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We are the largest distributor of professional beauty supplies in the U.S.
based on store count. We operate primarily through two business units, Sally
Beauty Supply and Beauty Systems Group, or BSG. Through Sally Beauty Supply and
BSG (which operates stores under the CosmoProf service mark), we operated a
multi-channel platform of 3,368 stores and supplied 200 franchised stores in
North America as well as selected European countries and Japan, as of
September 30, 2007. Within BSG, we also have one of the largest networks of
professional distributor sales consultants in North America, with approximately
1,100 professional distributor sales consultants who sell directly to salons and
salon professionals. As of September 30, 2007, Sally Beauty Supply owned and
operated 2,669 company-owned retail stores and supplied 25 franchised stores,
and BSG operated 699 company-owned stores and supplied 175 franchised stores.