With the annual Smart Tan Nashville Conference and Trade Show still fresh in our minds, it is time to make decisions for the upcoming season. Do we buy new equipment? What lotions should we carry? Should we bring in new …

Howard Cass is no newcomer to the indoor tanning business.

In fact, Cass first started in the business back in 1978. He opened Le Soleil, the first business of its kind in Coconut Grove, Fla., “as a lark,” he says.…

Sarah Giesige stood on stage in Downtown Nashville at the kick-off of Smart Tan’s 15th Annual Convention singing the words that, perhaps more than anything, define the way forward for indoor tanning. They certainly define the spirit of Smart Tan’s …

DC Special Reserve is an extreme delayed bronzer that is formulated to allow the skin to develop a beautiful bronzed glow. Multiple advanced skin care technologies – such as Cell LD and BodyFit – will work to repair cell damage …

Everybody is familiar with the Playboy brand. And those within the indoor tanning industry are familiar with Performance Brands. But what does the marriage of two well-known and well-received companies mean to your salon? Read on to learn exactly where …

DEC (or Dynamic Energy Control) is, in layman’s terms, electronic ballasts. Instead of an old-fashioned copper wound transformer to supply power to the lamps, DEC uses a sophisticated computer board CPU to drive the lamps with a high frequency electronic …

“(They) are targeting only bone health. We’re going to continue with our recommendation around cancer prevention.” — Canadian Cancer Society spokeswoman Heather Chappell, as quoted in The Toronto Globe & Mail on Wednesday, saying that the CCS will continue to …

A government-commissioned report issued Tuesday on vitamin D in North America contained a strange contradiction: saying in one sentence that the population is getting enough vitamin D, but conspicuously underplaying the fact that they also recommend tripling the daily vitamin …