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ArticleGerman optical market returns to near-stagnation
The German optical market returned to near stagnation in 2025 after a temporary improvement in the previous year, according to the most recent data from the Zentralverband der Augenoptiker und Optometristen (ZVA), the country’s association of opticians and optometrists.
ArticleFrance unclear on, wary of smart glasses, survey shows
At least in France, smart glasses are misunderstood, feared and associated with a single model.
ArticleSpain to face shortage of opticians, FEDAO warns
Spain’s boomers are retiring, and its subsequent generations have produced too few opticians to replace them. The warning comes from FEDAO, the federation of Spanish optical trade associations, which with Deloitte’s help has confirmed a structural deficit in the industry. The 2025 edition of FEDAO’s Libro blanco de la visión ...
ArticleEyewear companies’ average stock price down 3% in Q1
The stock prices of the 25 listed eyewear companies composing our quarterly chart decreased by 3.4 percent on a non-weighted average basis in Q1 2026. While the decline marks a sharp contrast with the 8.9 percent growth recorded in the preceding quarter, it largely reflects a difficult quarter for stock ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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.