Regis® Partners with Google to Streamline Interaction with Customers; New Partnership Expected to Make Salon Interactions Ea...
June 12 2019 - 5:30AM
Business Wire
Regis Corporation (NYSE: RGS), a leader in the haircare
industry, whose primary business is franchising, owning, and
operating hair salons, is partnering with Google to improve and
streamline the salon discovery and customer booking experience. The
integration will be powered by Opensalon™, Regis’ proprietary
platform that will allow Google users to book salon services
directly through Google Search and Google Maps. This new
integration provides booking times and enables customers to reserve
and check in for various salon services via mobile devices or
desktops with both the company’s franchised and company-owned
salons.
Easy online booking is a must-have for customer-focused service
businesses with tens of millions of potential monthly Google views
for the Company’s owned and franchised salons. The integration is
expected to greatly improve the customer experience by simplifying
scheduling, minimizing salon wait times, and encouraging discovery
and use of its salons and services.
Google users who search for one of the many Regis brands
available on Opensalon™ will be able to immediately view nearby
locations and base level pricing, auto-populate their personal
information, book a service, and navigate to the location – all
with a few clicks or taps.
“As we continue to leverage technology to transform our
business, we are constantly working on innovative new ideas to
improve our customers’ experience with our portfolio of salons.
Regis’ partnership with Google as well as our new Opensalon™
platform will fundamentally change the way we interact with, and
service our customers, offering a seamless experience. Regis will
continue to proactively roll out new technologies and features
bringing convenience to our customers’ fingertips and facilitating
a high-quality salon experience,” said Chad Kapadia, Chief
Technology Officer and Head of Product Engineering.
About Regis Corporation
Regis Corporation (NYSE:RGS) is a leader in beauty salons and
cosmetology education. As of March 31, 2019, the Company
franchised, owned or held ownership interests in 7,838 worldwide
locations. Regis’ corporate and franchised locations operate under
concepts such as Supercuts®, SmartStyle®, MasterCuts®, Regis
Salons®, Sassoon®, Cost Cutters®, Roosters® and First Choice
Haircutters®. Regis maintains an ownership interest in Empire
Education Group in the U.S. For additional information about the
Company, including a reconciliation of certain non-GAAP financial
information and certain supplemental financial information, please
visit the Investor Information section of the corporate website at
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results to differ materially from those expressed in
forward-looking statements. These factors include the continued
ability of the Company to implement its strategy, priorities and
initiatives; our ability to attract, train and retain talented
stylists; financial performance of our franchisees; acceleration of
sale of certain salons to franchisees; The Beautiful Group's
ability to transition and operate its salons successfully, as well
as maintain adequate working capital; the ability of the Company to
maintain a satisfactory relationship with Walmart; marketing
efforts to drive traffic; changes in regulatory and statutory laws
including increases in minimum wages; our ability to maintain and
enhance the value of our brands; premature termination of
agreements with our franchisees; our ability to manage cyber
threats and protect the security of sensitive information about our
guests, employees, vendors or Company information; reliance on
information technology systems; reliance on external vendors;
competition within the personal hair care industry; changes in tax
exposure; changes in healthcare; changes in interest rates and
foreign currency exchange rates; failure to standardize operating
processes across brands; consumer shopping trends and changes in
manufacturer distribution channels; financial performance of Empire
Education Group; the continued ability of the Company to implement
cost reduction initiatives; compliance with debt covenants; changes
in economic conditions; changes in consumer tastes and fashion
trends; exposure to uninsured or unidentified risks; ability to
attract and retain key management personnel; reliance on our
management team and other key personnel or other factors not listed
above. Additional information concerning potential factors that
could affect future financial results is set forth in the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30,
2018. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise. However, your attention is directed to
any further disclosures made in our subsequent annual and periodic
reports filed or furnished with the SEC on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K
and Proxy Statements on Schedule 14A.
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