{"id":1100,"date":"2008-08-20T03:59:08","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T07:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/index.php\/most-tanning-business-owners-are-optimistic-about-the-upcoming-season\/"},"modified":"2008-08-20T03:59:08","modified_gmt":"2008-08-20T07:59:08","slug":"most-tanning-business-owners-are-optimistic-about-the-upcoming-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/most-tanning-business-owners-are-optimistic-about-the-upcoming-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Most tanning business owners are optimistic about the upcoming season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An overwhelming majority of indoor tanning business owners think business conditions will improve in 2009, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in early August. More than 8 out of 10 salon owners \u2013 82 percent \u2013 look for conditions to improve next year, according to the poll, which is not scientific. Only 18 percent think things will get worse.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/2008-08-19-optimism-rules-tanningnews-copy.jpg\" title=\"2008-08-19-optimism-rules-tanningnews-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/2008-08-19-optimism-rules-tanningnews-copy.thumbnail.jpg\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px\" alt=\"2008-08-19-optimism-rules-tanningnews-copy.jpg\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/a>The finding is consistent with polls throughout the year, which suggest that one-third of salons improved their bottom lines this year, one-third held steady to 2007 results and one-third declined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one more finding that suggests that more and more tanning businesses are in better financial position than they were two years ago,\u201d Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said. \u201cOne the whole, the new generation of owners in the market today has better business acumen than the owners they replaced. Everything we\u2019re seeing suggests that the market as a whole has a stronger foundation than it did in tanning\u2019s last boom period. The market is growing up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The number of salons who appear to be interested in making capital investments in 2009 is also encouraging. \u201cBuying new equipment is a sign of optimism, and our surveys and conversations suggest that many salons will look at improving their equipment in the next 12 months.\u201d Levy said.<\/p>\n<p>A SmartTan.com poll in July suggested that 61 percent of salons will purchase new equipment in the coming year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMature markets make investments and improvements when the economy is less-certain \u2013 moves that make companies more competitive when the economy turns around,\u201d Levy said. \u201cThat speaks well for this generation of tanning business owners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/2008-08-19-poll.jpg\" title=\"2008-08-19-poll.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/2008-08-19-poll.jpg\" alt=\"2008-08-19-poll.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An overwhelming majority of indoor tanning business owners think business conditions will improve in 2009, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in early August. 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A SmartTan.com poll in July suggested that 61 percent of salons will purchase new equipment in the coming year. \u201cMature markets make investments and improvements when the economy is less-certain \u2013 moves that make companies more competitive when the economy turns around,\u201d Levy said. \u201cThat speaks well for this generation of tanning business owners.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/most-tanning-business-owners-are-optimistic-about-the-upcoming-season\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Most tanning business owners are optimistic about the upcoming season - Smart Tan News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An overwhelming majority of indoor tanning business owners think business conditions will improve in 2009, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in early August. 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More than 8 out of 10 salon owners \u2013 82 percent \u2013 look for conditions to improve next year, according to the poll, which is not scientific. Only 18 percent think things will get worse. The finding is consistent with polls throughout the year, which suggest that one-third of salons improved their bottom lines this year, one-third held steady to 2007 results and one-third declined. \u201cThis is one more finding that suggests that more and more tanning businesses are in better financial position than they were two years ago,\u201d Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said. \u201cOne the whole, the new generation of owners in the market today has better business acumen than the owners they replaced. Everything we\u2019re seeing suggests that the market as a whole has a stronger foundation than it did in tanning\u2019s last boom period. 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A SmartTan.com poll in July suggested that 61 percent of salons will purchase new equipment in the coming year. \u201cMature markets make investments and improvements when the economy is less-certain \u2013 moves that make companies more competitive when the economy turns around,\u201d Levy said. \u201cThat speaks well for this generation of tanning business owners.\u201d","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/most-tanning-business-owners-are-optimistic-about-the-upcoming-season\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/most-tanning-business-owners-are-optimistic-about-the-upcoming-season\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/most-tanning-business-owners-are-optimistic-about-the-upcoming-season\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/2008-08-19-optimism-rules-tanningnews-copy.thumbnail.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/2008-08-19-optimism-rules-tanningnews-copy.thumbnail.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/most-tanning-business-owners-are-optimistic-about-the-upcoming-season\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Most tanning business owners are optimistic about the upcoming season"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/","name":"Smart Tan News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#organization","name":"Smart Tan","url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Smart-Tan.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Smart-Tan.png","width":500,"height":164,"caption":"Smart Tan"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SmartTan","https:\/\/x.com\/SmartTan"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4191f4b1131c0a37b4fd39f876771e7b","name":"smarttan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/60bebff64d4c62315967b9126de927b81d5a9d9511fd52f9dbe9e8b344149182?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/60bebff64d4c62315967b9126de927b81d5a9d9511fd52f9dbe9e8b344149182?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/60bebff64d4c62315967b9126de927b81d5a9d9511fd52f9dbe9e8b344149182?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"smarttan"},"url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/author\/smarttan\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}