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ArticleSpanish optical sector revenues rose nearly 4% in 2025
In 2025, revenues from the sale of optical products and services rose by 3.9 percent to €2.251 billion from €2.166 billion a year earlier. In 2024, the market increased by 2.9 percent after rising 6.2 percent in 2023, according to the trade association for the optical sector, Fedao.
ArticleFrench optical market growth slows to 0.9% in 2025
The value of the French optical market rose by just 0.9 percent year on year to approximately €8.3 billion in 2025, according to the latest annual report by DREES, the national research and statistics office for the healthcare sector. This marks a clear slowdown from 2024, when optical spending by ...
ArticleReport highlights opportunities for multifocal contact lenses in anti-aging market
A report from CooperVision highlights opportunities for eye care professionals to tap into the growing market for anti-aging products when it comes to the use of multifocal contact lenses (MFCLs).
ArticleItaly H1 eyewear exports fall 2.7% as France edges out US as biggest market
The value of Italian eyewear exports fell by 2.7 percent in the first half of 2026 compared to the year earlier to reach €2.705 billion, as France edged out the US as the Italian industry’s largest export market, data from Italian eyewear trade association Anfao showed.
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Smart glasses growth slows to 35 percent in Q2 as Meta lead widens, report says
Global XR headset and glasses shipments grew 35.3 percent year over year in the second quarter, research company IDC said, down sharply from 130.2 percent growth the prior quarter. IDC attributes the deceleration to tougher year-earlier comparisons and a pause between product cycles. The company also mentions the privacy backlash ...
ArticlePrice is increasingly driving the US optical market as volumes drop in every category
The US optical market reached $19.1 billion in the second quarter of 2026, up from $18.4 billion in the first quarter, according to The Vision Council’s (TVC) latest Market inSights report. The quarterly estimates draw on consumer retail credit card spending data, patient billing and payment data, optical retail location ...
Spanish optical sector revenues rose nearly 4% in 2025
In 2025, revenues from the sale of optical products and services rose by 3.9 percent to €2.251 billion from €2.166 billion a year earlier. In 2024, the market increased by 2.9 percent after rising 6.2 percent in 2023, according to the trade association for the optical sector, Fedao.
Price is increasingly driving the US optical market as volumes drop in every category
The US optical market reached $19.1 billion in the second quarter of 2026, up from $18.4 billion in the first quarter, according to The Vision Council’s (TVC) latest Market inSights report. The quarterly estimates draw on consumer retail credit card spending data, patient billing and payment data, optical retail location ...
Eyewear companies’ stock prices flat in Q2
The stock prices of the 25 listed eyewear companies composing our quarterly chart were essentially unchanged on a non-weighted average basis in Q2 2026, edging down a slight 0.5 percent. The result marks a striking contrast with the double-digit gains posted by most major stock indices over the same period, ...
Survey finds most US sunglasses non-wearers understand UV risks
Approximately 82 million U.S. adults, around 37 percent of the population, do not wear sunglasses. A new survey by The Vision Council (TVC), the national eyewear industry association, suggests that their primary reasons for not doing so are not linked to a lack of awareness about eye health. Instead, the ...
France unclear on, wary of smart glasses, survey shows
At least in France, smart glasses are misunderstood, feared and associated with a single model.
Prices and toric dailies drive the European CL market amid concerns over wearer base contraction
The market for contact lenses and care solutions across a geographic area covering 25 European countries, as well as seven additional markets (South Africa, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Egypt), grew by 6.0 percent year over year to €2,485 million in 2025, according to the ...
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 ...