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Introduction

3900 Morse Street
Denton, Texas 76208
U.S.A
Telephone: (940) 898-7500
Toll Free: (800) 275-7255
Fax: (940) 898-7501
Web site: http://www.sallybeauty.com

Division of Alberto-Culver Company
Incorporated: 1964
Employees: 14,000
Sales: $1.67 billion (2002)
NAIC: 423850 Service Establishment Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers; 453998 All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (Except Tobacco Stores)

Sally Beauty Company, Inc., is the world's leading retail distributor of professional beauty supplies. Sally Beauty occupies a unique niche, operating a chain of stores that sell primarily to beauty salons and cosmetologists. Sally owns and operates over 2,000 retail outlets. These are found across the United States and in Mexico, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Germany. Sally Beauty stores stock some 5,000 different items, from hair, skin, and nail products to professional cosmetology equipment. The company serves its stores through distribution centers in the United States in Jacksonville, Florida; Reno, Nevada; and Columbus, Ohio. The firm started with a single store and began rapid expansion in the 1980s. Sally has been owned by the Alberto-Culver Company since 1969.

1. Introduction
2. Modest Beginnings in the 1960s
3. National Growth in the 1980s
4. International Growth in the 1980s and 1990s
5. Changes in the Late 1990s and After
6. Principal Subsidiaries
7. Principal Competitors
8. Further Reading
9. Copyright Page
10. About Page