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US workers eye health worsens, survey finds
The increasingly digital workplace is taking a toll on US workers’ eye health according to a study by VSP Vision Care and Workplace Intelligence with 800 human resource managers and 800 full-time employees. On average, current employees screen time amounts to 97 hours a week, up by nearly one hour ...
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ArticleEyewear consumers seek value for money, digital channel gains importance but stores resilient
Consumers are still facing a challenging economic situation in Europe and the US, with “value for money” now being the priority for many people purchasing eyewear, according to an analysis of consumer trends in the eyewear markets of the US, Italy, France and Germany carried out by NIQ GfK in ...
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ArticleItalian eyewear exports edge down in 2024, industry looks to recovery in H2
The value of Italian eyewear exports edged down by 0.6 percent to €5.236 billion in 2024, as the sector showed resilience despite a steep drop in eyewear sales to the US, by far Italy’s largest single market, according to data released by the Italian eyewear association ANFAO. The value of ...
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Another bleak year for the German optical industry but 2025 looks brighter
According to preliminary data presented by Spectaris at the opti show in Munich last weekend, sales by the German manufacturers of ophthalmic optics and consumers inched up by about 1 percent to 4.96 million in 2024. While the growth pace remained in line with 2023, the dynamics reversed as export ...
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News briefsModest growth in the US market in FY24, says The Vision Council
According to the latest edition of The Vision Council’s Market inSights report, the US optical industry grew by 2.7 percent over the course of 2024 to a value of $68.3 billion. More than 240 million adults (92% of the population) use some kind of eyewear, according to Alysse Henkel, the ...
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ArticleThe Baltic eyewear market rebounds, but long-term outlook is vague
The eyewear market in the Baltic countries has significantly rebounded after a dip in 2020, with large retail groups increasing their market share. However, challenges related to the region’s depopulation remain.
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ArticleVolume and price effects propel the French optical market over the €8 billion mark, report says
According to the latest report by the French national research and statistics office (DREES) on healthcare expenses in the country, the French optical market value jumped by 8.0 percent in 2023, topping €8 billion for the first time. It has grown by almost 30 percent since 2023. Optical expenses accounted ...
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US optical market Q3 data confirms consumers preference for budget-friendly options
Sales of prescription products and reading glasses in the US increased in volume from Q2 to Q3 2024, but they slightly declined in value according to the latest iteration of The Vision Council’s Market Insights report. This confirms that American consumers are increasingly opting for budget-friendly options according to the ...
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ArticleIndustry stocks inched up in Q3, driven by contact lens companies
The share price of stock-listed eyewear companies increased by 1.5 percent in the three-month period ended Sept. 30, underperforming the MSCI World Index which includes 1,500 companies worldwide across different sectors and grew by 6.7 percent. As usual, however, our quarterly eyewear industry-specific average is calculated on a non-weighted average ...
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ArticleItalian eyewear exports fall in Q2, sector’s full year showing seen in line with 2023
Exports for the half year inched down by 0.3 percent, dragged down by a double-digit drop in the America region.
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ArticleThe Vision Council reports on ‘Made in the USA’
What the label means and what the public thinks are separate things.
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ArticleThe Vision Council reviews Q2 in the US
The Vision Council has released its Consumer inSights report on the US market for Q2 2024. In the summation of Alysse Henkel, the Council’s Vice President of Research and inSights, much has remained the same from Q1. “Consumers,” she said, “are still largely receiving the same amount of care, prefer ...
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ArticleSpanish optical market up by 6.0 percent in 2023
The Spanish optical market value grew by 6.0 percent year-on-year in 2023 according to the “Libro Blanco de la Visión”, the annual report by FEDAO, the national federation of optical associations. Accelerating slightly from the previous year (+4.4 percent versus 2021), the Spanish market ended 2023 with a value of ...
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ArticleAssistance, design key drivers in eyewear purchases
Both the assistance provided to customers and eyewear design are key drivers when choosing to buy a pair of eyeglasses and sunglasses, according to a survey conducted by the Italian market research group Yoodata among eyewear purchasers in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, the UK, the US and China. According to ...
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French association releases new poll results on kids eye health
AsnaV, whose acronym stands for “association for eyesight improvement” in French, and research company OpinionWay have published the results on an opinion poll focusing on the eye health of children under 12 years old in France. Based on online questionnaires filled by 1,302 people including 473 parents, the survey showed ...
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News briefsSmart eyewear about halfway to consumer awareness, according to report
More than a third of Americans plan to buy smart eyewear within the next year, according to the 2023 edition of The Vision Council’s report Focused inSights Smart Eyewear. Keenest to buy are men aged 18 to 44, city-dwellers and early adopters of the tech. American consumer awareness of smart ...
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News briefsStrong children myopia increase in Spain, research finds
A fifth of Spain’s schoolchildren suffer from myopia, whose incidence over the past six years has increased by 17.8 percent. So says this year’s edition of the “Barometer of Myopia in Spain,” a report put out by the Alain Afflelou Foundation and Madrid’s Complutense University. Myopia is most prevalent (30%) ...
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ArticleDriven by lenses, Spanish optical market tops pre-COVID level in 2022
The Spanish optical market grew by 4.4 percent year-on-year to €1.,918 million including VAT in 2022 according to a new report presented yesterday in an online meeting by the Federación Espaňola de Asociasones del Sector Óptico (FEDAO). Adding up to the 20.4 percent rebound reported a year ago for 2021, ...
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ArticleAmerican eyecare providers expect good things from 2023
In its report for the first quarter of 2023 The Vision Council finds that optimism reigns among eyecare providers in the U.S. – despite what the Council’s senior director of market research and analytics, Alysse Henkel, calls “acute pressures” from price inflation and a tight labor market. Surveyed providers found ...
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News briefsMyopia worsening in Spain
According to a report by Vision y Vida, a 65-year-old association of public utility in Spain, the spread of myopia is about to become pathological – in the technical sense. It points out that already some 62.5 percent of Spain’s university students are myopes. Worse still, however, is the situation ...
