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US prescription eyewear volumes down in Q3, report finds
Prescription eyewear sales in the US declined in volume in Q3 2025, both quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year, but the overall market value continued to increase to $17.5 billion. This is the main conclusion of the latest quarterly Market inSights report by The Vision Council’s (TVC). Among other interesting data ...
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ArticleSpanish 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 ...
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ArticleAs 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, ...
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ArticleUK 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. Moreover, 9 percent ...
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ArticleHow 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. While the situation might evolve quickly, depending on how target countries choose ...
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ArticleOptometry on the decline in Spain
The country isn’t producing enough professionals, says FEDAO.
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ArticleSustained growth in the Polish eyewear market partly driven by e-commerce boom
Eyewear retail sales rose by 8 percent year on year to 3.6 billion Polish zloty (€870m) last year and are expected to keep growing significantly in 2025.
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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 ...
