The disty's in Canada are great and listen to them, why would you not trust them?
Is 350K your first yr of over head + build out + equipment? When are you planning on opening, there are a lot of other factors involved besides the other salons and your demographics..[/quote]
I would like to clarify that I don't totally distrust Disti's, but they have an agenda. So I believe it is important to take everything with a grain of salt, as I do with advice on this site.
This is my opinion of the industry.
I believe tanning is in the middle of a paradime shift. The small salons will not make it very long because they have not kept up with the industry.
They are sitting on old equipment and bulbs until they get complaints. I really believe, especially after being on here and tantalk that most are tanners that got into a business they like for cheap and aren't ready for the shift. If you are not ready to upgrade your equipment, then get out while you can. Take a look on the internet and see what the big chains are doing. In specific, check the one that have a large number of corporate stores.
Why would any company that is ran well and kept up with the trends be afraid of competition. I am not afraid of the big guys with deep pockets coming in. I will be a big guy with deep pockets and multiple salons.
I do plan on making lots of money.
I have two other businesses that are mature enough to run themselves. I am happy to get new competition. they give me the opertunity to show the value of my service and most of the time raise my rates. If somebody can't deal with competition they need to
change. That is the only constant of a successful business.
Change.
My 2 cents...well, maybe a bit more since the cdn exchange.