Vikings vs. Packers Game Commercial Features Favre Fans Going for Haircut

Vikings vs. Packers Game Commercial Features Favre Fans Going for Haircut

Great Clips spot has franchise salons in Minnesota and Wisconsin revving up for the game

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- In the most highly anticipated football game of the season, the Green Bay Packers (2-1) take on the Minnesota Vikings (3-0) on Monday night, Oct. 5. It is the first time Vikings quarterback Brett Favre will play against his former team, and Minnesota-based Great Clips hair salons will be part of the action.

Great Clips has landed a coveted nationally televised spot during the Monday Night Countdown pregame show at 6 p.m. CDT, as well as a locally televised in-game spot, premiering a commercial that shows a football fan wearing the #4 purple jersey and a fan wearing the #4 green jersey - unexpectedly meeting in the lobby of a Great Clips salon.

The clip can be downloaded to view prior to the game in different resolutions at this link:

   http://sound80.com/spots/video/greatclips/    It can also be viewed and linked to on YouTube:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDwENs9PBXY.   

Fans can also see the spot on Great Clips' Facebook page, where they can register for the Great Clips "Big Game-Big Screen TV Giveaway" to receive a 52-inch LCD HDTV:

http://www.facebook.com/GreatClips?v=app_48008362724&ref=ts

Great Clips is riding on the wave of national enthusiasm that puts the spotlight on its headquarters state, Minnesota, with 155 salons, and neighboring Wisconsin, where it has 59 salons. The company - in celebration of its own rivalry against competitors, which it is winning as the largest single-brand hair salon franchisor in North America with 2,700 locations and 17 consecutive quarters of growth - is converting all of its TV slots to its Vikings v. Packers spot. All of its corporate office employees will don purple or green on Friday to cheer on their favorite teams in what may prove to be the highest-rated game next to the Super Bowl. All Minnesota and Wisconsin salons have been asked to wear their respective colors on Monday, the day of the big "Favre-a-licious" face-off.

"We can't wait to showcase our spirit in front of millions and millions of television viewers as we strive to become a Billion Dollar Brand," said Ann Latendresse, director of creative services at Great Clips.

About Great Clips, Inc.

Great Clips, Inc., headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., is North America's largest franchisor under one brand in the $55 billion-a-year hair care industry and one of Entrepreneur magazine's top 100 franchise concepts in 2009. Established in 1982, Great Clips perfected a system for delivering competitively priced, high quality haircuts to men, women and children in a walk-in atmosphere. The company began franchising in 1983, and today, more than 2,700 Great Clips salons operate in nearly 140 markets across the U.S. and Canada. Great Clips salons are open convenient hours, including evenings and weekends. For more information, directions to a salon nearest you or for franchise opportunities, visit www.greatclips.com.

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Source: Great Clips, Inc.

CONTACT: Liz Nicklos, Office, +1-612-767-7628, Cell, +1-319-899-4799,
lnicklos@labreche.com, or Molly Ryan, Office, +1-612-392-7604, Cell,
+1-612-817-1110, mryan@labreche.com, both for Great Clips, Inc.

Web Site: http://www.greatclips.com/

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