Business is Bright at Tanning Salons

By Haley Turner Tanning services are in high demand in the United States. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, 35 percent of American adults have reported using a tanning bed in their lifetime. The indoor tanning industry is estimated to have made $2.6 billion in 2010. What type of tanning salon a patron chooses […]

Baby Blues at Palm Beach Tan: Two Mothers Speak Up

By Kameron Court Editor’s note: This is the opening story in a series on gender issues in the workplace produced by Texas Tech journalism students in the capstone course JOUR 4350: Multiplatform News Delivery.  At least two recent first-time mothers who previously worked at a Lubbock tanning franchise say they have been mistreated by the […]