{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Smart Tan News","provider_url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com","title":"What\u2019s Next? - Smart Tan News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"mz6oy3xZ7a\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/whats-next\/\">What\u2019s Next?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/whats-next\/embed\/#?secret=mz6oy3xZ7a\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;What\u2019s Next?&#8221; &#8212; Smart Tan News\" data-secret=\"mz6oy3xZ7a\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TSU-Expo-22-KBL-K7-Light-Art-Panel.jpg","thumbnail_width":1360,"thumbnail_height":1000,"description":"Like so many tanners in the early 1980s and ever since, Paul Manke\u2019s tanned indoors for the first time because he wanted a base tan for a sunny vacation. As it turned out, the serendipitous introduction to the burgeoning industry was a life-changing experience, leading to a career that has now spanned four decades and a lifelong passion for the current Tanning Supplies Unlimited Vice President of Sales.  \u201cMy brother did and still does live in Brazil, so I was invited to go down and see him in the early 80s, and I went to one of the first tanning salons in Minneapolis. As I tanned there, I got to know the lady that owned it, and she asked if I could help with some hours there, and I would work for free tanning,\u201d Manke says.  \u201cI opened my first salon in 1983. I had four 24-lamp beds in a small little 800 sq. ft store. There weren\u2019t timers. From that, we evolved to build five locations in Minneapolis called Golden Tan. They're still there under another name. If my brother wasn\u2019t living in Brazil, I\u2019m not sure I would be in this business. What I do today is my love and passion, and here I am 40 years later still in the business.\u201d  Manke also sold equipment while he owned salons, and in the late 1990s he transitioned out of the retail side and went to work full time for PC Tan, which was later purchased by Tanning Supplies Unlimited. Manke and PC Tan had success selling uwe and other tanning equipment, but the company got its big break in the early 2010s when they partnered with Germany sunbed manufacturer KBL. It was a win-win scenario, with PC Tan investing millions of dollars promoting the equipment and making KBL a household name in the U.S. tanning industry. As they say, the rest is history. Over the past decade, KBL\u2019s continual innovation has been a principal factor in the U.S. market\u2019s evolution and recent resurgence.  The first time Manke saw KBL equipment, he knew it was a game-changer.  Click here to read the entire article in the latest issue of Smart Tan Magazine online."}