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The Wheel of Smart Tan is back and better than ever with $125,000 in prizes up for grabs at Smart Tan Downtown, Nov. 8-10 in Nashville.

Smart Tan’s 18th annual convention will once again end with a big celebration and …

To find the optimal price point for your services and products, you need to know a lot more than how much it costs you and what your competitors charge, the Entrepreneur.com article “10 Questions to Ask When Pricing Your Product” …

Older people with low vitamin D levels are more likely to struggle with daily physical activities like walking up and down stairs, dressing and undressing, and cutting their toenails, a new study shows.

The research, published in The Journal of …

By Grant Miller, Salon Consultant

Once again, I have the pleasure of teaching four brand new marketing sessions at this year’s annual Smart Tan Downtown conference and trade show in Nashville.

Even before I started teaching from the stage, I …

In a recent study, workers exposed to sunlight through windows on the job got more sleep and reported higher quality of life than those without natural light access at work.

As reported by Forbes.com, workers with windows received 173 percent …

When it comes to business decisions, it’s usually better to make a “roughly right” choice quickly than to take too long for a more precise answer, the Harvard Business Review post “Make Good Decisions Faster” explains. But how do you …

As a bright-eyed teenager, Brad Blair pruned, planted and mowed his way into the business world. As he cared for 10 local homes for his small landscaping operation, he caught more than a few rays; Brad quickly became feverish with …

A recent SmartTan.com poll found that more than half of indoor tanning businesses do not have an employee specifically dedicated to their marketing efforts.

Sixty-one percent of salons said they do not have a designated marketing employee and the remaining …