Peter Mark

{{Short description|Irish hairdressing chain}}

{{About|hairdressing chain|the American conductor and violist|Peter Mark (conductor)}}

{{distinguish|text=British businessman Peter Marks}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Peter Mark

| logo = File:Peter Mark official logo.jpg

| founded = {{Start date and age|1961|6|28}} in Dublin, Ireland

| founders = {{Unbulleted list|Peter Keaveney|Mark Keaveney}}

| hq_location = 15 Ely Place

| hq_location_city = Dublin

| hq_location_country = Ireland

| num_locations = 69

| num_locations_year = 2020

| area_served = Republic of Ireland

Northern Ireland

}}

Peter Mark is an Irish hairdressing chain founded in June 1961 by brothers Peter and Mark Keaveney. The first shop they opened was in Dublin's Grafton Street.{{Cite web |url=http://www.petermark.ie/About_Peter_Mark.php#theform |title="About Peter Mark", Peter Mark |access-date=2015-05-09 |archive-date=2015-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518042231/http://www.petermark.ie/About_Peter_Mark.php#theform |url-status=live }} They currently have 69 shops in the island of Ireland. The company train and recruit their own staff in training schools based in Dublin and Belfast.

In 2019 their profits were reported to have increased.{{cite news |last1=Deegan |first1=Gordon |title=Profits up 44.5% at Peter Mark hair salons |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/profits-up-44-5-at-peter-mark-hair-salons-1.4060698 |access-date=21 March 2021 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=23 October 2019 |archive-date=28 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028213454/https://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/profits-up-44-5-at-peter-mark-hair-salons-1.4060698 |url-status=live }} Following the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic, they increased prices and closed one branch.{{cite news |last1=Coyne |first1=Ellen |title=Peter Mark to raise prices by up to €60 for some customers to fix home dye jobs and 'long regrowth' |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/peter-mark-to-raise-prices-by-up-to-60-for-some-customers-to-fix-home-dye-jobs-and-long-regrowth-39309597.html |access-date=21 March 2021 |work=Independent |date=23 June 2020 |archive-date=1 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101035802/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/peter-mark-to-raise-prices-by-up-to-60-for-some-customers-to-fix-home-dye-jobs-and-long-regrowth-39309597.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Canning |first1=Margaret |title=Hair salon Peter Mark won't reopen in Belfast after lockdown |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/northern-ireland/hair-salon-peter-mark-wont-reopen-in-belfast-after-lockdown-40129956.html |access-date=21 March 2021 |work=Belfast Telegraph |date=25 February 2021 |archive-date=25 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225170854/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/northern-ireland/hair-salon-peter-mark-wont-reopen-in-belfast-after-lockdown-40129956.html |url-status=live }}