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By: Chris Cummings

Susan Boyle has sold more than 10 million records in a little over one year. That’s quite the feat for anyone, let alone a single woman in her late 40s with no background in performing. So was …

By: Joseph Levy

It’s something that has been so very obvious to those of us who know that you make more than 100 times as much vitamin D getting a tan than you do drinking a glass of milk.

It’s …

By: Ashley Laabs

After a busy couple of weeks, one of your UV clients rushes to your salon. Her usual bronze glow has faded, but she is in need of some last minute color. With a friend’s wedding less than …

By: Will Dias

Located in sunny Aptos, Calif., Tradewinds Tanning & Day Spa was founded in 2003. Steve Hilleary purchased the salon in 2006 when he saw an opportunity to diversify into something new. He decided to buy the salon …

By Matt Russell

Many people are aware that I started the “D-Feat Breast Cancer” campaign for the Vitamin D Foundation three years ago because it made sense for our industry. With indoor tanning equipment being the most reliable and effective …

John Stossel — North America’s most-celebrated consumer exposé journalist whose “Give Us A Break” segments and best-selling books blow the whistle on consumer fraud — will be the keynote speaker at Smart Tan’s 2011 Convention and Trade Show in Downtown …

Half of all indoor tanning businesses are reporting better-than-expected results in the first quarter of 2011, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted this week.

According to the poll, 50 percent are reporting better-than-expected business performance for the first three …

A fashion industry blogger posted this week that sunscreen over-use has gone overboard and that avoiding the sun is riskier to your health than getting too much sun.

Marta Wohrle, a regular contributor to Truth In Aging, posted the essay …