News Archive for November, 2010

More than half of tanning businesses say November was less-busy as compared to 2009, according to the results of a SmartTan.com poll conducted in the last two weeks.

The upside of the poll: Nearly 4 out of 10 said their …

The Vitamin D world is bracing for a major announcement this week, as the government’s out-of-date vitamin D recommendations — currently based almost solely on 1920s thinking — are expected to be revised in an announcement Tuesday.

But no one …

PC Marketing, Inc., North American importer of uwe and manufacturer of Montego Bay tanning equipment, was advised of the reorganization of the uwe Light KG, indoor tanning equipment manufacturer in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. The goal of the reorganization is to …

More than nine out of ten indoor tanning facility owners believe indoor tanning clients are less apt get catch a cold or come down with the flu, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in late July.

Emerging research now suggests …

Great Britain’s largest media outlet is reporting that Scotish women are four times as likely to be vitamin D deficient as those who live in the south of England — further evidence that “the sunshine vitamin” comes reliably only from …

Many businesses are using social media as an inexpensive way to reach a large audience, but that does not mean that simply setting up a Facebook account or blogging will instantly increase sales. Basic marketing fundamentals are still the backbone …

The founder of one of North America’s leading vitamin D advocacy groups is putting the message about sunscreen in simple terms: If you wear it, you’re blocking vitamin D production.

“Remember, our ancestors lived naked in the sun for several …

“Most but not all dermatologists maintain, I believe quite wrongly, that a tan is unhealthy. Sadly, Cancer Research UK has accepted this misguided advice uncritically and so has wrongly advised the public on sun exposure over a long period — …