public nyse rgs genre value priced founded 1980 founder a. bud cowan headquarters mississauga ontario canada number of locations 400 area served north america key people john fraser parent regis corporation website http www.firstchoice.com first choice haircutters is a hairdressing 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 2000 . currently it has over 400 locations throughout canada and the united states . 1 it is a franchise company and experienced system wide sales of nearly 3 billion in 2007 . 1 first choice haircutters is a subsidiary of regis corporation ; the largest hair salon chain in the world which also owns other concepts such as supercuts vidal sassoon cost cutters and smartstyle . 2 contents 1 company origin and profile 2 related stories 3 references 4 external links company origin and profile edit the company headquarters are located in regis corporation s home office is based in minneapolis mn . often located in strip malls the company describes itself as targeting value conscious families . 2 most salons are 800 1000 square feet with a minimum frontage of 15 feet . 3 the salons operate primarily on a walk in or no appointment necessary basis . first choice haircutters offers a seven day guarantee on all their products and services . 1 related stories edit the canadian actress jacqueline macinnes wood who later went on to act in the soap opera the bold and the beautiful made her debut in a commercial for the company . 4 she was only eighteen when she played the part of the hair girl on the commercial ; the ad was still running three years later . 5 references edit a b c the company . first choice haircutters . retrieved 2008 09 09 . a b first choice haircutters . regis corporation . retrieved 2008 09 09 . leasing . first choice haircutters . retrieved 2008 09 09 . warner tyrone . new canadian b & b star not afraid of a little criticism . ctv television network . retrieved 2008 09 09 . biography . cbs . retrieved 2008 09 09 . external links edit company web page companies portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title first choice haircutters & oldid 743270579 categories companies established in 1980hairdressingcompanies based in mississauga 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 8 october 2016 at 22 21 . 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