All Market Statistics articles – Page 4

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    The European contact lens market rose by 4.3% in 2019

    2020-04-02T09:00:00Z

    The contact lens market in 33 European countries rose by 8.8 percent in 2019 to €1,960 million, according to data released by Euromcontact, which represents the contact lens and lens care industry in Europe. On a comparable basis, the growth was limited at 4.3 percent, as the organization was not ...

  • Article

    Eyewear sales will be 12% online by 2023

    2019-12-16T00:00:00Z

    The global consumption of prescription frames and sunglasses is expected to grow annually by 3-4 percent to reach €61 billion in 2023 as compared to €51 billion in 2018, with sales rising by 2 percent a year in developed countries and by 5 percent in emerging markets, according to data ...

  • Article

    Germany remains the biggest importer in Europe

    2019-12-16T00:00:00Z

    According to the latest report on European trade flows published by Spectaris, the German ophthalmic optics industry association, Germany was once again the European Union’s biggest importer of ophthalmic optics products in 2018, reaching a level of €1.43 billion. France remained in second place with an import value of €1.38 ...

  • Article

    Essilor is recognized as a Diversity Leader

    2019-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Essilor has been awarded the title of “Diversity Leader 2020” by the Financial Times (FT). The French eyewear group ranked 62nd out of a total of 10,000 companies in the FT’s new annual ranking of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The assessment covered the companies’ achievements in multiple types ...

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    Italy’s eyewear exports rise by 7.4%

    2019-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Italy’s eyewear exports rose by 7.4 percent in value during the first half of 2019, with sales of prescription frames up by 10.3 percent and sunglasses up by 5.7 percent. They benefited in particular from the weakness of the euro against the dollar and new commercial initiatives by some companies ...

  • News briefs

    Jobson Optical Research's 2019 Optical Retailer Report is now available

    2019-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Jobson Optical Research’s 2019 Optical Retailer Report & Directory is now available. It contains a list of the top optical retailers in the U.S., including contact information for company headquarters, key executives, buyers’ names for all product categories, and trade names. The report includes Vision Monday’s annual “Top 50 U.S. ...

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    Russia imports more contact lenses

    2019-08-05T00:00:00Z

    In 2018, Russia imported contact lenses worth $141.2 million, 4 percent more than in the previous year, according to the Russian Federal Customs Service (FCS). The country also exported contact lenses valued at $2.97 million, but it gave no information on the previous year’s export score. The biggest suppliers of ...

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    The contact lens market keeps growing

    2019-04-04T00:00:00Z

    In 2018, the market value of soft contact lenses to eye care professionals increased by 4.5 percent to €1,831 million, according to an annual study by the European Federation of National Associations and International Companies of Contact Lens and Lens Care Manufacturers (Euromcontact). The strongest growth was in Switzerland, where ...