Great Clips Newsroom
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News Releases
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Great Clips® Offers Free Haircuts To Military Service Members On Veterans Day
For the 11th consecutive year, Great Clips® will honor veterans and active military service members with free haircuts at all Great Clips salons in the United States as part of its annual Thank a Veteran event. Read More -
Great Clips® Launches Back-To-School Campaign Featuring Country Music Artist Walker Hayes And Unreleased Song, “Haircut”
Great Clips, the world’s largest salon brand, today launched its annual integrated marketing campaign for back-to-school season that reinforces how a fresh haircut from Great Clips can give kids a much-needed boost of confidence for the first day of school. Read More -
Great Clips® Unveils Inaugural Class Of The First-Ever, Hockey Hair Hall Of Fame
Great Clips, the Official Hair Salon of the NHL and the NHLPA, today announced the inaugural six member class of the first-ever, virtual Hockey Hair Hall of Fame as part of the #ShowYourFlow campaign. Read More -
Star Tribune Names Great Clips, Inc. A 2023 Top 200 Workplace
Great Clips, Inc. has been named one of the Top 200 Workplaces in Minnesota by the Star Tribune. The company was ranked #18 on the midsized company list. Read More -
Great Clips® Launches Show Your Flow Campaign, Asking NHL® Fans To Share Their Unique Hockey Hair Flows
Great Clips, the Official Hair Salon of the NHL, today launched the Show Your Flow campaign, which encourages fans to share photos and videos that put a spotlight on their unique and individual Hockey Hair styles. Read More -
Great Clips® Asks Fans To Go “Hats Off” This March Madness® For Chance To Win Trip & Tickets To NCAA® Men’s Or Women’s Final Four® Games
Great Clips, the Official Hair Salon of March Madness, today launched the Hats Off Sweepstakes that gives college basketball fans the chance to win a trip and tickets to the NCAA Men’s or Women’s Final Four®, which includes the semifinal and national championship games. Read More -
Great Clips® Ranked #1 In Category For 6th Year In A Row In Entrepreneur’s 2023 Franchise 500® List
Great Clips®, the world’s largest salon brand, has been ranked #24 overall and #1 in the Hair Care category in Entrepreneur magazine’s Franchise 500®, the world’s most comprehensive franchise ranking. Read More -
Great Clips® Wins Digiday Technology Award For Best Social Marketing Platform
Great Clips®, the world’s largest salon brand, won a 2022 Digiday Technology Award in the category of Best Social Marketing Platform for its Salon Social Ad Platform (SSAP). The 2022 Digiday Technology Awards recognize companies that are exploring new technologies and adapting to meet the needs of the digital media industry. Read More -
Great Clips® Honors Military Service Members With Free Haircuts And Opportunity To Pay It Forward On Veterans Day
Great Clips® salons across the United States will show their continued support and appreciation for veteran and active military service members by offering free haircuts for service members and an opportunity for everyone to pay it forward on Veterans Day. Read More -
Great Clips® Rolls Out New Waitlist Feature For App
Great Clips®, the world’s largest salon brand, has introduced a new in-app waitlist and other enhancements to its industry-leading app to better guide customers through their haircut experience. Read More -
Great Clips® Teams Up With MVP Dads, Including Drew Brees, for Back-To-School Campaign
Great Clips partnered with former All-Pro football player Drew Brees, as well as popular influencer dads and families, to share how they get their kids looking and feeling great for the new school year, including the all-important haircut at Great Clips salons. Read More -
Great Clips, Inc. Announces Executive Leadership Transitions
Great Clips, Inc. today announced a series of executive leadership transitions across the operations and legal areas that are designed to help grow and protect the Great Clips brand into the future. Read More -
Great Clips® Launches Social Media Sweepstakes to Win Trip and Tickets to NCAA Men’s and Women’s Final Four® games
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Great Clips® Celebrates Hockey Hair With Interactive Microsite Featuring Quizzes, Meme Content and Fan Giveaways
Great Clips®, the Official Hair Salon of the NHL, launched a new interactive microsite designed to celebrate hockey hair across the National Hockey League. Read More -
Great Clips® Ranked #1 In Category For 5th Year in a Row in Entrepreneur’s 2022 Franchise 500 List
Great Clips®, the world’s largest salon brand, has been ranked #23 overall and #1 in the Hair Care category in Entrepreneur magazine’s Franchise 500®. Read More -
Great Clips® Honors Military Service Members with Free Haircuts on Veterans Day
Great Clips salons across the United States will show their continued appreciation for veteran and active military service members by offering free haircuts on Veterans Day for the ninth consecutive year. Read More -
Great Clips Brings Back Interactive “Legendhairy Lineup” Campaign to Celebrate the Greatest #HockeyHair Styles of Players in the National Hockey League
Great Clips brings back the interactive "Legendhairy Lineup" campaign for fans to celebrate the best #HockeyHair styles across the NHL. Read More -
Great Clips® Introduces First Marketing Campaign For March Madness®
Great Clips, Inc. unveils its first ever March Madness-themed marketing campaign in support of the brand’s NCAA partnership. Read More -
Great Clips® Announces Partnership with Fan Controlled Football League
Great Clips becomes the “Official Hair Salon of Fan Controlled Football” for league’s inaugural season Read More -
Great Clips® Ranked #13 in Entrepreneur's 2021 Franchise 500 List
The world’s largest salon brand also tops Hair Care category for fourth year in a row. Read More -
Great Clips Relaunches Cosmetology Student Scholarship Program
The 2021 Great Scholarship Program will now offer scholarships valued at up to $5,000. Read More -
Great Clips® Offers Free Haircuts to Military Service Members on Veterans Day
Fans can also pay it forward by nominating retired and active military service members on social media to give them a chance to receive free haircuts for a year. Read More -
Great Clips Salons Now Open in All 50 U.S. States
Great Clips salons are now open in all 50 U.S. states. Read More -
COVID-19 Updates
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Great Clips® Introduces GreatCare Promise Across All Salons
The GreatCare Promise commitment includes enhanced in-salon safety procedures, such as requiring use of masks by all customers, stylists and staff. Read More -
Great Clips® Launches ReadyNext Text Alerts to Help Customers Make the Most of Their Time
Great Clips is enhancing its industry-leading Online Check-In with the launch of new ReadyNext text alerts. The text alerts notify customers once their wait time reaches 15 minutes, so they can head to the salon for their service. Read More -
Great Clips Launches New Interactive Campaign to Celebrate the Best #HockeyHair Styles Across the National Hockey League
Fans can pick weekly “Legendhairy Lineup” featuring NHL stars from past and present for chance to win trip to NHL Awards. Read More -
Great Clips® Raises Over $850,000 for Children's Miracle Network
Customer donations support hospitals in helping young patients facing serious health conditions. Read More -
Great Clips® Releases Fierce Elements Collection as Spring Style Trends
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Great Clips® Ranked #15 in Entrepreneur's 2020 Franchise 500 List
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GREAT CLIPS® ANNOUNCES MULTI-YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH NCAA, TURNER SPORTS AND CBS SPORTS
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Great Clips Welcomes Military Services Members with Free Haircuts on Veterans Day
Salon brand honors veterans with promotion for seventh year Read More -
Great Clips recognized as best employer for women
Ranking by Forbes listed brand as #17 among large brands in the U.S. Read More -
Great Clips Launches Back-to-School Fundraising Campaign
$400,000 Expected to be Donated to Schools in U.S. and Canada. Read More -
Great Clips CEO Named a Top CEO by Glassdoor
Steve Hockett, CEO of Great Clips, Inc., has won a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award honoring the top CEOs in 2019. Read More -
The Official Hair Salon of the NHL®
Great Clips Becomes Official Hair Salon of the NHL Read More -
X Games Retail Salon Sponsor
Great Clips, Inc., the world’s largest salon brand, announced that they are the official retail salon sponsor of the X Games in 2019, which includes X Games Aspen and X Games Minneapolis. Read More -
Entrepreneur Magazine ranks Great Clips a top 10 franchise
Great Clips ranks in the Franchise 500® top 10 for the second consecutive year. Read More -
Veterans Day 2018 marks 5th year honoring Veterans
Great Clips honors Veterans across the US and Canada with free haircuts on Veterans Day, celebrates $10 million worth of services donated since 2013. Read More -
The Great Clips and "Ninja" Fans Sweepstakes
Great Clips and Ninja will host a sweepstakes from October 24 through November 22, allowing the millions of Ninja fans a chance to win nearly 300 prizes as well as one GRAND PRIZE. Read More -
Great Clips App Updates
Siri shortcuts and haircut reminder notifications. Read More -
Seven percent growth projected in 2018
With new Chief Executive Officer Steve Hockett at the helm, Great Clips, Inc. projects continued growth after experiencing $1.4 billion systemwide revenue in 2017. Read More -
Beauty Industry Lapel Pins Look and Do Great
This month, Great Clips released three new pin designs to support the Cut It Out program. Read More -
Entrepreneur ranks Great Clips as a top franchise
Great Clips ranked number 7 in Entrepreneur magazine’s Franchise 500®, the world’s first, best and most comprehensive franchise ranking. Read More -
Great Clips sponsors Olympic freeskier Bobby Brown
Partnership with the three-time Winter X Games gold medalist and U.S. Olympic freeskier connects the brand with target market in an action-packed way. Read More -
Executive Leadership Changes with the New Year
The previously announced executive transition plan takes effect today with CEO Rhoda Olsen moving to the Great Clips Board of Directors, Steve Hockett has been promoted to CEO, and COO Rob Goggins was promoted to president. Read More -
Great Clips goes 150 for Canada’s 150th
Great Clips, Inc. has reached a major milestone with the grand opening of its 150th Canadian location during the country's 150th birthday year. Read More -
Great Clips sponsors "Operation: Fishing Freedom"
Great Clips will continue its commitment to supporting veteran causes by renewing its sponsorship of “Operation: Fishing Freedom,” a TV show that is part fishing show, part historical documentary. Read More -
Great Clips Launches #GREATful4Vets Campaign
World’s largest salon brand launches video campaign highlighting heroes. Read More -
Lisa Hake Named VP of Marketing & Communications
A press release announcing the hire of Lisa Hake as the new Vice President of Marketing & Communications. Read More -
Salons raise $640,000 for children's hospitals
A press release announcing the results of Great Clips salons annual Miracle Balloon campaign and year-long fundraising for local children's hospitals. Read More -
Great Clips Announces Executive Leadership Transition
Rhoda Olsen will step down at the year end, making way for current President Steve Hockett to become CEO. Read More -
PodcastOne New Partner for In-Salon Entertainment
Customers will have the opportunity to get 2 free months of PodcastOne Premium. Read More -
Great Clips and Monster Jam® Partnership
Great Clips announced a partnership with Feld Entertainment and Monster Jam, which includes sponsorship and a new design of the Mohawk Warrior truck. Read More -
Great Clips Shows Support for the Military with Free Haircuts
Visit a Great Clips salon for any service on November 11 and receive a free haircut card to gift to a veteran as a small token of thanks. Read More -
Great Clips Proudly Supports the Children's Miracle Network
More than 1,400 salons from coast to coast sell the iconic Children’s Miracle Network balloons to benefit their community’s hospitals. As a thank you, customers who visit participating Great Clips salons receive $2 off a future haircut for each Miracle Balloon purchased. Read More -
Great Clips celebrates growth with 4,000th salon
Great Clips, the world’s largest hair salon brand, solidified its position as the global leader and international icon in the haircare industry with the opening of its 4,000th franchise. Read More -
What would you do with #MoreMinutes?
Save time and money by visiting Great Clips for your back-to-school haircuts and spend #MoreMinutes doing what you love! Read More -
Great Clips Launches Annual Children's Miracle Network Fundraiser
Great Clips salons participate in annual Miracle Balloon campaign to raise money for local children's hospitals. Read More -
Vulnerability is Her Strength
Rhoda Olsen opens up on the importance of personal responsibility and facing failure. Read More