News Archive for February, 2020

Any salon owner will tell you that the staff you hire can make or break your business, yet so many tanning businesses fail to implement a thorough hiring process. It requires a tremendous level of responsibility and trustworthiness to put …

The World Health Organization and a European SCHEER Report misrepresented the quality of the research used and omitted relevant confounding information in the groups’ most recent publications on sunbeds, according to research reports published last year in the journal Anticancer …

If you’re still thinking about technical training and certification as simply a necessary process to meet regulations, it’s definitely time for a change of perspective. While any training provider can help you meet your most minimal needs and requirements, Smart …

By Ivy Potter, Image Sun Tanning of Northwest Indiana

The most prominent step to preparing for a spray tan is exfoliation. It seems like everyone knows that not exfoliating before a spray tan is disadvantageous. Less known is that over …

By Ashley Laabs

At any given moment, you could get a phone call, a text, a voicemail, an email, a Facebook message, a tweet, or you could be tagged on any number of social media groups. And in our fast-paced, …

By Dr. Marc Sorenson, Sunlight Institute

A study last year published in the journal DermatoEndocrinology found that standard tanning salon sunbeds are very effective in raising serum levels of vitamin D. Those who used the beds were able to attain …

You can have the best location, the best equipment, marketing and product selection, but your indoor tanning business will still only be as good as the team that runs it.

The key word here is “team.” If your employees are …

By Ashley Laabs

In indoor tanning businesses, bad customer service can quickly overshadow any products or services on the menu. Sometimes, it’s as simple as posture, tone of voice, or using the wrong wording with a client who is on …