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A new study out of England confirms a causal relationship between low vitamin D levels and high blood pressure and hypertension.

The research, funded by the British Heart Foundation and performed at the University College London, examined 35 previous studies …

Take your training for new employees beyond basic functional instruction with suggestions from the Inc.com article “4 Things Your New Hire Training is Missing.” When you train someone to truly be a part of the company, rather than just a …

Promoting and marketing your sunless tanning services can prove to be a challenge for many salons. Often times your sunless tanners are also your existing UV tanning clients. But sunless customers can also be non UV-tanners, which presents a challenge …

A group of four Pennsylvania salons under the same ownership and management raised an impressive $4685 this May in their first time participating in the Vitamin D Foundation’s Natural Breast Cancer Prevention Campaign.

The Baja Beach Tanning Club locations owned …

Shop smarter on the industry’s largest trade show floor

The skin care products on your shelves, the impulse items near the checkout and the equipment in each room didn’t just magically appear. Every item in your salon was carefully selected …

In a recent SmartTan.com poll, most indoor tanning businesses answered that the majority of their clients purchase upgrades individually at each visit, as opposed to prepaid packages or higher-level upgrade EFTs.

Forty-four percent of salons say that most of their …

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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Cultivate some cost-effective local publicity for your business with tips for managing public relations efforts on a tight budget from the Young Entrepreneur article “5 Tricks for DIY PR.” Most independent salons can’t afford to hire an expensive PR firm …