Toni & Guy

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Toni & Guy
Industry Hairdressing
Founded1963;60 years ago (1963)
Founder Toni Mascolo
Guy Mascolo
HeadquartersLondon, England [1]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
David Heath (CEO)
Website www.toniandguy.com
Toni & Guy, Bow Lane, London EC4, 2018 Toni & Guy, Bow Lane, London EC4, January 2018 07.jpg
Toni & Guy, Bow Lane, London EC4, 2018
Toni & Guy, Paragon Street, Hull, England 36 Paragon Street, Hull - geograph.org.uk - 678189.jpg
Toni & Guy, Paragon Street, Hull, England

Toni & Guy (stylised as TONI&GUY) is a British international chain of hairdressing salons founded in the UK in 1963 by brothers Toni and Guy Mascolo. [2] [3]

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History

In 1963, Toni Mascolo and his brother Guy opened their first salon in Clapham, London. [4]

In 1985, the company opened its first salon outside Europe, in Dallas, Texas. It also launched the TIGI product line. [5] In 1990, the Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy was opened. [5]

In 2009, the TIGI product line was acquired by Unilever for £296 million. [6]

In January 2019, Nigel Darwin was appointed as CEO, after a 12-month search to replace the previous CEO (and co-founder), Toni Mascolo, who died in December 2017. [7]

As of 2022, there are 457 salons in 41 countries. [2]

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References

  1. "Contact us". toniandguy.com.
  2. 1 2 Horwell, Veronica (14 December 2017). "Toni Mascolo obituary" . Retrieved 15 December 2017 via www.theguardian.com.
  3. Mann, Jamie Robertson, George; Etutu, Joice (13 December 2017). "How Toni & Guy gave hair a new look" . Retrieved 15 December 2017 via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. Low, Valentine (13 December 2017). "Toni Mascolo, co-found of Toni & Guy hairdressers, dies aged 75" via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  5. 1 2 "About our hair and beauty salons". toniguy.com. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  6. "Unilever buys salon brands for $411.5m". 2009-01-26.
  7. Bargh, Becky (12 January 2019). "Toni&Guy replaces late founder and CEO Toni Mascolo after a 12 month search". Cosmetics Business. Retrieved 26 October 2019.