Wellness sells: Spa numbers on rise
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More spas and salons are opening in Albany NY’s Capital Region, reflecting a national trend, as the popularity of the services extends beyond the wealthy. Fusion Spa in Slingerlands NY, a medical day spa, just opened in June, Stiletto Salon opened in Albany NY late 2006, and Complexions Spa for Beauty and Wellness is expanding to a new location, to name a few.
The savvy business owners who did their homework realized where the trends in personal enhancement were headed. In 1989, three years after moving his 17-year-old hair salon business, Jean Paul Salon, to Stuyvesant Plaza, Jean Claude Simille opened a second location in the same plaza, which he built into a day spa business. He thought that more and more of his clientele were looking to be able to have all services performed under one roof.
According to a report by the International SPA Association (ISPA), the number of spas is growing. From 2003 to 2006, the number of U.S. spas, with day spas predominating, grew from 12,100 to 14,600.
Meanwhile, nationally, there was a drop from 136 million spa visits in 2003 to 111 million in 2006, with a decrease in revenue from $11.2 billion to $9.4 billion, according to the ISPA. The association reported that the industry is in better shape than last year: Even with a revenue decline, the revenue from spa visits, and profit margins, have increased.
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