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Often imitated but never duplicated, Glo Sun Spa epitomizes the best of what a modern tanning business can be.

Staying on the cutting edge of the industry is familiar territory for Glo founder Todd Earnhart. By all accounts, the Houston-based …

It’s been known for years that humans receive nutrients from sunlight just like we receive from our food. Certain wavelengths of sunlight impact a variety of health issues including vitamin D production from UVB light and  UVA light produces Nitric …

By Marc Sorenson, EdD, Sunlight Institute

Almost no one realizes the dramatic improvement that sun exposure can make on athletic performance. I helped Dr. John Cannell obtain translations of many esoteric and decades-old studies that had been forgotten, probably due …

It takes a lot of deliberation and effort to bring a new team member on board, especially in small businesses. The strain on resources can be more apparent than at larger companies, meaning the hiring process must be very strategic. …

A new in-depth article from wellness publication mindbodygreen outlines extensive research on vitamin D’s antioxidant properties that “support a long, happy healthy life.”

“Without adequate levels of vitamin D, your body can’t utilize the vitamin when it’s needed—for antioxidant actions …

Long before social media, tanning businesses relied heavily on “word-of-mouth” marketing to gain new customers. Even those that had the resources to invest in traditional advertising understood that more customers came to them organically via recommendations from friends and family. …

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 …

The World Health Organization and a European SCHEER Report misrepresented the quality of the research used and omitted relevant confounding information in the groups’ most recent publications on sunbeds, according to research reports published in the journal Anticancer Research.

“We …