News Archive for December, 2015

Gift cards are a $118 billion market that remains largely ignored by independent merchants, according to the Entrepreneur.com article “Gift Cards Are an Untapped Opportunity for Local Business.” Think about the gift card displays you see at drugstores and groceries …

In a SmartTan.com poll, nearly 90 percent of indoor tanning businesses said they use one-on-one training to teach employees salon procedures.

Just 13 percent combined said they primarily use salon manuals, videos, or other forms of training.

One-on-one instruction is …

There is much debate regarding the importance of vitamin D. Some experts believe it plays little to no role in disease. However, now we can say that it does play a role in disease — especially in multiple sclerosis (MS).…

Julie Meza is not your average college student. She is a blogger, but that’s not uncommon for college students right? What is uncommon is for collegiate bloggers to be featured in as many outlets as Meza! She writes for The …

“You are too expensive.”

The normal first reaction to this statement is to get defensive, isn’t it? The next though is to start to think of ways to reduce your price just to get the business, right?

You have set …

The full brunt of winter lies ahead, and we still have a few more weeks before days start getting longer again. Besides the general gloominess that this brings, UVB light for natural vitamin D production is nonexistent or severely limited …

By Joe Levy, Smart Tan Senior Vice President

Thousands of studies now point to potential benefits of vitamin D and UV exposure. I’ve been following the evolution of this science for 21 years as a big part of my job. …