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National subsidies boost smart eyewear sales during Chinese Spring festival
Sales of AI glasses at Huaqjianbei, the world’s biggest electronics wholesale market located in Shenzhen, jumped by 80 percent year on year during the Chinese Spring Festival earlier this month, according to the South China Morning Post (SCMP). The surge was partly caused by the inclusion of the product category ...
Sponsored articleUS Optical Market: How The Vision Council’s 'Market inSights 2025 Report' Brings Greater Clarity
The Vision Council has tracked the performance of the U.S. optical sector, which, with a total value of $69.5 billion, is one of the most attractive optical markets.
News briefsFrench optical sees modest gains in FY25, survey says
A survey conducted by Acuité of about 350 opticians in France shows year-on-year sales growth of about +1.5 percent for FY 2025, up from 2024’s 0.9 percent. Some 61 percent of respondents report positive revenues for 2025.
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Slower growth than expected in the Brazilian optical market
The Brazilian optical market grew by 4.1 percent to 27.1 billion reais (€4.5bn) last year according to Abióptica, the Brazilian eyewear industry association, falling short of its 5 percent growth estimate. Previous estimates after a very strong Q1 were even higher at approximately 7 percent, as we reported then.
ArticleItalian eyewear exports fall 4% in 2025 as sales to US tumble, industry pivots to other markets
The value of Italian eyewear exports slipped by 3.9 percent to €5.021 billion in 2025, as sales to the US tumbled by 34.0 percent but growth was seen throughout Europe as well as in China and other emerging markets, according to preliminary data released by the Italian eyewear association ANFAO. ...
ArticleThe European eyecare sector remains an attractive M&A market
There were 28 company transactions – including full takeovers and acquisitions of minority stakes – in the eyecare and eyewear sector in Europe in 2025, according to a recent report by Houlihan Lokey, a global investment bank monitoring the sector and other consumer markets. The company was involved last year ...
US optical market up 4% in 2025 despite lower volumes
The US optical market value amounted to $69.5 billion last year, according to the latest Market inSights research by The Vision Council (TVC), the country’s eyewear industry association. The calculated value includes exams, frames, ophthalmic lenses, contact lenses, plano sunglasses and readers and, by TVC’s definition, captures consumer payments plus ...
Opti finds momentum in stubbornly stagnant German optical market
The organizers of the opti trade show have announced that 21,972 trade visitors took part in the 2026 edition that took place from Jan. 16 to 18 in Munich, up by 4 percent from the previous year, confirming positive impressions from exhibitors. Visitors from outside Germany accounted for roughly 20 ...
VSP launches third innovation challenge, scans the 'patient of the future'
VSP Vision, in partnership with Topcon Healthcare and Silicon Foundry, a venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology companies, is launching its third Innovation Challenge, “a worldwide call for visionary solutions that elevate the eye care experience and empower optometrists.”
Spanish optical market up 3% in 2024 despite flattish lens sales
The value of the Spanish optical market rose to €2,165 million in 2024 from €2,104 million in 2023 (restated from €2,021 million as announced a year ago) according to the annual report of FEDAO, the country’s federation of optical associations. Last year’s 2.9 percent growth marks a deceleration from 2023 ...
As wearers base stagnates, sales mix and price hikes drive the European contact lens market
According to Euromcontact, the European federation of national associations and international contact lens manufacturers, the soft contact lenses grew by of 7.1 percent to €2,328 million last year compared to 2023 in the “EMEA zone” which includes 25 countries in Europe plus a few others (South Africa, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, ...
UK parents confused over children’s eye care, survey says
According to a survey by the British online parenting platform Mumsnet, parents worry more about children’s teeth than their eyes, the dental check-up outranking the eye test by about ten percentage points. These exams, Mumsnet specifies, are “very important” for 89 and 79 percent of parents, respectively.
How will US consumers react to higher eyewear price tags?
The announcement by US President Donald Trump of wide-ranging and higher-than-expected “reciprocal tariffs” last week has left the global economy reeling, particularly in Asia where post-COVID supply chain reroutings aimed at “derisking” China became much less relevant overnight.
Optometry on the decline in Spain
The country isn’t producing enough professionals, says FEDAO.