what is the percentage of business lost in the summer months

[tanning0414]

hi im just curious how much business falls off in the off season. would you lose 50% or not that much. im about 1 hr from the beach if that matters. thanks

[navigatin1]

99.9%

[movieking]

This was my breakdown of gross sales by month last year. All salons will have different numbers.

Jan 6.3%
Feb 8.1%
Mar 11.4%
Apr 12.2%
May 10.4%
Jun 9.6%
Jul 7.4 %
Aug 6.4%
Sep 5.7%
Oct 7.8%
Nov 8.2%
Dec 6.6%

[theislandtan]

Originally Posted by movieking

This was my breakdown of gross sales by month last year. All salons will have different numbers.

Jan 6.3%
Feb 8.1%
Mar 11.4%
Apr 12.2%
May 10.4%
Jun 9.6%
Jul 7.4 %
Aug 6.4%
Sep 5.7%
Oct 7.8%
Nov 8.2%
Dec 6.6%

This our first year so I'm curious as well. Thanks for the post!

[crzytanner]

Here in the south our numbers didn't drop down until around september.

[RCKnep3]

Wow, wish mine were a little more steady. This is from the prior owners books but you can see we go with the college crowd since we are on campus. Everyone leaves in May and Comes back the end of august. Nov is Thanksgiving break and then gone in Dec too. We'll work on that to see if we can boost those low months but our April was 32% higher than prior owners....

Jan 12%
Feb 11%
Mar 13%
Apr 8%
May 6%
June 5%
July 5%
Aug 9%
Sept 13%
Oct 8%
Nov 5%
Dec 5%

[PatParadise]

January 2200 sessions, Feb 2850 sessions, march 3700 sessions, april 2900 session, may 2400 sessions, june 1700 sessions, july 1200 sessions, august 1100 session, september 1100 session, october 1300 sessions, november 1300 sessions, and december 1600 sessions. These are fairly consistent for four of last five years here in Minnesota. These mirror sessions at another salon 10 miles away, PatParadise, (IMWW)

[CrystalSS]

Here is a snap shot of a Colorado tanning shop for 2007. Our visits are higher this year and we are online to hit a 50K month..all thanks to bringing in a different concept which brought visits up and our winter revenue to all time highs. Should be neat to see how this winter season goes. Best wishes!!!
Jan 4521
Feb 4923
Mar 7656
Apr 8038
May 8117
June 6633
July 5316
Aug 4662
Sep 3692
Oct 4148
Nov 3099
Dec 2686

Crystal
www.ssatlantis.com

[Shantilly]

thanks pat for putting it in numbers I can understand...as far as the percentages go....what is that the percentages are from, its late, maybe i am not reading something right??? and pat how much equipment is that with?

[jkonturas]

Im in a beach town. Our peak season is March, April, May, June. We drop off about 30% in July thru the end of the summer. Then September, October and November are TREACHUROUS... Those are the WORST Months (sometimes not even breaking even to pay bills). December is ok for Gift Certificates. January and Feburary start to show some light.... Then we do it all over again.