February 6, 2010 - Rob Goggins, vice president of franchise development for Great Clips, Inc., announced the Grand Opening of the company’s newest salon business in the Hazard Village Shopping Center in Hazard, KY.

“Our manager-run hair salon business is conveniently located off Hal Rogers Parkway,” said Goggins. “This retail shopping center sits across from the Hazard Regional Medical Center and is anchored by 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. With more than $700 million in total system-wide sales, Great Clips is the industry leader and our hair salon business plan is recession resistant. We just recorded our 20th consecutive month of same-store-sales growth.”

For a complete list of salon locations, go to http://www.greatclipsfranchise.com.

About Great Clips:

Great Clips is North America’s largest hair-care brand with more than 2,800 salons conveniently located in high-visibility strip malls in nearly 140 markets. Great Clips is ranked as the number one hair salon brand franchise for 2010 by AllBusiness.com and consistently ranks among Entrepreneur magazine’s Franchise 500Ò. Entrepreneur also ranked Great Clips as one of their Fastest Growing and one of America’s Top Global Franchises for 2009. For more information, go to http://www.greatclipsfranchise.com. Great Clips, Inc., 7700 France Avenue S., Suite 425, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55435.

Contact Rob Goggins, vice president of franchise development, office (952) 746-6467.

View Company Website: http://www.greatclipsfranchise.com