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Recent research suggests that increased sun exposure, independent of vitamin D, lessens the degeneration of nerves in those with Multiple Sclerosis, the Sunlight Institute reported last week.

According to Sunlight Institute Founder Marc Sorenson, it’s been known for decades that …

Each day, the business community is facing a challenge to view, understand and process multiple information inflows at the same time. As vast amounts of data continually compete for our attention, we find that something has to budge.

It is …

In successful salons across the country, the tanning industry has seen sunless revenues climb to unprecedented heights. On average, these businesses see 20-30 percent of their profits come from this service when properly implemented.

However, most indoor tanning establishments have …

There’s no need to fear setting goals and projections for your business – it’s a no-lose situation, Inc.com contributor Michael A. Olguin explains in the article “4 Reasons You Need to Set Business Goals.” Having specific marks to shoot for …

Tanning beds may be even more effective as a vitamin D producer than was previously believed. That’s the consensus of research published by Dr. Michael Holick’s group at Boston University in 2012. Holick’s group studied 15 people aged 20-53, tracking …

More than two-thirds of indoor tanning businesses say they offer at least four levels of UV sunbeds, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted this month.

Ninety-seven percent of salons say they have multiple levels of sunbeds and 90 percent have …

For college hoops fans, it’s the most wonderful time of the year but for businesses, maybe not so much. Global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. estimates that $134 million in wages are wasted during just the first two …

By Grant Miller, Salon Consultant

I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would ever be teaching anyone about math of any kind. It was one of my worst subjects in school. If the world depended on me to …