest successful mergers are Sassoon and HCUK, bringing 2 exciting names to Regis, Sassoon ( Vidal Sassoon ) an upper class, very famous chain throughout Europe, and HCUK, formerly part of the Hair Cuttery chain, providing 26 Funky salons for young trendy people wanting to spend time in a modern funky salon
References
External links
* [http://www.regiscorp.com/ Regis Corporation]
* [http://www.regishairstylists.com/ Regis Hair Stylists]
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