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Tanning salon bed catches fire
Last Thursday, a tanning salon bed in a salon in Rickmansworth, England caught fire. When the firefighters arrived the studio was filled with smoke. An employee noticed the smoke and called the firefighters at 9:40am in the morning. Although it got so hot that the plaster came off the walls and neighbouring shops and business [...]
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Tanning salon targeted for copper
Early Wednesday morning unknown thieves broke into a tanning salon in the south of Colorado to steal copper worth $6,000 – $7,000. The owner of the Forever Tan location never expected someone to break in, only to cut the wires from the breaker box, since this is more a building but not business related asset. [...]
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Sunbed Industry in New Zealand happy about compliance increase
The Indoor Tanning Industry NZ Inc (INTANZ) is delighted to see an increase in overall standards by sunbed operators, according to the results of the latest mystery shop survey by Consumer magazine. Out of a total of 66 operators reviewed this time, 38 had also been reviewed in the survey carried out in 2010. Of these [...]
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Four years for tanning salon robber
Malinda K. DeGarmo, 26, was charged with robber and kidnapping in connection with the robbery of a tanning salon in Ohio. About a year ago, on December 1st, M.K. DeGarmo asked about tanning packages inside of Tan at Jans in Chillicothe, Ohio. She then suddenly took out a gun, robbed an unspecified amount of under $1000 [...]
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New voluntary tanning guidelines in Canadian province
Prince Edward Island’s Health Minister Doug Currie stated in a press release regarding the provincial governments new strict guidelines for tanning salons, that he is concerned about the province’s high average level of melanoma cases and links them to underage tanning. Although the guidelines are voluntarily, which has been widely criticized by cancer associations and other [...]
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Indoor tanning salons getting burned by tanning tax
Posted on 18 December 2011
During the recession and in a still slow economy that hasn’t picked up as many wished for, almost 60 tanning salons in Minnesota shut down since 2009. On top of the harsh economical conditions, the Indoor Tanning Association makes a tanning tax responsible that was introduced in July 2010 as part of a state wide [...] Continue Reading
Salons
Sun Place Tanning going to reopen all of it’s previous locations
Posted on 14 December 2011
Last Spring the Rochester, MN chain Sun Place Tanning shut down all three locations without a warning and left customers frustrated. It was then acquired by Jennie and Geno Rebellato who started to reopen one location after the other, with the last one soon going to reopen by the end of December. According to Rebellato, the [...] Continue Reading
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Report says Self Tanning Industry expected to grow
Posted on 14 December 2011
According to a press release by the IBISWorld, the Self-Tanning Product Manufacturing industry is anticipated to continue another five years of strong growth, with further US economic recovery assisting sales, particularly those of higher priced products. While the Tanning Salons industry is expected to experience average yearly growth of 1.1% over the five years to [...] Continue Reading
Salons
Reef tanning in Sequim, WA with new owner
Posted on 14 December 2011
Mandy Gallacci is the new owner of Reef Tanning in Sequim, Washington and bought it from it’s previous owner Joe McLaughlin. Not new to the tanning business as the owner of Spotlight Tanning & Apparel in Port Angeles, Mandy Gallacci introduced new specials like Happy Hours between 10am and 2pm and half price tanning on Sundays. [...] Continue Reading
Business
Tanning Salons and Leasing – Expert Advice
Posted on 14 December 2011
Whenever thinking about starting a new tanning salon, either the first one or as an addition to existing ones, tanning entrepreneurs are faced with a lot of business decisions that involve agreements and contracts with other people and companies. One of the very first things besides for example talking to a bank about finances is [...] Continue Reading
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