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We’re just over two weeks out from the biggest indoor tanning event of the year, and the excitement is starting to set in here around the Smart Tan office. The 19^th annual Smart Tan conference and tradeshow, Oct. 3-5 …

Norvell, an industry leader in self-tanning, is working with ABC on the new ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Sunless Tanning Collection. Designed to provide flawless, foolproof bronzing at home, the quartet of products will waltz onto the shelves of spas and …

By Bob Negen, retail expert and author

Just look around you — in the grocery store, in the car next to you, even across your own dining room table — and it’s likely you’ll see someone on their mobile phone. …

Healthy, young adults saw improvements in upper and lower body strength from vitamin D supplementation in a recent study.

Research has consistently shows that vitamin D benefits muscles by increasing the size of muscle fibers as well as the rate …

Born and raised in California, Angela Beagle sought out sunshine as a vital part of her childhood. Tagging along with her older sister, she eagerly volunteered to clean up the beach to enjoy a few coveted hours of free paddleboard …

Nashville is a wonderful location for events for a variety of reasons – a thriving, thrilling downtown with a convention center surrounded by miles of bars and restaurants certainly isn’t the least of them, but one thing might be even …

Professional indoor tanning facilities do a better job teaching the correct usage of chemical sunscreen than “sun scare” groups who manufacture and mass-market the product, according to the International Smart Tan Network. Our position is based on the following:

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By Matt Russell, CEO, Smart Tan

As tanning industry business owners, it goes without saying that we work and live in a very controversial business. And if you’re like me, you probably feel that the business of sunshine, UV light, …