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BEVERLY, MA (January 3, 2008) - Fantastic Sams is pleased to announce that Curtis Taylor and John Calabretto have joined the company.
Taylor, recently a Franchise Business Consultant for Regis Corporation has accepted the position of Houston Market Director for Fantastic Sams' Texas Region. He reports directly to Scott Colabuono, President and CEO.
In his last position, Curtis provided operations guidance to 18 franchisees and monitored 96 stores in four concepts: Super Cuts, ProCuts, Cost Cutters, and We Care Hair in several different markets. His responsibilities included customer service training, merchandising, inventory control, team building, recruitment, salon management and goal setting.
Calabretto, with over 16 years of experience in the areas of education and salon operations, has joined Fantastic Sams Hair Salons as Region Director for the Chicago Region.
In his new role, John will support Chicago area franchise owners. According to Scott Colabuono, CEO for Fantastic Sams Hair salons, "John's proven leadership and extensive industry knowledge will be a fantastic addition in growing the Chicago market."
Prior to joining Fantastic Sams, Calabretto spent more than four years with ULTA Salons in Chicago as their National Salon Education Manager. Most recently, he was District Salon Leader for corporately owned Hair Cuttery salons in Chicago.
BEVERLY, MA (October 26, 2007)-Full service hair salon Fantastic Sams is revamping its image with a new national television ad campaign that better resonates with clients and reinforces the brand's message. After conducting focus groups and online research in 24 markets, Fantastic Sams, along with advertising agency O'Leary and Partners, came up with an innovative TV concept, "Versions of You," and a new tagline: "Your Style Awaits." The new campaign and tagline were unveiled to nearly one thousand Fantastic Sams salon owners and stylists at the salon chain's annual Convention held this past September in Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Our former tagline didn't communicate the Fantastic Sams brand message as effectively as our new line," said Scott Colabuono, President and CEO of Fantastic Sams. "Your Style Awaits acknowledges that our salon guests feel empowered by the choices they can make and reinforces that with the variety of affordable services available at Fantastic Sams salons - even without an appointment, the styling possibilities are endless."
The new TV ad campaign will first appear this month in various markets across the country in two 30-second and 15-second versions. They showcase the options a Fantastic Sams stylist can offer their clients in both cut and color services. The new spots feature a Fantastic Sams guest walking into a salon where she arrives to see four different versions of herself with a either a new cut, color or both. The guest scans her various style options and chooses the one that best suits her for an important upcoming event.
"The new spots also do a nice job of highlighting the professionalism of our stylists, who really act as a resource for our guests: creating styles that help them look terrific and feel confident," said Colabuono. "The 30-second spots also remind viewers that Fantastic Sams is a perfect choice for men and families who care about style."
Check out the spots for yourself at www.fantasticsams.com.
BEVERLY, MA (September 19, 2007) - The best of the best were recognized at this year's Fantastic Sams 2007 Artistic Styling Awards. Stylists from North America were honored at an awards dinner held during the company's annual convention, which kicked off September 9th in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The annual Artistic Styling Awards competition is open to Fantastic Sams stylists from the U.S. and Canada. The full service hair salon chain received 762 entries this year in award categories that included Color Palette, Glamour Look, Makeover, Male Cut and Style, Female Cut and Style, Boy Cut and Style and Girl Cut and Style. The top award, Stylist of the Year, is then chosen from among the top three finalists in each category.
A panel of three independent, top industry professionals judged all of the categories individually on separate tallies at the Beverly corporate headquarters in June. The three judges are David Dupal, renowned platform artist and salon owner, Holly Lillie, Farouk Systems Educator and Manuel Rodriguez, three-time winner of the OMC Global Hairdresser Gold Medal and Education Director for Pivot Point, International.
The prestigious Fantastic Sams 2007 Stylist of the Year Award went to Gwhynn Ashcraft from Daphne, Alabama. Gwhynn's submissions highlight her outstanding delivery of the latest techniques in cut and color, along with her dedication to offering exceptional guest service.
The Category Winners for the 2007 Styling Award Category include:
Ana Vargas , San Antonio, Texas for Color Palette
Bertha Martinez, Long Beach, California for Glamour Look
Heather Thornhill, Daphne, Alabama for Makeover
Maria Haq, San Antonio, Texas for Male Cut and Style
Jennifer Streble, Louisville, Kentucky for Female Cut and Style
Jennifer Bonham-Rauckman, Eau Claire, Wisconsin for Boy Cut and Style
Laura Cisneros, San Antonio, Texas for Girl Cut and Style
In addition to receiving trophies, The Stylist of the Year and the category winners received cash prizes and had their convention registration fees paid.
About Fantastic Sams:
Fantastic Sams® (www.fantasticsams.com) is a self-owned corporation with more than 1400 salons worldwide and 10,000 employees. It has been consistently ranked one of the top 50 franchises in Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 500® list and most recently ranked as #39 in 2007. Fantastic Sams has been ranked #1 and #2 in the hair care category since 2000, and has been voted as one of the top 100 Fastest Growing Franchises.
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