{"id":3793,"date":"2010-05-05T04:00:11","date_gmt":"2010-05-05T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/index.php\/how-about-that-weather\/"},"modified":"2010-05-05T04:00:11","modified_gmt":"2010-05-05T08:00:11","slug":"how-about-that-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/how-about-that-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"How About That Weather?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2010-05-05<\/a>Almost 9 in 10 tanning facility owners say the weather has been a factor in their business so far this spring, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in late April \u2014 a finding that underscores the sometimes not-so-marginal impact weather can have on the seasonal tanning business.<\/p>\n

Overall, 89 percent said the weather has had an impact this year \u2014 although the poll did not ask whether the impact was positive or negative. The other 11 percent said the weather has not yet had an impact on their business.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a silly poll, really, but just like operating a ski resort or a public pool, weather impacts the tanning business,\u201d Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said. \u201cRain or sun in the early spring impact the start of \u2018season\u2019 for stores, and rainy summers can both drive business into stores and, in some cases, keep it away.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Almost 9 in 10 tanning facility owners say the weather has been a factor in their business so far this spring, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in late April \u2014 a finding that underscores the sometimes not-so-marginal impact weather can have on the seasonal tanning business. Overall, 89 percent said the weather has had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nHow About That Weather? - Smart Tan News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Almost 9 in 10 tanning facility owners say the weather has been a factor in their business so far this spring, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in late April \u2014 a finding that underscores the sometimes not-so-marginal impact weather can have on the seasonal tanning business. Overall, 89 percent said the weather has had an impact this year \u2014 although the poll did not ask whether the impact was positive or negative. The other 11 percent said the weather has not yet had an impact on their business. \u201cIt\u2019s a silly poll, really, but just like operating a ski resort or a public pool, weather impacts the tanning business,\u201d Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said. \u201cRain or sun in the early spring impact the start of \u2018season\u2019 for stores, and rainy summers can both drive business into stores and, in some cases, keep it away.\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\/how-about-that-weather\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How About That Weather? - Smart Tan News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Almost 9 in 10 tanning facility owners say the weather has been a factor in their business so far this spring, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in late April \u2014 a finding that underscores the sometimes not-so-marginal impact weather can have on the seasonal tanning business. 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