News Archive for October, 2012

Use advice from best-selling authors Chip and Dan Heath in the Inc.com article “4 Tactics to Make Smarter Decisions” to improve your decision-making process and lead to better business outcomes. Recent data shows that poor decision making is rampant in …

More than six out of 10 tanning businesses say that they’re attracting more 40-and-over clients today, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted this fall.

According to the poll, 63 percent of salons say their over-40 client base has increased in …

More than 9 out of 10 tanning facilities say they have clients who — prior to coming to their salons — could not get a suntan outdoors without sunburning, according to a SmartTan.com poll.

According to the poll, 92 percent …

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Sometimes making donations can feel a bit like eating your vegetables. Even when you know it’s good for you, opening your wallet brings back nightmares from childhood — staring down your peas as you begrudgingly force each spoonful down …

A British Medical Journal report about indoor tanning released Tuesday included sunbed usage data collected in the 1970s before professional tanning salons even existed in North America and does not reflect modern professional indoor tanning.

“The data in this study …

“When you ingest vitamin D, only about 60 percent of it sticks to vitamin D-binding protein, but when you make vitamin D in your skin, 100 percent binds to the protein.” — Dr. Michael F. Holick, vitamin D research pioneer …

As the Inc.com article “7 Ways to Earn Respect as a Leader” explains, it’s better to earn respect than to demand it. Some people in authority believe that their status entitles them to respect, but this kind of deference isn’t …

Glamour magazine — one of the beauty industry’s flagship magazines — told readers this month that vitamin D deficiency is a problem for women and can be solved by eating more breakfast cereal fortified with vitamin D.

“That’s like telling …