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Players with higher vitamin D levels were less likely to get cut from the team during preseason in a recent study involving members of the Pittsburg Steelers, the Vitamin D Council reports. Higher levels also related to less likelihood of …

Any salon owner will tell you that the staff you hire can make or break your business, yet so many tanning businesses fail to implement a thorough hiring process. It requires a tremendous level of responsibility and trustworthiness to put …

From Thomas Holland, CEO, Sun Capsule, Inc.

In 2014, Congress passed legislation that reclassifies all tanning equipment as Class II medical devices. There are new stringent re-labeling requirements for your tanning equipment that must be implemented soon or you will …

An International Smart Tan Network survey of 6,881 indoor tanning clients revealed that 11 percent of tanning clients say a doctor referred them to a tanning salon for therapeutic reasons and that 28 percent of those referring physicians were dermatologists. …

Make the most of a right marketing budget with “7 Surprisingly Effective (and Cheap) Ways to Bring in New Customers” from Inc.com contributor Minda Zetlin. With the right choices and a keen focus on the numbers, it doesn’t take a …

In an unsurprising, yet telling finding, recent research identified a high risk of vitamin D deficiency during winter months for people in snowy, northern cities. Nearly half the residents of Buffalo, NY, have insufficient levels of the sunshine vitamin in …

Uncertainty: It might be the worst feeling in business. With nothing but the dense fog of the unknown before you, your lungs deflate, your heart throbs in your chest, and your mind churns over the possibilities. Do you try something …

The Child Life department at the All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg strives to reduce the negative impacts of a stressful hospital stay for young children. They work closely with the hospital to provide play times, help children work through …