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Posts made in August, 2010
HAMPTON, Ga. (Aug. 31, 2010) – Great Clips and partner Children’s Miracle Network named Jack Stapleton, a survivor of severe skull and brain trauma, co-grand marshal for the Great Clips 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series night race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 4.
As co-grand marshal, the 10-year-old will have the honor of starting the field for the Great Clips 300 with the most-famous words in racing, “Gentleman, start your engines,” an act few would have imagined possible for Stapleton just...
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That was the question I asked Dallas/Ft. Worth Great Clips franchise owner, Liaquat Jadun, after his friend and business associate, Mahammad Azam, joined our Great Clips franchise system.
“I don’t know,” said Jadun, somewhat taken aback when he realized he really didn’t know. “The money was in the back of my mind, but I was more interested in helping Azam find a business to invest in, to do something with his extra time.”
Jadun and Azam have worked together for the past six years in software...
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Talk to our Great Clips franchisees and they will tell you it’s under the lights at The Atlanta Motor Speedway for our Nationwide Series Great Clips 300, Saturday, September 4.
Atlanta-area franchisee, Greg Thomas, is our point person. Greg, with the support of the Atlanta co-op, helped secure the naming rights and mobilized all our franchisees throughout the Southeast to participate.
“Franchisees and corporate are working together to make this a success for all parties. I think that says a lot about who we are as a...
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Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of interviews with our Great Clips franchise development managers. FDM, Laura Fridgen, cares about Great Clips, franchise candidates, and her family.
Great Clips: What’s one thing people may not know about you?
Laura Fridgen: I bought a lake lot and plan to build a house.
GC: We’ll want to come back to that, but how long have you been with Great Clips?
LF: Three years. My development territory covers the southeast from Virginia down to Florida and over to...
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Our Back-to-School promotion is all squared away now that Old Navy, the family based clothing chain with 1,065 stores throughout the United States and Canada, has re-upped for 2010.
We’re trying to get everyone ship shape this back-to-school season. Consumers-not just school kids!-who march into their nearest Great Clips-there are more than 2,800 conveniently located across North America-will get a $10-off Old Navy coupon that’s only available to Great Clips customers.
Our Great Clips marketing department...
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