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Retail benefits remain strong even as the “shopping experience” evolves

It’s no secret that retail sales can add to your bottom line, ranging anywhere from five to 30 percent of your revenue. [1] However, retail shopping is undergoing a dramatic disruption because of the pandemic.  Many retailers first had to cope with business closures. Now re-opened, new...

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Presenting BIOTONE's EDU-TALK Series

Education to advance massage therapy has always been one of the pillars of BIOTONE’s corporate philosophy. Over the years, we’ve worked closely with massage therapy schools through our BIOTONE Edu-Partner program to help schools raise their visibility among future students and...

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Want to be more productive and efficient: Work smarter not harder

Working smarter not harder should be anyone’s goal regardless of what business you are in. That’s because working smarter makes you more efficient and productive. When it comes to jobs that are physical, such as massage therapy, working smarter means avoiding injuries to muscles and tendons so that you are more effective when it comes...
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What it takes to win back clients

If you’re in a state where your spa or massage practice is “open for business,” you may be enjoying the enthusiasm of clients anxious to get back into your good hands. However, some clients may be staying away. They may still be concerned about the spread of the virus. They may have financial issues due to a business...

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Time management is more critical than ever as business reopens

With the new restrictions on how many clients you can have in your spa or massage practice at any one time due to COVID-19 restrictions; time management is more critical than ever before.  Not only do you need to limit the number of people in your shop, you have to allow for time to disinfect tools...
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Planning for re-opening: Steps to take

While the exact timeframe for re-opening your spa or massage practice still may be uncertain, now is the time to start planning.  Hopefully, through social media, emails and text messaging, you’ve kept in touch with clients during the Covid-19 shutdown (See: ”Stay in touch with clients during the pandemic”) so that they are as eager to re-engage with your...

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Reach out and “text” someone

With so much change sweeping across the country now, you want to make it a priority to keep in touch with clients. They need to know you are thinking about them; and you want to keep them up to date on your business and its state of...

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Getting Down to Essentials: Rosemary Essential Oil

alk about versatility. Since ancient times, rosemary has been used for a number of both culinary and medicinal purposes and even religious ceremonies. The Morning Call notes that the Greeks and Romans believed that Rosemary would improve...

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ISPA Toolkit Offers Resources for Safe Reopening

As you begin planning for reopening; there still may be questions about how to go about it to ensure the safety of your employees and clients while they are in your establishment and as you and your team provide massages and...

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Clients need a lift during pandemic lock down? Aromatherapy could be what the doctor ordered.

The good news is that we continue to “flatten the pandemic curve,” and so some states are taking steps to return to normalcy. Still for many, stay-at-home orders continue with appropriate social distancing guiding...

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Time to adapt your retail strategy to the booming grooming market for men

When it comes to spa retail shopping, men are giving women a “run for their money.” Spa Executive writes that the most recent figures from ISPA’s Consumer Snapshot released in spring 2019 indicate: More men are more likely to go to a spa with the intent of purchasing retail products ‘some’ or ‘all’ of the time than...

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Introduce Clients to the Skin-Nourishing Benefits of Hempseed Oil

The hemp plant might be called the gift that keeps giving. First off, it is a source of CBD (cannabidiol), the non-psychoactive component of the hemp plant, a variety of Cannabis, that has anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties without psychotropic effects.  And if that wasn’t enough, cold pressing the seeds of...

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