News Archive for May, 2016

The “Land of Smiles” just received another reason to grin. Jeff Amato, a Missouri native, has opened the first tanning salon in Thailand. BKKSUN is the first of four locations to open and is spreading sunshine to Thai residents and …

To find the optimal price point for your services and products, you need to know a lot more than how much it costs you and what your competitors charge, the Entrepreneur.com article “10 Questions to Ask When Pricing Your Product” …

Workers exposed to sunlight through windows on the job got more sleep and reported higher quality of life than those without natural light access at work, in a study published in an online supplement to the journal Sleep.

As …

Owning a small business usually means you’re operating on a smaller budget when it comes to your marketing and promotion. Unfortunately, some small business owners experiencing a rough patch or low sales tend to cut marketing and promotion to save …

By Dr. Marc Sorenson, from the Sunlight Institute blog

Although I occasionally try to balance the messages about tanning beds, this blog is meant neither to discourage nor promote their use. The readers should make up their minds after weighing …

Businessman Robert Ashe was looking to generate extra income. In 1996 he purchased his first Sun Seekers location and so began his love affair with the indoor tanning industry. After successfully growing his salon, he was able to take over …

In a SmartTan.com poll, just under 50 percent of salons said they check their customer metrics, such as per person average, on a daily basis.

Forty-nine percent answered every day, 18 percent said they check their metrics weekly, 18 percent …

Shelly DeJaynes LaPlant had never tanned in her life. Saddled with fair Type II skin growing up in sunny Colorado, she couldn’t go outside in the summer without breaking out in a rash or getting sunburn.

Her transformation story is …