OUR COMPANY OUR BUSINESS INVESTOR RELATIONS CAREERS CONTACT US Home/Our Company/History Timeline History Timeline MENU 1964 First Sally store opens in New Orleans. Sally Beauty Supply began operations as a single store in New Orleans in 1964. 1969 Alberto-Culver acquires Sally Beauty. In 1969, consumer products company, Alberto-Culver, purchased what has grown to become an 11-store operation at Sally Beauty. 1972 Michael Renzulli appointed to run Sally Beauty operations Mike Renzulli, a former Philadelphia pharmacist, is employed at Alberto-Culver as a brand manager. Leonard Lavin asks Renzulli to move to New Orleans to head up Sally Beauty, a small cash-and-carry beauty supply store. 1978 Sally Beauty Supply reaches 25 stores During the 1970's, Sally Beauty began an aggressive rollout of stores and by 1978 had a total of 25 stores. 1982 Sally Beauty headquarters moves to Denton, Texas Sally headquarters moves to Denton, Texas. Between organic growth and acquisitions, store count reaches 119. 1985 Sally acquires 39 professional-only beauty supply stores Sally Beauty Company acquires 39 Victory Beauty Systems stores, a professional-only distributor, which would later become Beauty Systems Group (BSG). 1987 Sally Beauty enters Europe and celebrates 500th store opening Sally Beauty Supply enters its first International venture through the acquisition of 30 Ogee beauty stores based in the U.K. At home, Sally celebrates the opening of its 500th store and more than $130 million in sales and moves into its new Support Center at 3900 Morse Street in Denton. 1991 Sally Beauty opens its 1,000th store Through aggressive growth and acquisitions, Sally Beauty Supply reaches its 1,000th store opening. 1993 Sally extends operations to Puerto Rico Sally Beauty Company reaches $500 million in sales and expands operations to Puerto Rico. 1994 Sally reaches 1,200th store mark Sally Beauty Supply reaches 1,200 stores and launches "CelebHead", a national survey on best star hairstyles and consumer beauty trends. Sally Beauty Company acquires Bailey's Professional Beauty, adding sixteen stores to Beauty Systems Group and five stores to Sally Beauty Supply. 1996 Sally Beauty expands into Germany and celebrates the 1,500th store mark R.M. Barnum Beauty Supply and F.H. Loeffler are acquired and combined with Victory Beauty Supply to create Beauty Systems Group (BSG). Sally Beauty Supply expands its International footprint into Germany and celebrates the 1,500th store mark. Sally Beauty Company launches SallyCares, a philanthropic program to support breast cancer research, Cosmetology Advancement Foundation (CAF) scholarship fund and the Shelter Program, a program to help victims of domestic abuse. 1998 Beauty Systems Group enters Canada via acquisition Beauty Systems Group enters Canada via the acquisitions of Beauticians' and Jaguar. Net sales for Sally Beauty Supply reaches the $1 billion mark with 1,800 Sally stores. 1999 Beauty Systems Group acquires Heil Beauty Supply Beauty Systems Group acquires Heil Beauty Supply, a full-service distributor with 34 professional-only stores. Magna aliqua ut enim ad minim veniam 2000 Beauty Systems Group acquires Davidson Beauty Supply Beauty Systems Group acquires Davidson Beauty Supply, a full-service distributor with 32 professional-only stores. 2001 Sally Beauty Supply enters Mexico and BSG acquires Armstrong McCall Sally Beauty Supply enters Mexico through a small acquisition. Sally's e-commerce website debuts featuring information and education for Sally's retail and professional customers. Sally Beauty stores number 2,300 and Beauty Systems Group purchases 130 Armstrong McCall franchised stores. 2003 Beauty Systems Group acquires West Coast Beauty Supply Sally Beauty Company breaks ground for a new 200,000-sq-ft Worldwide Support Center in Denton, Texas. Beauty Systems Group expands into the Western U.S. with the acquisition of West Coast Beauty Supply, a full-service distributor of professional beauty products with 123 stores. 2004 Sally Beauty Supply enters Canada and reaches 2,400 stores worldwide Sally Beauty Supply expands its presence to Canada. Sally continues its ongoing support of breast cancer research at City of Hope and presented a check for $100,000 at the annual gala event in Las Vegas bringing the total that Sally Beauty has raised to more than $3 million. Halle Berry wins Best Female Celebrity Hair in the Sally "CelebHead" consumer poll for the third year in a row. Sally Beauty reaches 2,400 stores and $1.4 billion in sales. 2005 Sally Beauty Holdings moves into its new Denton, Texas headquarters. Also in 2005, Beauty Systems Group entered the Los Angeles and Hawaiian marketplace to expand into the Western U.S. through the acquisition of 93 CosmoProf stores. 2006 Sally Beauty Holdings [NYSE:SBH] becomes an independent public Company In June 2006, Beauty Systems Group (BSG) acquired U.K. based Salon Success (www.salon-success.co.uk ). Salon Success is the sole U.K. distributor of Paul Mitchell Luxury Hair Care products.　 On November 16, 2006 Sally Beauty Holdings becomes an independent public company and Gary Winterhalter is named President and CEO. 2007 Sally Beauty acquires UK based Salon Services In February 2007, Sally Beauty Holdings acquired Salon Services based in the UK providing a strong European presence for the Company. At the time of the acquisition, Salon Services had approximately 100 stores located in U.K, Ireland, Germany and Spain. 2008 Sally Beauty acquires Belgium based Pro-Duo In May 2008, Sally Beauty Holdings acquired Pro-Duo, a European distributor of professional beauty products. Pro-Duo is based in Belgium and as of the acquisition date, operated 40 stores in Belgium, France, and Spain. This acquisition provided the Sally Beauty Supply business an important geographic foothold throughout key areas of Continental Europe. www.pro-duo.com 2009 Sally Beauty Supply made its entre into South America through the acquisition of Chile-based InterSalon, based in Santiago, Chile. Today, the stores are branded Sally. Also in 2009, Beauty Systems Group (BSG) acquired Schoeneman Beauty Supply, Inc., a leading full-service distributor of professional beauty products. At the time of the acquisition, the Company owned 43 professional-only beauty supply stores located in Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, Northern Delaware and West Virginia. 2010 Sally reaches its 4,000th stores and BSG acquires Aerial Sally Beauty Holdings opened its 4,000th store in Charlotte, North Carolina on July 19, 2010. The Company is now located in 11 countries around the world with annual revenue of $2.6 billion. In October 2010, Beauty Systems Group acquired Aerial Company, Inc., a leading distributor in the professional beauty products industry with 82 stores and 70 direct sales consultants in the Midwest region of the U.S. 2011 Sally Beauty acquires Netherland based Floral Group In November 2011, Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. acquired Netherland based Kappersservice Floral B.V. and two related companies, Hair Zone B.V. and Exphair B.V. (the "Floral Group"). The Floral Group is headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands and operates three concepts in the beauty industry that serve the professional and retail consumer. 2012 Belgium based Pro-Duo celebrates its 10th anniversary Belgium based Pro-Duo celebrates its 10th anniversary. Pro-Duo is Europe's largest wholesale distributor of professional hair and beauty products with shops and catalogue sales in France, Belgium, Germany and Spain. www.pro-duo.com 2013 Sally U.K. opens its flagship store Sally U.K. opens its three-story flagship store on Oxford Street in London 2014 Sally Beauty opens its first store in Peru. Sally Beauty Supply expanded its presence to Peru on January 28, 2014. 2016 Sally Beauty opens its first store in Colombia 2016 Sally Beauty Holdings opened their 5,000th store location in Fort Worth, TX Email Alerts Terms of Use Privacy Policy Your California Privacy Rights Contact Us ©2021 Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. Delivered by Investis