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The results are not scientific, but are directional. \u201cThis is another optimistic sign that the market has plenty of success stories today \u2013 that the new model is working,\u201d Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said. \u201cIt still appears that the new generation of ownership in the market \u2013 those who have taken a much more responsible approach to debt and who have embraced pro-active selling and marketing \u2013 are finding ways to outpace the rest of the economy.\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\/smart-tan-survey-shows-signs-of-market-growth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Smart Tan survey shows signs of market growth - Smart Tan News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nearly three out of four tanning facility owners report that their tanning salons have more clients this year than in 2008, according to the results of a SmartTan.com poll conducted in April. 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The results are not scientific, but are directional. \u201cThis is another optimistic sign that the market has plenty of success stories today \u2013 that the new model is working,\u201d Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said. \u201cIt still appears that the new generation of ownership in the market \u2013 those who have taken a much more responsible approach to debt and who have embraced pro-active selling and marketing \u2013 are finding ways to outpace the rest of the economy.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/smart-tan-survey-shows-signs-of-market-growth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Smart Tan News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SmartTan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-04-27T07:59:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/2009-04-24-another-good-sign-tanningnews-copy.thumbnail.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"smarttan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SmartTan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SmartTan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"smarttan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/smart-tan-survey-shows-signs-of-market-growth\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/smart-tan-survey-shows-signs-of-market-growth\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"smarttan\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4191f4b1131c0a37b4fd39f876771e7b\"},\"headline\":\"Smart Tan survey shows signs of market growth\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-04-27T07:59:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/smart-tan-survey-shows-signs-of-market-growth\/\"},\"wordCount\":154,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/smart-tan-survey-shows-signs-of-market-growth\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/2009-04-24-another-good-sign-tanningnews-copy.thumbnail.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/smart-tan-survey-shows-signs-of-market-growth\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/smart-tan-survey-shows-signs-of-market-growth\/\",\"name\":\"Smart Tan survey shows signs of market growth - Smart Tan News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/smart-tan-survey-shows-signs-of-market-growth\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/smart-tan-survey-shows-signs-of-market-growth\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/2009-04-24-another-good-sign-tanningnews-copy.thumbnail.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-04-27T07:59:03+00:00\",\"description\":\"Nearly three out of four tanning facility owners report that their tanning salons have more clients this year than in 2008, according to the results of a SmartTan.com poll conducted in April. 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<\/a>According to the survey, only 17 percent of stores report having fewer clients so far this year as compared to the first three months of 2008, while 74 percent report growth in client rolls in 2009 and just 9 percent reported no change. The results are not scientific, but are directional.<\/p>\n