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The shrinking pool of available help for retail is taking its toll. Retailers of all sizes are struggling to find and hold enough sales staff to get the job done successfully. Think about finding more part-time staff, creating a job …

Education about our environment has encouraged more people to follow the 3 R’s: reduce, reuse and recycle. While tanning salons can’t run their business on solar panels and are heavily reliant on electricity, there are other ways to do our …

There is a new business model that has quietly crept into the marketing mainstream. FREE! Some of the biggest companies are now adopting a FREE strategy. Think about Google and the amount of money this company makes. The interesting part …

In my last “If I only had a ‘Dr.’ in front of my name” column, I discussed the CDA’s (Canadian Dermatology Association’s) peculiar stance on allowing sunscreen manufacturers to put so much misinformation on a sunscreen bottle………FULL STORY…

Even in the depths of a Midwestern winter, it’s always sunny and warm at Caribbean Tan & Spa in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

That’s because the salon reflects the personality of owner Michele Hersom. And she’s big on keeping her clients …

Instead of merely defending tanning from unfair attacks, Smart Tan organizes an offense-oriented assault on Sun Scare’s deadly message.

It happened again in late July. The purveyors of ‘Sun Scare’ spread a story about indoor tanning that put the tanning …

The indoor tanning industry is at the forefront in educating people how to successfully avoid sunburn over the course of one’s life.

NOV. 11, 2009 — Just one week after a leading vitamin D researcher declared that breast cancer incidence could be “virtually eradicated” by raising vitamin D levels back to natural status of those who live and work outdoors in sunny …