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Item
19
Earnings
Claims |
Great
Clips provides prospective
franchisees with information
regarding the average
sales, expenses and cash
flows of certain franchised
GREAT CLIPS® units.
Great Clips will substantiate
the information set forth
in this Item 19, upon
reasonable request, provided,
however, that such substantiation
shall not disclose the
sales, expenses or cash
flows of any specific
franchised unit without
the written authorization
of the franchisee, except
as required by any applicable
state or federal registration
authorities.
OTHER
THAN AS SPECIFICALLY DISCLOSED
IN THIS ITEM 19, GREAT
CLIPS DOES NOT MAKE ACTUAL,
AVERAGE, PROJECTED OR
FORECASTED SALES, EXPENSES,
PROFITS, CASH FLOW OR
EARNINGS INFORMATION AVAILABLE
TO PROSPECTIVE FRANCHISEES.
THERE IS NO GUARANTY THAT
ANY NEW FRANCHISEE WILL
ATTAIN THE AVERAGE SALES,
EXPENSES, PROFITS, CASH
FLOW OR EARNINGS LEVELS
ATTAINED BY ANY EXISTING
FRANCHISEES.
GREAT
CLIPS HAS COMPILED THESE
AVERAGE SALES, EXPENSES,
PROFITS, CASH FLOW OR
EARNINGS FIGURES FROM
INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY
GREAT CLIPS® FRANCHISEES
AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE
CONSIDERED AS THE ACTUAL
OR POTENTIAL SALES, EXPENSES,
PROFITS, CASH FLOW, OR
EARNINGS THAT WILL BE
REALIZED BY ANY OTHER
FRANCHISEE. GREAT CLIPS
DOES NOT REPRESENT THAT
ANY FRANCHISEE CAN EXPECT
TO ATTAIN THESE SALES,
EXPENSES, PROFITS, CASH
FLOW OR EARNINGS. A NEW
FRANCHISEE'S INDIVIDUAL
FINANCIAL RESULTS ARE
LIKELY TO DIFFER FROM
THE AVERAGE FIGURES PRESENTED
BELOW. IF GREAT CLIPS
INCLUDED SALONS THAT WERE
ONLY OPEN FOR ONE YEAR,
THESE NUMBERS WOULD BE
SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT.
The
average sales, expenses
and cash flows of the
GREAT CLIPS® units
were obtained from operating
statements submitted to
Great Clips by its franchisees.
Most franchisees use a
cash versus accrual system
for producing their financial
statements, which may
produce slight differences
between the actual date
of occurrence of expenses
and the date such expenses
are reported on the franchisee's
financial statements.
Neither Great Clips nor
its independent certified
public accountants have
independently audited
or verified these franchisee
statements. The information
received in these statements,
to the best of Great Clips'
knowledge, is accurate
and complete.
All
GREAT CLIPS® units
offer substantially the
same services and products
to the public. The actual
sales, expenses, and cash
flow results of any franchised
GREAT CLIPS® unit
may vary substantially
from these averages. Sales,
expenses and cash flow
results depend upon many
independently variable
factors including, but
by no means limited to,
the location and visibility
of the unit, local traffic
patterns, the demographic
composition, age of the
market and trends of the
market area served by
the unit, the competitive
environment, public awareness
of and goodwill associated
with the name "GREAT
CLIPS®", the
region and market area
in which the unit is located,
the length of time the
unit has been in operation,
the quality of the management
and service at the unit,
the individual skills
of the franchisee and
other factors. This information
is therefore limited in
its usefulness and should
only be utilized as a
reference for you to use
in conducting your own
independent analysis of
the business.
THE
FOLLOWING TABLE CONTAINS
INFORMATION RELATING SOLELY
TO HISTORICAL SALES, EXPENSE
AND CASH FLOW DATA COMPILED
FROM EXISTING FRANCHISED
GREAT CLIPS® UNITS.
THE TABLE IS QUALIFIED
IN ITS ENTIRETY BY ALL
THE INFORMATION, NOTES,
CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS
AND QUALIFICATIONS CONTAINED
IN THIS ITEM 19.
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AVERAGE
OPERATING CASH FLOW OF CERTAIN
GREAT CLIPS® UNITS |
GENERAL
DESCRIPTION AND METHODOLOGY
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The
following statement (hereinafter
referred to as the "Average
Operating Cash Flow Statement")
consists of the average
sales, expenses and operating
cash flow of certain GREAT
CLIPS® units. The
statement is based on
a sample of 722 units
that were open two years
or longer as of January
1, 2005, and operating
as of the date of this
offering circular.
The
total eligible sample
of units opened for two
years or longer, as of
January 1, 2005, consisted
of 1513 salons. The sample
was reduced by eliminating
any unit for which Great
Clips had insufficient
data to be reasonably
assured of having accurate
and complete expense information
(791 units).
The
791 units eliminated due
to insufficient data were
not distributed evenly
over the entire database,
based on total sales.
Of the missing salons,
330 had total sales at
or above the median for
the total sample and 461
had total sales below
the median for the total
sample. If all 791 of
these salons had been
included in the sample,
it would have reduced
the median total sales
in the sample by 5.8%
and the net operating
cash flow by a somewhat
larger percent.
The
sales and expense data
used in the preparation
of this table was taken
from actual unit operating
statements, provided by
the franchisee, for each
unit in the sample. The
time frame or accounting
period of these operating
statements was the most
current available to Great
Clips, but, in some cases,
did not match the exact
time frame from which
sales figures were drawn.
Therefore some information
was annualized to extract
a full year worth of data.
The
methodology used was to
calculate each unit's
reported expenses as a
percentage of total sales,
then to apply this expense
percentage to the total
sales for 2005 to compute
the operating cash flow
figure. Great Clips feels
that this is the method
that produces the fairest
representation of the
current operating averages
for these sample units.
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The
722 units included in this
sample are located in the
following states/provinces:
Alberta |
4 |
New
Jersey |
1 |
Arizona |
59 |
New
Mexico |
4 |
British
Columbia |
11 |
North
Carolina |
30 |
California |
49 |
North
Dakota |
4 |
Colorado |
42 |
Ohio |
38 |
Florida |
47 |
Oregon |
23 |
Georgia |
57 |
Pennsylvania |
2 |
Idaho |
6 |
South
Carolina |
7 |
Illinois |
35 |
South
Dakota |
5 |
Indiana |
35 |
Tennessee |
9 |
Iowa |
16 |
Texas |
6 |
Kansas |
11 |
Utah |
3 |
Kentucky |
10 |
Virginia |
2 |
Minnesota |
96 |
Washington |
33 |
Missouri |
40 |
Wisconsin |
19 |
Nebraska |
12 |
Wyoming |
2 |
Nevada |
4 |
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The
average annualized total sales
for this group of 722 units
is $291,550. A total of 308
units, or 42.7%, exceed this
average. The average total
of all expenses for this group
of 722 units is $242,053.
A total of 426 units, or 59.0%,
have total expenses lower
than the average figure of
$242,053. The average operating
cash flow for this group of
722 units is $49,497. A total
of 327 units, or 45.3%, had
total average operating cash
flow in excess of the average
of $49,497. |
THE
FOLLOWING AVERAGE OPERATING
CASH FLOW INFORMATION SHOULD
NOT BE CONSTRUED AS ACTUAL
OR PROBABLE RESULTS THAT WILL
BE REALIZED BY A FRANCHISEE.
IT IS BASED ON OPERATING RESULTS
OF UNITS IN OPERATION SINCE
AT LEAST JANUARY 1, 2003. |
AVERAGE
OPERATING CASH FLOW STATEMENT |
Revenues
(1) |
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$270,592 |
92.81% |
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20,958 |
7.19% |
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$291,550 |
100.00% |
Expenses |
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$142,751 |
48.96% |
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28,647 |
9.83% |
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11,619 |
3.99% |
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17,504 |
6.00% |
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16,330 |
5.60% |
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25,202 |
8.64% |
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$242,053 |
83.02% |
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$49,497 |
16.98% |
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Many
GREAT CLIPS® franchisees
operate more than one salon.
The average number of salons
per franchisee who has operated
GREAT CLIPS® salons for
over five years is 5.7. |
AVERAGES
BASED ON SALES RANGE |
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Sales
Range
($000)
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Number |
% |
Average
Sales in
Range
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<$150 |
8 |
1.1% |
$132,688 |
$150
- $199 |
89 |
12.3% |
$182,988 |
$200
- $249 |
162 |
22.5% |
$225,523 |
$250
- $299 |
183 |
25.3% |
$273,320 |
$300
- $349 |
122 |
16.9% |
$321,956 |
$350
- $399 |
71 |
9.8% |
$371,230 |
$400
- $449 |
46 |
6.4% |
$425,474 |
$450+ |
41 |
5.7% |
$521,749 |
All
Salons in Sample
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722 |
100% |
$291,550 |
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Labor |
Occupancy |
All
Other
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Total |
Cash
Flow (%)
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Cash
Flow ($)
- |
56.3% |
15.5% |
23.7% |
95.5% |
4.5% |
$6,030 |
54.3% |
14.0% |
26.4% |
94.7% |
5.3% |
$9,636 |
51.3% |
12.3% |
25.4% |
89.0% |
11.0% |
$24,734 |
48.4% |
10.5% |
24.5% |
83.4% |
16.6% |
$45,455 |
47.8% |
8.8% |
23.9% |
80.5% |
19.5% |
$62,834 |
47.7% |
8.3% |
23.3% |
79.3% |
20.7% |
$76,699 |
47.0% |
7.3% |
23.1% |
77.4% |
22.6% |
$96,069 |
47.4% |
6.5% |
22.8% |
76.7% |
23.3% |
$121,344 |
48.96%
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9.83% |
24.23% |
83.02% |
16.98% |
$49,497 |
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Notes:
1. Revenues. Average sales
based on actual operating
results as reported by franchisees
to Great Clips.
2. Labor. Includes all employee-related
expenses including: wages,
salary, bonus, commission,
payroll taxes, insurance
benefits, other benefits,
and workers' compensation
expenses. Includes the cost
of salon manager but excludes,
if identifiable, any labor
expense related to general
manager or franchisee.
3. Occupancy. Includes all
rent, common area maintenance,
real estate taxes plus percentage
rent paid, if any. Also
includes any other lease-related
charges such as maintenance,
security, trash removal,
merchant association dues
or charges or shopping center
promotional expenses.
4. Products. Includes the
cost of all product purchased
for resale or for back bar
customer service usage plus
all freight or delivery
costs associated with this
product.
5. Royalties. All units
in the System pay identical
Continuing Franchise Fees
of 6%. The model is not
exactly 6% due to the fact
that the franchisees predominately
use a cash rather than accrual
basis for accounting purposes.
6. Advertising. All units
in the System pay identical
amounts of 5% of gross sales
into the North American
Advertising Fund. In addition,
virtually all franchisees
participate in other discretionary
advertising on a local or
regional basis.
7. Other. This category
includes all other cash
expense items and categories
not included elsewhere.
These would include: travel
and entertainment, supplies,
dues and subscriptions,
telephone, utilities, non-real
estate repairs and maintenance,
insurance, postage, freight,
bad debts, taxes and fees,
cash over/short, recruitment
expense, laundry, meals,
equipment purchase, credit
card charges, accounting
and legal, employee theft/losses,
deposits, bank charges,
uniforms, licenses, contributions,
meeting expenses, janitorial,
bad checks, printing, inventory
differences, computer charges,
and convention expenses.
8. Operating Cash Flow.
This figure does not include
any provision for income
taxes or for non-cash expenses
such as depreciation or
amortization. It also does
not include any reserve
for future capital expenditures.
Newly opened units tend
to have average sales and
cash flow significantly
below the average for the
units included in the earnings
claim sample above. This
is especially true of new
units opened by new franchisees
in markets that have few
existing units. Certain
markets have substantially
higher real estate costs
than others and any prospective
franchisee is urged to verify
this along with all other
expense factors in relation
to local market conditions.
Markets with many units
and correspondingly larger
cooperative advertising
budgets tend to have units
with higher revenues and
cash flows than markets
with few existing units.
You are responsible for
developing your own business
plan for your proposed GREAT
CLIPS® unit, including
capital budgets, pro forma
financial statements, sales
and expense projections
and other elements appropriate
to the particular circumstances
of the proposed unit. In
developing the business
plan, you are cautioned
to make necessary allowance
for changes in financial
results that may occur due
to any of the factors listed
above, for any and all ranges
of general economic conditions
that may exist now or in
the future, or for any other
circumstances that may impact
the operation and performance
of the business.
No representations or statements
of actual, average or projected
sales profits or earnings
are made to applicants for
GREAT CLIPS® franchises,
except as stated in this
Item 19. Neither Great Clips'
sales personnel nor any
employee or officer of Great
Clips is authorized to make
any claims or statements
as to the earnings, sales,
expenses, cash flows, or
profits or prospects or
chances of success that
any franchisee can expect
or that present or past
franchisees have had, other
than as stated in this Item
19. Great Clips specifically
instructs its sales personnel,
agents, employees and officers
that they are not permitted
to make any such claims
or statements, nor are they
authorized to represent
or estimate dollar figures
as to existing or future
GREAT CLIPS salon operations,
other than as stated in
this Item 19. Great Clips
recommends that applicants
for GREAT CLIPS® franchises
make their own investigation
and determine whether or
not existing salons are
profitable and whether their
Salon is likely to be profitable.
Great Clips will not be
bound by allegations of
any unauthorized representations
as to earnings, sales, profits,
prospects, or chances of
success.
YOU ARE URGED TO CONSULT
WITH APPROPRIATE FINANCIAL,
BUSINESS AND LEGAL ADVISORS
AND EXISTING GREAT CLIPS®
FRANCHISEES IN CONNECTION
WITH THE USE OF ANY OF THE
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN
THIS SECTION.
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