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How’s the Canadian tanning community doing? This depends on what province, city or town the salon is in. December seemed to be a good month for everyone except a few. The closer you were around the city of Victoria (Vancouver …

By Michael Porteous via Ezine.com

Getting good retail sales is not about just being there and in peoples’ faces enough for them to buy from you. In today’s market competition is fierce from all sides and with the economy in …

By: Chris Cummings

Google’s online advertising, AdWords, allows you to target potential customers that are already searching for your type of business.  We call this “pull marketing” because the customer is coming to you on his or her own terms; …

By: Joe Levy

The cosmetic dermatology industry lobbying groups are making the rounds again attempting to convince the public that humans can become addicted to indoor tanning – that sun exposure is somehow comparable to heroin.

Dry that out and …

By Kara Kamenec and Autumn Templeton

Everyone’s looking for the best way to market. Budgets may differ and goals will vary but in the end, we all want to get and keep customers in our store. With new technology it’s …

By: Will Dias

Last year, when a lot of businesses were struggling to keep their doors open, the popular opinion was that it’s not an ideal time to open a new business. For those with a dream, however, the right …

By: Will Dias

While researching information for this article I came to a surprising realization: The premise of Electronic Funds Transfers or EFTs is actually very simple. Basically, any electronic transaction that moves funds from one account to another is …

The Consumer Confidence Index was released this week and is showing some positive signs about how consumers feel the economy is performing. NPR is reporting that the monthly index has reached 70.4, which is up almost six points from its …