verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message regis corporation formerly called kunis beauty salon type public traded as nyse rgs industry hair founded minneapolis minnesota united states 1922 founders paul kunin florence kunin headquarters minneapolis minnesota united states key people dan hanrahan chairman & ceo products hair cuts beauty products revenue us 1.3 billion usd 2015 number of employees 50 000 stylists 2014 website www.regiscorp.com regis putney exchange london england regis corporation is an american operator of hair salons and the largest such chain in the world with over 10 000 salons both company owned and franchises . it has its headquarters in minneapolis minnesota . 1 its namesake is regis salons and it also owns the chains carlton hair in southern california images salon in las vegas nv michael of the carlyle in colorado springs and denver co city looks famous hair best cuts saturday s hcuk supercuts pro cuts hair crafters magicuts mastercuts borics hair hair by stewarts smartstyle cost cutters tgf hair salon hairmasters style america holiday hair and mia & maxx hair studio mostly in the us first choice haircutters in canada and vidal sassoon jean louis david and saint algue based in europe . in 2005 the company acquired hair club for men and women . in 2012 regis sold hair club to the japanese wigmaker aderans . 2 the company recently sold all of its beauty schools to empire beauty school . on january 10 2006 regis corporation announced it would acquire the sally beauty company business of alberto culver . sally has 2 419 sally beauty supply stores and 822 beauty systems group stores . however on april 5 2006 alberto culver terminated the merger agreement and later sally was spun off as a separate company . regis is based in minneapolis minnesota and was founded in 1922 by paul and florence kunin as kunin beauty salon and renamed regis in 1958 by their son myron who acquired the chain . a hairmasters location in hillsboro oregon regis s biggest successful mergers are sassoon and hcuk bringing two new names to regis sassoon vidal sassoon an upper class very famous chain throughout europe and hcuk formerly part of the hair cuttery chain . they also sell designline haircare products 2004 as well . references edit contact us . regis corporation . retrieved on january 26 2011 . m & a june 17 2012 external links edit minnesota portal companies portal official website v t e minnesota based corporations fortune 500 corporations by size unitedhealth group target best buy supervalu chs 3m u.s. bancorp medtronic general mills xcel energy ameriprise financial c. h. robinson worldwide mosaic hormel thrivent financial for lutherans ecolab st. jude medical nash finch other public companies pentair valspar patterson companies securian financial group regis polaris industries toro deluxe donaldson fastenal federated mutual insurance company mts systems corporation major non public corporations alphabetically andersen cargill carlson holiday stationstores land o lakes schwan food company securian financial group related topics list of companies based in minneapolis saint paul retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title regis corporation & oldid 739289770 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangehairdressingcompanies based in edina minnesotafranchisescompanies established in 1922hidden categories articles needing additional references from november 2009all articles needing additional references 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 13 september 2016 at 21 03 . 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