
Supercuts is a hair salon
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with more than 2,400 locations across the
United States
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. The company was founded in the
San Francisco Bay Area
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in 1975, by Geoffrey M. Rappaport and Frank E. Emmett. The company's first location was in
Albany, California
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History
In 1908, a group of local women protested the dumping of Berkeley garbage in thei ...
. The headquarters are in
Minneapolis
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,
Minnesota
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.
Supercuts is a wholly owned
subsidiary of
Regis Corporation
Regis Corporation is an American operator of hair salons. As of August 2021, it has 5,563 franchised and 276 company-owned salons. Its headquarters are in Saint Louis Park, Minnesota.
The primary trade names Regis salons operates under are Smart ...
, which also owns Regis Salons, Mia & Maxx, MasterCuts, Cost Cutters, SmartStyle, and
First Choice Haircutters
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 20 ...
in the United States and
Canada
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.
The Supercuts salons in the
United Kingdom
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are owned and operated by the Bushell Investment Group, a U.K. based private family office focused on investing in small and medium enterprise businesses, under a franchise agreement with Regis Corporation.
There are separate stores in Australia.
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Hairdressing salon chains
American companies established in 1975
Retail companies established in 1975
Retail companies of the United States
Albany, California
1975 establishments in California
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Companies based in Minneapolis