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Posts made in October, 2010
Through economic mood swings, election cycles, and seasonal temperatures, there is one sure constant: we continue to record positive growth in both sales and customer counts-now 24-consecutive quarters of sales and 19-consecutive quarters of customer growth.
Credit the harmony of our simple, proven franchise business model, franchisees who follow the system, dedicated salon managers, well-trained stylists, our professional corporate support team, superior vendors and suppliers, and of course, our loyal customers.
For the...
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Someone recently asked me about “Foursquare,” and I thought it was the schoolyard game that four of us played at recess on a small court divided into four squares. Four Square the game still exists, but Foursquare is apparently a little newer and hipper than that. Foursquare is a “location-based social-networking website software for mobile devices” that’s creating quite the buzz around the world and here at Great Clips.
Foursquare lets users-Great Clips customers-”check in” at their...
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Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of interviews with our Great Clips franchise development managers. FDM, Scott Nielson, spoke to us from his home office in Chandler, AZ, southeast of Phoenix, where the sky was azure blue and the early October temperature was in the high 90′s.
Great Clips: How long have you been with Great Clips?
Scott Nielson: Ten years-since 2000.
GC: Why invest in a Great Clips franchise?
SN: Many of the candidates I talk to are skittish about the economy and what their future...
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Thanks to Great Clips Director of Brand Communications, Ann Latendresse, and her project team, our enhanced website went “live” September 15. I’m sure it was an exhausting undertaking. I know; we launched our new franchise site last year.
I asked Ann if she has had time to catch her breath: Not yet. I’m in the midst of traveling to our Great Clips’ Zone Meetings getting together with our franchisees. From start to finish, how long did it take you and your team to complete the project: Four months....
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