Operations & Staffing

Lotion sales account for a good portion of a salon’s monthly revenue—10 percent to 30 percent, to be exact, according to statistics from LOOKING FIT’s Top 250 Salons issue. If you are closer to the 10-percent range, do you drive that percentage up simply by selling more lotions? Not necessarily.Increasing your lotion sales volume certainly will help, but if the ...

Posted : 09/01/2004The Role Of The EPA In Salons Sanitizing With ConfidenceCleaning and sanitizing is one of the most important steps in eliminating the spread of infectious disease among clients and staff at indoor tanning facilities. In support of this vital procedure, federal manufacturing and use standards for sanitizers used in indoor tanning are established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...

The National Tanning Training Institute wants to make sure you start the season off on the right foot by getting your employees certified. NTTI is offering a special 5-pack of Basic Certification for a reduced price of $164.95. That's a savings of $130. Visit www.tanningtraining.com/5pack to take advantage of this offer or call (800) 529-1101.

Thousands of people are searching for a tanning salon every month, and it is likely that at least some of those people live near your salon. In addition, there are thousands more looking for general tanning information— and many of them are using search engines to find local salon Web sites that have the answers to their questions. As a ...

There are approximately 20,000 freestanding tanning salons in the United States that cater to an estimated 30 million tanners. Successful salons try to stay ahead of their competition by having outstanding customer service, as well as great tanning equipment and services that deliver results. Another way to stand heads and shoulders above competition is to obtain professional salon certification, ...