Contact Lenses and Solutions

The steady growth enjoyed by contact lenses and solutions in 2019 was decimated by the onset of the global pandemic with sales at constant 2020 prices set to fall dramatically in 2020 as a whole. Demand for these products was annihilated by home ...

Like most fast moving consumer goods in China, contact lenses and solutions is set to see a decline in current value terms in 2020. There are several factors behind this. Firstly, the nationwide lockdown has limited access to these products through ...

Contact lenses and solutions is being negatively impacted by COVID-19, as consumers are more likely to choose spectacles than contact lenses during this time. This is for both health reasons, as spectacles are seen as more hygienic than contact ...

After seeing slow but stable current value growth throughout the review period, contact lenses and solutions is expected to see a strong decline in 2020 as a whole. Growth fell in the first half of the year due to COVID-19. Although the government ...

The need to wear and purchase contact lenses in Canada was seriously undermined in Q2 2020 due to the response to COVID-19 on a number of levels. Due to various lockdown measures introduced by the government from mid-March including physical ...

The contact lenses category has experienced a strong decline as a result of COVID-19, the resultant lockdown restrictions, and the high number of people working from home. This situation has considerably reduced the need for consumers to wear contact...

Although optical shops are performing extremely strongly in sales of contact lenses and solutions during the COVID-19 epidemic, taking significant share from chemists/pharmacies, they have had to offer attractive deals to consumers in order to ...

Retail volume sales and current value sales of contact lenses are struggling due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, pandemic-related factors, such as the closure of optical stores, have dented volume and value sales considerably and it...

Contact lenses and solutions will be impacted in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly daily disposable lenses which will see retail volume sales plummet. Lockdown restrictions in at least the first half of the year, meant consumers were unable...

Having enjoyed consistent and healthy retail volume and current value growth during the review period, contact lenses and solutions is expected to see sharp declines over 2020 as a whole. Demand has been hit hard by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) ...

With fairly high unemployment and sluggish real GDP growth, the Spanish economy was already struggling prior to the impact of COVID-19. The pandemic is forcing Spaniards to return to frugal purchasing habits seen during the 2008-2009 global financial...

No online purchases are allowed for vision correcting eyewear products in South Korea. This particularly affected the category during the first quarter of the year due to COVID-19, with people working from home and self-quarantined. As a result, ...

With factories in Asia Pacific the first to feel the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and closing early in 2020, and restrictions on the operations of retailers, the contact lenses and solutions category in Singapore has suffered significant ...

Following advice from the World Health Organisation (WHO) regarding the fact that COVID-19 can be transmitted through the eyes, many people have been reticent about touching their eyes and are thus selecting spectacles over contact lenses. There is a...

Sales of contact lenses and solutions are expected to be negatively impacted by COVID-19 in 2020 overall, with the positive performance in 2019 set to turn into a strong decline in 2020. During the first half of the year sales were negatively ...

The consumer base for contact lenses and solutions continues to grow in Japan with eye health conditions impacting a growing number of consumers both young and old. Among younger consumers the growing usage of devices such as smartphones and tablets ...

Previously enjoying steady growth in the Ukraine, demand for contact lenses, particularly daily disposable lenses, has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, as consumers staying indoors have seen a decreased need to wear contact lenses over ...

Demand for daily disposables grew across the early review period, presenting opportunities for players to innovate, especially for daily disposables that also protect eyes from blue light. Alcon launched its PRECISION1 daily disposable lenses in ...

Previously enjoying steady growth in the UK, demand for contact lenses, particularly daily disposable lenses, has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, as consumers staying indoors have seen a decreased need to wear contact lenses over spectacles. ...

Through its vision care unit, CooperVision (CVI), Coopers Cos Inc is the world’s third largest player in contact lenses and solutions. It remains reliant on North America, although Asia Pacific is increasingly important to sales. CVI has carved a ...