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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Hair care and cosmetics |
Founded | 1989 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Headquarters |
Coquitlam, British Columbia , Canada |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
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Website |
ag |
AG Care (AG Hair LTD) is a Canadian beauty company based in British Columbia, Canada. [1] [2] [3] It is the largest independent manufacturer of professional hair-care products in Canada. [2]
AG Care formulates and manufactures professional hair care products that are vegan, cruelty-free and made without drying sulfates, gluten, DEA, parabens, PABA and DMDMH. [4]
AG Care 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] [5] [6] The Davises began to formulate and manufacture their own professional hair care products, which they sold to salons directly beginning in 1990. [3] [7] In 2001, AG Care products began selling to salons in the United States. [3] In 2022, AG Care launched new sustainable packaging made from aluminum and PCR bottles, and eliminated large-format plastic bottles in favour of refill pouches, [1] a shift towards sustainability and care for the environment. [8] Today, AG Care is available across Canada, the US and Australia in salons and retailers Ulta Beauty, [1] Chatters, [9] COBIA Beauty, Tommy Gun's Original Barbershop, and Price Attack. [10]
In 2008, Lotte Davis founded One Girl Can Society to help African girls obtain an education by building schools. [11] [12] [13] One Girl Can provides secondary, vocational, and university scholarships to eligible girls in Africa. [14] [15] AG Care contributes annually through employee volunteering to in-kind and financial support to help educate girls and women in Africa. [8] [16] Since its founding, proceeds from AG Care product sales have raised over $2.2 million [17] and built five schools in Sub-Saharan Africa. [18] [19] [20] In 2015, AG Care launched limited-edition packaging of its hairspray Firewall Argan Flat Iron Spray to raise funds for One Girl Can. 50 cents of each bottle sold goes to the foundation. [17] [21] [22]
In October 2008, John and Lotte Davis (parents of actress Mackenzie Davis) received the Pacific Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for business-to-business products and services for AG Care. [23] That year AG Care was named one of the best companies to work for in British Columbia by BC Business Magazine. [24]
AG Care was featured in Business Vancouver's list of top 100 biggest manufacturers in Metro Vancouver in 2016. [25] Since 2017, Deloitte named AG Care one of the best managed companies in Canada. [26] [27] [28] [29]
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Hair care and cosmetics |
Founded | 1989 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Headquarters |
Coquitlam, British Columbia , Canada |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
|
Website |
ag |
AG Care (AG Hair LTD) is a Canadian beauty company based in British Columbia, Canada. [1] [2] [3] It is the largest independent manufacturer of professional hair-care products in Canada. [2]
AG Care formulates and manufactures professional hair care products that are vegan, cruelty-free and made without drying sulfates, gluten, DEA, parabens, PABA and DMDMH. [4]
AG Care 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] [5] [6] The Davises began to formulate and manufacture their own professional hair care products, which they sold to salons directly beginning in 1990. [3] [7] In 2001, AG Care products began selling to salons in the United States. [3] In 2022, AG Care launched new sustainable packaging made from aluminum and PCR bottles, and eliminated large-format plastic bottles in favour of refill pouches, [1] a shift towards sustainability and care for the environment. [8] Today, AG Care is available across Canada, the US and Australia in salons and retailers Ulta Beauty, [1] Chatters, [9] COBIA Beauty, Tommy Gun's Original Barbershop, and Price Attack. [10]
In 2008, Lotte Davis founded One Girl Can Society to help African girls obtain an education by building schools. [11] [12] [13] One Girl Can provides secondary, vocational, and university scholarships to eligible girls in Africa. [14] [15] AG Care contributes annually through employee volunteering to in-kind and financial support to help educate girls and women in Africa. [8] [16] Since its founding, proceeds from AG Care product sales have raised over $2.2 million [17] and built five schools in Sub-Saharan Africa. [18] [19] [20] In 2015, AG Care launched limited-edition packaging of its hairspray Firewall Argan Flat Iron Spray to raise funds for One Girl Can. 50 cents of each bottle sold goes to the foundation. [17] [21] [22]
In October 2008, John and Lotte Davis (parents of actress Mackenzie Davis) received the Pacific Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for business-to-business products and services for AG Care. [23] That year AG Care was named one of the best companies to work for in British Columbia by BC Business Magazine. [24]
AG Care was featured in Business Vancouver's list of top 100 biggest manufacturers in Metro Vancouver in 2016. [25] Since 2017, Deloitte named AG Care one of the best managed companies in Canada. [26] [27] [28] [29]