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By Ashley Laabs

There’s a lot of great advice in the world, and most business owners would probably take it if they just had time in their day. Distractions and interruptions happen until, suddenly, another day has passed by without …

Sunscreen use and indoor lifestyles have led to widespread need for more vitamin D, several experts agree in a recent article in the Chicago Tribune.

“We stay inside in the North to keep warm, or in the air-conditioning in …

By Ashley Laabs

When Jill and Matt Rauh opened the doors to their new business for the first time, it wasn’t exactly what they had imagined. The previous owner had reassured them that her manager essentially ran the place, and …

Your indoor tanning business isn’t one size fits all; it’s not a factory. However, unless your customers know why you’re different, they probably think they can put their money down on the counter and get the same tanning experience anywhere. …

By Megan Knoll, Seidman College of Business, Grand Valley State University

When it comes to training your employees, is it really best to just have them learn as they go? Statistics and commentary on the subject show that many employees …

By Brandon Cardinal, Norvell Sunless

Are you ever confused as to what it is you do at your salon when it comes to spray tanning, sunless tanning and or self-tanning. It is our job as an industry to define what …

“The dogma, now fossilized in print, is that any tan is a sign of skin damage. Tell that to Darwin. Pigmented melanocytes in the skin are a system that protects it from excessive UV, which evolved long before the advent …

Tanning salon owners and employees are known for going above and beyond with customer service in countless ways, but this one has got to be a first:

When a sinkhole suddenly opened in the parking lot of a Pennsylvania Hollywood …