Articles from Great Clips, Inc.

Great Clips, the Official Hair Salon of the National Hockey League (NHL) and National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA), today launched its first-ever program for athletes to assist with the often-overlooked challenges that traded players have of maintaining normalcy and routine during the season. To help ease their transitions, any NHL player traded before the NHL Trade Deadline on March 6, 2026, will receive a Great Clips Trade Bonus Card, providing free haircuts for the players and their families at any Great Clips salon through the end of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

For the 13th consecutive year, Great Clips®, the world’s largest salon brand, will offer free haircuts to veterans and active military service members as part of its annual Thank a Veteran program. On November 11, veterans and active military service members can visit any Great Clips salon in the United States in recognition of Veterans Day and participating salons in Canada for Remembrance Day to receive a free haircut or a card to be used during a future visit.

Great Clips, the world’s largest salon brand, today announced the promotion of Rob Goggins to President and Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2026, succeeding Steve Hockett, who will retire at the end of 2025.

Great Clips, the world’s largest salon brand, today launched its annual back-to-school marketing campaign to spotlight how Great Clips and the brand’s mobile app can help alleviate stress for parents around one of the most hectic times of year. With parents constantly drowning in back-to-school to-dos, Great Clips is banding together with kids who bring calm, clarity and smarts – reminding parents they can save time and money by visiting their local Great Clips salon. In celebration of these kids with all the answers, Great Clips is launching a search for the first-ever, honorary Chief Back-to-School Officer, where one standout student will receive $10,000 for an education fund.

Great Clips, the world’s largest salon brand, today unveiled its first-ever VIP card and gifted the inaugural card to professional quarterback, Kirk Cousins. Named in honor of Cousins and his regularly requested haircut, the Hall of Fade VIP Card differs from other brand VIP cards because it unlocks FREE haircuts for the cardholder every time they visit a Great Clips salon as well as for all customers present in the salon at the same time.

Great Clips, the Official Hair Salon of the NHL and NHLPA, today launched its 2025 Stanley Cup® Playoffs sweepstakes, which gives fans a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to win a trip and tickets to a 2025 Stanley Cup Final game through the Great Clips app.

Great Clips, the Official Hair Salon of March Madness, today launched its March Madness-themed marketing campaign, which highlights the greatest story of the entire tournament – a $10 off haircut coupon that fans can redeem to look fresh as they cheer for their favorite teams. Actor and comedian Mikey Day, Kansas center Hunter Dickinson and Iowa guard Lucy Olson have partnered with Great Clips to help spread the word of the $10 off haircut coupon across television commercials and social media content.

Great Clips, the world's largest hair salon brand and Official Hair Salon Sponsor of the College Football Playoff, today announced its first-ever nationwide promotion tied to the CFP – a $9.99 haircut coupon that will help fans look and feel great as they watch and enjoy the College Football Playoff.

Great Clips, the world's largest hair salon brand, today announced it has extended its position as the Official Hair Salon Sponsor of the College Football Playoff (CFP) through a multi-year relationship with Disney Advertising. Through this collaboration, Great Clips receives exclusive marketing rights surrounding the CFP, New Year's Six (NY6) and Championship Weekend, presenting sponsorship of the CFP Media Day, enhanced brand exposure across CFP and ESPN promotional campaigns as well as the ability to bring memorable fan experiences to events including Playoff Fan Central.

As part of its annual Thank a Veteran event, Great Clips® will offer free haircuts to veterans and active military service members on Monday, November 11. Veterans and active military service members can go to any Great Clips salon in the United States and get a free haircut or a card for a free haircut that can be redeemed during a future visit.

Great Clips, the world’s largest salon brand, today launched its annual back-to-school campaign designed to help parents better understand their kids to get them the latest looks they want and the back-to-school confidence they need. With slang usage increasing in popularity, parents are struggling to understand the language their kids are using. Great Clips enlisted the help of pop icon and father Joey Fatone and his daughter Kloey along with popular teacher social influencers (Student Slang Translators) who are experts on the topic to create an online curriculum to educate parents ahead of the first day at school.

Great Clips, the Official Hair Salon of the NHL and NHLPA, today launched its annual Show Your Flow campaign, which encourages hockey fans to share photos and videos of their unique and individual Hockey Hair flows for the chance to be inducted into the Hockey Hair Hall of Fame. Last year, Great Clips and a panel of judges selected the first six-member class of the Hockey Hair Hall of Fame from nearly 4,000 submissions. This year, Great Clips is giving fans the chance to vote on the second class of the Hockey Hair Hall of Fame.

Great Clips, the Official Hair Salon of March Madness, today launched its “Wrights & Wrongs” marketing campaign, which aims to help college basketball fans know the “Wright” and “Wrong” ways to enjoy March Madness, which all starts with a fresh haircut from Great Clips. Great Clips tapped two-time national championship winning coach, Jay Wright, to share his tips and expertise across an integrated campaign that includes two television commercials, social media content as well as a microsite hub.

Great Clips, the world’s largest salon brand, has relaunched its website (www.GreatClips.com) with a variety of new features and enhancements designed to create a more user-friendly experience leading up to and during an in-salon visit.

Disney Advertising is proud to announce Great Clips, Inc. the world’s largest salon brand, as the new Official Hair Salon Sponsor of the College Football Playoff (CFP). This collaboration will see Great Clips take center stage with unique marketing rights and on-site activations, providing fans with an unforgettable experience during CFP National Championship weekend.

For the 11th consecutive year, Great Clips® will honor veterans and active military service members with free haircuts at all Great Clips salons in the United States as part of its annual Thank a Veteran event. On Saturday, November 11, veterans and active military service members can go to any U.S. Great Clips salon and get a free haircut or a card for a free haircut that can be redeemed during a future visit.

Great Clips, the world’s largest salon brand, today launched its annual integrated marketing campaign for back-to-school season that reinforces how a fresh haircut from Great Clips can give kids a much-needed boost of confidence for the first day of school. Great Clips partnered with country music artist, Walker Hayes, and his six kids to star in a new video called “In the Green Room,” which also uses the chorus from an unreleased song titled “Haircut.” The brand also conducted a new survey of parents to understand more about the annual back-to-school haircut tradition, the impact it has on a child’s confidence, and trending styles for boys and girls.

Great Clips, the Official Hair Salon of the NHL, today launched the Show Your Flow campaign, which encourages fans to share photos and videos that put a spotlight on their unique and individual Hockey Hair styles.

Great Clips®, the world’s largest salon brand, won a 2022 Digiday Technology Award in the category of Best Social Marketing Platform for its Salon Social Ad Platform (SSAP). The 2022 Digiday Technology Awards recognize companies that are exploring new technologies and adapting to meet the needs of the digital media industry.

Great Clips® salons across the United States will show their continued support and appreciation for veteran and active military service members by offering free haircuts for service members and an opportunity for everyone to pay it forward on Veterans Day.

Great Clips®, the world’s largest salon brand, has introduced a new in-app waitlist and other enhancements to its industry-leading app to better guide customers through their haircut experience. These features become available to customers as the Great Clips app reaches a milestone in number of total downloads.

Great Clips®, the Official Hair Salon of the NHL, today announced the return of “Legendhairy Lineup,” an interactive campaign that spotlights and celebrates the best #HockeyHair styles of players across the National Hockey League.