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Regis sells Hair Club for Men and Women to Japanese firm

For Edina-based Regis, the deal will help it concentrate on its core salon businesses which include Supercuts and MasterCuts. The company also shed some other non-core assets of late, the Star Tribune points out. In April Regis announced that it was selling its minority stake in Europe's biggest hair salon company, Provalliance.
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For Edina-based Regis, the deal will help it concentrate on its core salon businesses which include Supercuts and MasterCuts. The company also shed some other non-core assets of late, the Star Tribune points out. In April Regis announced that it was selling its minority stake in Europe's biggest hair salon company, Provalliance.

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