Company type | Subsidiary |
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Genre | Value Priced |
Founded | 1980 |
Founder | A. Bud Cowan |
Headquarters | , Canada |
Number of locations | 400+ |
Area served | North America |
Key people | John Fraser |
Parent | Regis Corporation |
Website | http://www.firstchoice.com/ |
First Choice Haircutters is a Canadian hair salon company. The company originated with a single salon in London, Ontario, in 1980 and began franchising about 2 years later. First Choice Haircutters was purchased by Regis Corporation in October 2000. Currently, it has over 400 locations throughout Canada and the United States.[1] It is a franchise company, and experienced system-wide sales of nearly $3 billion in 2007.[1] First Choice Haircutters is a subsidiary of Regis Corporation, the largest hair salon chain in the world which also owns other concepts such as Supercuts, Vidal Sassoon, Cost Cutters and SmartStyle.[2]