{"id":7218,"date":"2011-12-06T04:00:39","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smarttan.com\/news\/?p=7218"},"modified":"2011-12-06T00:47:45","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T05:47:45","slug":"salons-predict-busier-holiday-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/salons-predict-busier-holiday-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"Salons Predict Busier Holiday Traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than six out of 10 tanning salon owners believe this holiday season will be as busy as last year or busier, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in late November and early December.<\/p>\n<p>According to the poll, 38 percent believe this holiday season will be busier than last year. Only 28 percent believe it will be slower than 2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cClearly there continue to be tanning businesses generating more traffic, and that continues to be a solid indicator for the market,\u201d Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said. \u201cThe optimism we saw at Smart Tan\u2019s annual convention in Nashville in October should continue to translate into an interesting season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7219\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smarttan.com\/news\/index.php\/salons-predict-busier-holiday-traffic\/2011-12-06-poll\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7219 aligncenter\" title=\"2011-12-06-Poll\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smarttan.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011-12-06-Poll.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than six out of 10 tanning salon owners believe this holiday season will be as busy as last year or busier, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in late November and early December. According to the poll, 38 percent believe this holiday season will be busier than last year. 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