{"id":888416,"date":"2025-09-22T14:06:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/winmark-corporation-announces-leadership-addition\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T14:06:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:06:33","slug":"winmark-corporation-announces-leadership-addition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/winmark-corporation-announces-leadership-addition\/","title":{"rendered":"Winmark Corporation Announces Leadership Addition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--.bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>Winmark Corporation Announces Leadership Addition<\/b><\/p>\n<p>MINNEAPOLIS&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<br \/>\nWinmark Corporation (Nasdaq: WINA) announced today that Lisa Hake will be joining the company as its Chief Marketing Officer, effective October 1st.<\/p>\n<p>\nMs. Hake brings more than 25 years of experience including brand management, marketing innovation, franchisee ad fund management, partnership activations, and consumer engagement to this newly created role. She most recently served as Vice President of Marketing &amp; Communications at Great Clips, North America\u2019s largest franchised salon brand with over 4,400 locations, where she led transformative brand initiatives and drove significant growth. Prior to joining Great Clips, Hake held senior roles at Best Buy, including Senior Marketing Director for Geek Squad, along with marketing roles at 3M and The Pillsbury Company.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI would like to welcome Lisa to Winmark,\u201d said Brett D. Heffes, Chair and Chief Executive Officer. \u201cHer proven track record of helping franchisees increase per unit performance through efficient marketing activities will be invaluable to our franchise partners. This hire represents the most recent investment in Winmark\u2019s ongoing efforts to improve our franchise system and allow us all to fulfill our mission to provide Resale for Everyone\u00ae.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>About Winmark<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nWinmark &#8211; the Resale Company\u00ae, is a nationally recognized franchisor focused on sustainability and small business formation. We champion and guide entrepreneurs interested in operating one of our award-winning resale franchises: Plato\u2019s Closet\u00ae, Once Upon A Child\u00ae, Play It Again Sports\u00ae, Style Encore\u00ae, and Music Go Round\u00ae. At June 28, 2025, there were 1,371 franchises in operation and over 2,800 available territories. An additional 77 franchises have been awarded but are not open.<\/p>\n<p><i>This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the \u201cExchange Act\u201d), relating to future events or the future financial performance of the Company. Such forward-looking statements are only predictions or statements of intention subject to risks and uncertainties and actual events or results could differ materially from those anticipated. 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Ishaug<br \/>\n<br \/>763\/520-8500<\/p>\n<p><b>KEYWORDS:<\/b> United States North America Minnesota<\/p>\n<p><b>INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:<\/b> Other Retail Marketing Specialty Communications Small Business Professional Services Fashion Retail<\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA:<\/b><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><b>Logo<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20250922923321\/en\/1504708\/3\/Winmark-ResaleCompany_Blue_Stacked.jpg\" alt=\"Logo\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winmark Corporation Announces Leadership Addition MINNEAPOLIS&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; Winmark Corporation (Nasdaq: WINA) announced today that Lisa Hake will be joining the company as its Chief Marketing Officer, effective October 1st. Ms. Hake brings more than 25 years of experience including brand management, marketing innovation, franchisee ad fund management, partnership activations, and consumer engagement to this newly created role. She most recently served as Vice President of Marketing &amp; Communications at Great Clips, North America\u2019s largest franchised salon brand with over 4,400 locations, where she led transformative brand initiatives and drove significant growth. Prior to joining Great Clips, Hake held senior roles at Best Buy, including Senior Marketing Director for Geek Squad, along with marketing roles at 3M and The Pillsbury Company. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/winmark-corporation-announces-leadership-addition\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Winmark Corporation Announces Leadership Addition&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-888416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Winmark Corporation Announces Leadership Addition - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/winmark-corporation-announces-leadership-addition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Winmark Corporation Announces Leadership Addition - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Winmark Corporation Announces Leadership Addition MINNEAPOLIS&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; Winmark Corporation (Nasdaq: WINA) announced today that Lisa Hake will be joining the company as its Chief Marketing Officer, effective October 1st. 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