founded 1974 founder sam ross key people linda chadwick ceo ruth swanson svp website fantasticsams.com fantastic sams is a chain of full services of hair care salons in the u.s. and canada . with over 1 250 franchised locations it was the first nationally franchised unisex salon chain in the u.s. and it is one of the largest salon chains in the u.s. fantastic sams was founded in 1974 by sam ross in memphis tennessee . franchising began in 1976 under the title incredible sam s but was changed in 1981 to fantastic sam s so that it was easier to say . 1 fantastic sams salons also sell fantastic sams hair care products . 2 fantastic sams was acquired in 2011 by dessange international a european beauty salon chain . references edit sam ross obituary . haircare products at its official website external links edit official salon franchise website this united states retail business article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fantastic sams & oldid 730949984 categories hairdressingservice companies of the united statescompanies based in massachusetts1974 establishments in the united statesunited states retail company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 july 2016 at 22 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view