AG Hair Care

AG Hair Care
Private
Industry Hair care and cosmetics
Founded 1989 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Headquarters Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
  • Lotte Davis, CEO and co-founder
  • John Davis, CEO and co-founder
Number of employees
 85

AG Hair Care is a hair care product company based in British Columbia, Canada.[1][2] It is the largest independent manufacturer of professional hair-care products in Canada.[1]

History

AG Hair was founded in 1989 by Lotte Davis, a South African-born graphic designer and her husband John Davis, a hairdresser from Liverpool, in their North Vancouver basement.[3][4][2] AG Hair initially created bulk generic shampoos and conditioners that were bottled and labeled by hand.[5][2] The Davis' began to formulate and manufacture their own professional hair care products, which they sold to salons directly beginning in 1990.[2][6] In 2001, AG Hair products began selling to salons in the United States.[2]

John and Lotte Davis are co-CEOs of AG Hair, which has 85 employees and sells in 14,000 salons in Canada, the United States, Australia, and Taiwan.[7] AG Hair manufactures and distributes products from Canada.[7]

In 2008, Lotte Davis founded Women Leading Change Foundation to help African girls obtain an education by building schools.[8][9] AG Hair contributes 10 cents from every liter of product sold to support education for girls and women in Africa, through Women Leading Change.[6][10] Since its founding, proceeds from AG Hair product sales have raised over $2 million[11] and built five schools in Sub-Saharan Africa.[12] In 2016, AG Hair launched limited-edition packaging of its hairspray, Revamp, to raise funds for Women Leading Change. 50 cents of each bottle sold goes to the foundation.[11]

In October 2008, John and Lotte Davis received the Pacific Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for business-to-business products and services for AG Hair.[13] That year AG Hair was named one of the best companies to work for in British Columbia by BC Business Magazine.[14]

In 2012, Davis founded One Girl Can, a registered charity, with employees in Canada and Uganda. One Girl Can provides secondary, vocational, and university scholarships to eligible girls in Africa.[15][16] AG Hair was featured in Business Vancouver's list of top 100 biggest manufacturers in Metro Vancouver in 2016.[17]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (October 3, 2008). "Duo up for award". North Shore News. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "10 things you need to know about AG Hair Cosmetics". Behind the Chair. 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  3. ↑ Christine Lyon (February 25, 2013). "Hair care supports school in Uganda". North Shore News. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  4. ↑ Arielle Chambers (July 9, 2014). "Welcoming remedies!". Nu – Modé. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Celebrating 25 years with AG Hair founder Lotte Davis". Garmentory. June 2, 2014. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Jen Schaeffers (July 7, 2015). "Hair that cares: Lotte Davis, CEO of AG Hair, educating girls in Africa". Vancity Buzz. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  7. 1 2 Glen Korstrom (April 1, 2013). "Local beauty product firms get global faces". Business Vancouver. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  8. ↑ Sara Harowitz (September 24, 2015). "Women Leading Change Foundation". Montecristo Magazine. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  9. ↑ Amy Yew (September 24, 2015). "Spin into great hair with Eastwood Cycle X AG". Vancouver Courier. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  10. ↑ "AG Hair". Style & Air. August 26, 2014. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  11. 1 2 "AG Hair Supports Education in Africa". Modern Salon. February 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  12. ↑ "TricorBraun supplies packaging for AG Hair". Packaging Europe. March 3, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Brian Hill takes top honours as Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 for the Pacific region". Nation Talk. October 12, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  14. ↑ "AG a Great Place to be". December 24, 2008. Burnaby Now, via Canada.com.
  15. ↑ "One Girl Can Scholarship Africa". One Girl Can. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  16. ↑ Michele Marko (April 7, 2016). "Lotte Davis: AG founder's philanthropy fills an empty nest". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Top 100 biggest manufacturers in Metro Vancouver in 2016". Business Vancouver. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
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