Simonson's Salon Makes Exclusive List of Top 25 Women-Owned Businesses

Company makes 2008 Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal listing
for fourth time
MINNEAPOLIS--(Business Wire)--
Simonson's Salon & Day Spa has made the exclusive 2008 "Top 25
List of Women-Owned Businesses" for the fourth time. The list, which
Simonson's Salon also made in 2004, 2005 and 2006, is published by The
Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal. Simonson's Salon & Day Spa is
the only Twin Cities salon to be included on the list.

"Making the top 25 list of women-owned businesses is an honor in
so many ways. It is a particular distinction to be listed among such
well-respected women like Marilyn Carlson Nelson of the Carlson
Companies," said Kyle Simonson, owner/president of Simonson's Salon &
Day Spa, which offers hair, face, body nail and medspa services and
products for men and women.

Under Simonson's leadership, the salon has grown significantly
along with its' reputation for high quality services. From 12
employees and one salon in Anoka in 1983, to a staff of over 200 and
four salon and spa locations in Anoka, Maple Grove, Elk River and
Plymouth, Simonson's (www.simonsons.com) has expanded to become an
industry leader in the Twin Cities area.

"In the salon and spa profession, the path to success is never a
paved highway; but rather a dirt road littered with potholes," she
explained. "Many a fledgling entrepreneur in this competitive industry
has been swept away by a deluge of seemingly endless minutiae and
insurmountable challenges. Simonson's has not only survived; we've
flourished."

Women entrepreneurs are among the fastest growing groups of
business owners - both locally and nationally. For the past two
decades, majority women-owned firms continued to grow at around two
times the rate of all firms (42 percent vs. 24 percent), according to
the Center for Women's Business Research.

"I believe this important acknowledgement of our success has the
power to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurial women to
achieve greatness. As the leader of an organization comprised
primarily of women, this honor also communicates the key message that
'small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises',"
observed Simonson.

For Simonson's Salon & Day Spa
Barbara Mednick, 651-486-7007
bmednick@bkmconsulting.com

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