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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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Five out of six North American tanning businesses say that record warm temperatures this spring and summer took a bite out of their bottom line, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted this week.

According to the poll, 83 percent of …

A recent article from Inc.com, “Biggest Obstacle to Business Growth,” discusses the possibility that your own assumptions and self-limiting parameters may be the primary factor holding you back from business growth.

By shattering these assumptions and challenging the existing perspective …

Nearly one-third of adults in a recent study know that sun exposure without sunscreen increases vitamin D levels, with 42 percent of those adults turning to the sun to get “the sunshine vitamin” according to a new study.

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Try out these local promotional tactics from the Entrepreneur.com article “Five Low-Cost Local Marketing Ideas.” Contributor Jeff Slutsky encourages businesses that rely on local customers to focus on networking and marketing to nearby organizations as a cost-effective way to boost …

Following a stronger-than-expected first quarter, indoor tanning business performance cooled for many salons as temperatures across North America soared in the second quarter of the year, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in July.

According to the poll, 36 percent …

A prominent Las Vegas health columnist this week pointed out that “Sun Scare” is so overdone that vitamin D deficiency is a problem in Las Vegas — where sun shines 320 days a year.

“As so often happens in America, …

“While vitamin D supplements are an alternative means of producing vitamin D when regular, non-burning sun exposure is not possible, oral supplementation of vitamin D is not the first choice. While overexposure to sunlight carries risks, the cosmetic skin care …