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Everybody is familiar with the Playboy brand. And those within the indoor tanning industry are familiar with Performance Brands. But what does the marriage of two well-known and well-received companies mean to your salon? Read on to learn exactly where …

DEC (or Dynamic Energy Control) is, in layman’s terms, electronic ballasts. Instead of an old-fashioned copper wound transformer to supply power to the lamps, DEC uses a sophisticated computer board CPU to drive the lamps with a high frequency electronic …

“(They) are targeting only bone health. We’re going to continue with our recommendation around cancer prevention.” — Canadian Cancer Society spokeswoman Heather Chappell, as quoted in The Toronto Globe & Mail on Wednesday, saying that the CCS will continue to …

A government-commissioned report issued Tuesday on vitamin D in North America contained a strange contradiction: saying in one sentence that the population is getting enough vitamin D, but conspicuously underplaying the fact that they also recommend tripling the daily vitamin …

More than half of tanning businesses say November was less-busy as compared to 2009, according to the results of a SmartTan.com poll conducted in the last two weeks.

The upside of the poll: Nearly 4 out of 10 said their …

The Vitamin D world is bracing for a major announcement this week, as the government’s out-of-date vitamin D recommendations — currently based almost solely on 1920s thinking — are expected to be revised in an announcement Tuesday.

But no one …

PC Marketing, Inc., North American importer of uwe and manufacturer of Montego Bay tanning equipment, was advised of the reorganization of the uwe Light KG, indoor tanning equipment manufacturer in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. The goal of the reorganization is to …

More than nine out of ten indoor tanning facility owners believe indoor tanning clients are less apt get catch a cold or come down with the flu, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in late July.

Emerging research now suggests …