The ASA World Summit – Conference and Open Board Meeting in Nashville will kick off with a Friday night Welcome Reception, where you can catch up with old industry friends and network with other salon owners, product and equipment vendors …

Business owner and former neurosurgeon Daniel Wei-Chen Hong, MD, uses the power of the sun to keep his team happy, healthy and productive with “Summer Fridays,” a business policy that typically offers employees half or full days off between Memorial …

Clearly, tanning is a service industry. But so many salon owners separate customer service and the services that they charge for; in reality, these things are one and the same. The most valuable service you provide for your clients is …

By Damien Feiklowicz, Sunless Inc.

“Give me a one-handed economist,” quipped President Harry Truman in frustration with his policy advisors who qualified their remarks, ‘on the one hand… but on the other hand…’ So, in the hopes of avoiding that …

There’s more to Nashville than what meets the ear.

We know all about the sounds – namely the live music and roar of the crowded streets of the Honky Tonk Highway – but what do you need to stop and …

By Ashley Laabs

Imagine that you have called a meeting with one of your salespeople to discuss her performance. She is a valuable member of the team who consistently closes sales, but you notice that she would be doing better …

Becoming a manager is certainly something to be proud of — you have risen through the ranks of employees to an important position. However, with achievement comes challenge, and managing a team certainly has many challenges.

The key to excelling …

By Dr. Marc Sorenson, Sunlight Institute

Ovarian cancer, like most cancers, is nothing to trifle with. There are 22,280 new cases of ovarian cancer and 14,240 deaths annually in the U.S. Compare that death statistic to melanoma, which has a …